by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 12, 2020 | Aging, Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Prayer, Suffering, The World
As I listen and watch the news about the spread of the coronavirus, the drop in the oil price and the stock market, the cancellation of sports, entertainment and political events, the closure of college classes and nursing homes, I ask myself what my response should...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Mar 2, 2020 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness
On the first Sunday in Lent we read about the temptations of Jesus by the devil in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12,13; Luke 4:1-13). It is an archetype of the spiritual conflict we experience on a daily basis. What are the temptations we commonly experience?...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 17, 2020 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Suffering, The World
The eye of a hurricane is deceptive. All is calm. You think that the worst of the storm is over but it has only just begun. The backside of the storm can be worse than the front. All that was damaged before is subjected to another battering. Whatever was weakened is...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 6, 2020 | Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Suffering
Peter Vardy and Julie Arliss in The Thinker’s Guide to Evil, maintain that “evil is one of the deepest and most central problems of human existence.” They analyze various sources of evil. First, the freedom of human beings to choose to be selfish, self-centered and to...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 30, 2020 | Aging, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering
On the first page of Paul’s letter to the Colossians we find a surprising statement: ‘I rejoice in sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church’ (Col.1:24). What can these...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 23, 2020 | Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering
What does it mean to pray in Jesus’ name? In Old Testament times, prayer was offered only in the context of sacrifice. God’s people brought an offering when they came into his presence: it cost them something to draw near to God. As they called on his name, they...
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