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 | Mar 12, 2026 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
The Ayatollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979 called the USA the “Great Satan”. He also called Israel the “Little Satan.” St. Paul looked deeper for the source of evil in the world. “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 9, 2026 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Reading, Science, Suffering, The World
When is experiencing evil either a reason for believing in God, or an argument against the existence of God? C.S. Lewis, in Mere Christianity, says that his argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But then he asked himself where he got...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 7, 2026 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Reading, Science, Suffering, The World
“This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of men, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead…. The race is not to the swift or the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 26, 2026 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World
“A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth. It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of every man; the living should take this to heart. Sorrow is...
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