by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 3, 2026 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Reading, Science
One of the biggest questions of life has to do with human identity: Who am I? Are we merely animals or do we have a unique nature and destiny? What is our value and significance? John Cottingham in his philosophical essay, IN SEARCH OF THE SOUL, reviews all that has...
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 | Jan 7, 2026 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Reading
Hedonism is the belief that pleasure is the chief good in life. Hedone is the Greek word for pleasure. Hedonist imagination turns to reality in Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:16. This passage describes the different ways people try to experience pleasure. The writer is seeking...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 2, 2026 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry
As I enter into a new year I plan to do a study of the book of Ecclesiastes. Along with the book of Job, Ecclesiastes reminds us that God is bigger, and our life in this world more unpredictable, than we might think. The book invites us to take a realistic tour of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Dec 30, 2025 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Reading, Suffering, The World
A primary symptom of depression is sadness. Freud, a sadly depressed man all through his life, admitted, “we are never so defenseless against suffering as when we love, never so helplessly unhappy as when we have lost our loved object or its love.” Our aging...
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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