by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 24, 2026 | Abortion, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Reading, Sexuality, The World
“The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true. The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails – given by one Shepherd. Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. Of making...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 22, 2026 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World
In the midst of a time when there are wars and rumors of war, of international competition and conflict between opposing religions, ideologies and political views there are voices that cry out for peace when there is no peace. Perhaps such conflict is the norm in a...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 14, 2026 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
In reading about the work of Emil Brunner (1899-1966) when he was faced with the rise of Communism, Fascism and Hitler I am impressed by how he understood the role of Christian preaching, teaching and writing. He wrote that the church could not ignore the fact that it...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 30, 2026 | Abortion, Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Reading, Suffering, The World
“Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place: I saw all the tears of the oppressed – and they have no comforter; power was on the side of their oppressors. And I saw that all labor and all achievement spring from man’s envy of his neighbor. Again I...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 24, 2026 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering
“Evil is one of the deepest and most central problems of human existence.” Peter Vardy and Julie Arliss in The Thinker’s Guide to Evil, analyze various sources of evil. They focus on three areas of concern. The freedom of human beings to choose to be selfish,...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 19, 2025 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness
I have been writing about The Four Last Things, the traditional subjects of the four Sundays in Advent – Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell. The fourth of the four last things is the doctrine of Hell. This is a subject that is rarely heard of in the pulpit these days....
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