by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 21, 2026 | Atheism, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Science, The World, Witness
What causes people to follow Christ, or to believe in other religions? Is it on the basis of evidence we have come to believe as compelling? What causes us to continue to believe when there is contrary evidence? What would we have done if Jesus had come to us and...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 17, 2026 | Atheism, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Reading, Science
Enlightenment thinkers in the eighteenth century understood the world through the lens of experimental science. Believing that all phenomena operated according to universal natural laws, they judged every intellectual proposition according to the test of reason. Their...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 14, 2026 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Islam, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World, Witness
In answer to those who questioned his credentials, and the source of his teaching, Jesus claimed that it came from God who sent him. But how do we know that this is the truth? Jesus said, “If anyone chooses to do God’s will, he will find out whether my teaching comes...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 10, 2026 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World
For many years, my wife and I sponsored a needy child through the work of World Vision. Four times a year their magazine came in the mail. It was filled with stories of how children throughout the world were being helped by World Vision. But from time to time there...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 7, 2026 | Aging, Atheism, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, The World, Worship
Some people, like Billy Graham, enter into a full-blown faith all at once when they experience a spiritual conversion or personal encounter with Christ. More people, like Billy’s wife, Ruth, experience a slow growth of their faith over a lifetime. The apostle Paul...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 3, 2026 | Aging, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer
Jon Guttman, in his Editorial for the June, 2002 edition of Military History, wrote about three decisive battles that owed their outcomes to calculated risk-taking. He says that officers today are taught risk assessment – the art of comparing the importance of one’s...
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