by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 25, 2018 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus
It would take a whole book to give you the reasons why I believe in Jesus Christ and follow him as my Savior and Lord. Those reasons have been accumulating over a lifetime. Some of them have been discarded or changed as I have grown older. Others are newer as I have...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 16, 2018 | Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Witness
ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH, HOKITIKA, NEW ZEALAND In August 1964 I was preparing to leave home to travel to Durham University, England for my theological education. You can imagine that it was a great adventure for a twenty three year old to leave all his friends and...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 12, 2018 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 29, 2018 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness
Icon of St. George slaying the dragon This is Paul’s peroration in Romans 8: the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up and emphatic recapitulation. “What, then, shall we say in response to this?” (Romans 8:31) St. Paul has been arguing that...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 15, 2018 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Suffering
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28 NIV) “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God.” Or “works together with those who love him to...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 8, 2018 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, Jesus, Politics, Suffering, The World
One of the most difficult challenges to faith is to be found in the suffering of the world. Skeptics ask, “How can a good God permit such terrible suffering? If he is good and powerful he would prevent it. If he doesn’t prevent such suffering he is either not good, or...
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