by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 16, 2019 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
There is a great need in the church today for a biblical, Christian philosophy of history. Most of us are short-sighted and narrow-minded. We are so preoccupied with current affairs in the present century, that neither the past nor the future has any great interest...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 12, 2019 | Atheism, Faith, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
The Judaizers in the New Testament taught that, ‘The only way to be justified is sheer hard work. You have to toil at it. The “work” you have to do is the “works of the law”. That is, you must do everything the [moral] law commands and refrain from everything the law...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 5, 2019 | Atheism, Bible, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, The World, Witness, Worship
And Mary said: My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. His mercy extends to those who fear him. (Luke 1:46,47,50) The Bible says much about “the fear of the Lord”. We are told in the Psalms, in the book of Job, and in the Proverbs that “the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 2, 2019 | Bible, Church, Faith, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
Job lost his family, his fortune, his reputation, and his health. He works through his grief, through depression, through anger, through arguing with God and his friends who try to explain why he is suffering. Job wants God to answer his complaints. A storm comes...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 13, 2019 | Church, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness
I have never found it easy to preach to congregations I do not know. I much prefer to be at home in the pulpit with my own congregation, with the people who know me. This section from John Stott explains why I feel that way. “Though you have many countless guides in...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 20, 2018 | Faith, Inspiration, Prayer, Suffering, The World
J.R.R. TOLKIEN. What happens when darkness falls and the waters rise, when the light grows dim and the rock seems slippery? What happens when we cannot see or stand, and our fall seems all but inevitable? What happens when our faith fails us? I recently re-read the...
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