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THE PROBLEM OF DYING

by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 18, 2017 | Aging, Atheism, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering

I am leading a class on the Christian attitude to dying using material from SPEAKING OF DYING: RECOVERING THE CHURCH’S VOICE IN THE FACE OF DEATH, Fred Craddock, Dale Goldsmith, and Joy V. Goldsmith I expected a half dozen or so participants and forty three turned up....

HOW OUR CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT THERE ARE NO MORAL FACTS

by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 12, 2017 | Atheism, Morality, Science, The World

In an article in the New York Times, Justin McBrayer, professor of philosophy at Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado points out the fallacy of those who seek to separate fact from opinion in public schools. It illustrates the moral relativism that pervades our...

AN ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM OF INNOCENT SUFFERING

by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 23, 2017 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, Morality, Suffering

Thomas G. Long, Bandy Professor of Preaching as Candler School of Theology, Emory University, has a habit of writing books on subjects that are pertinent to today. This time it is about innocent suffering. WHAT SHALL WE SAY? EVIL, SUFFERING, AND THE CRISIS OF FAITH,...

THE IGNORANCE OF MATERIALISTS

by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 26, 2017 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, Jesus, Science, The World

Nicodemus was a Pharisee, a member of the ruling council, the Sanhedrin. Jesus refers to him as “the teacher [not a teacher] of Israel.” He must have had a distinguished reputation in Jerusalem. He was a leader of those who specialized in knowing the law of Israel,...

THE ANSWER OF JESUS TO MULTICULTURALISM AND SYNCRETISM

by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 18, 2017 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, Islam, Jesus, The World, Witness, Worship

In the region of Caesarea Philippi, named after Caesar and Philip the Tetrarch there was a grotto reputed to be the birthplace of Pan, the fertility symbol of ancient religion; the god of nature. Throughout the region were temples of classical pagan religion to serve...