by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 26, 2026 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
Whatever your opinion of JD Vance, his spiritual memoir COMMUNION, Finding my Way Back to Faith, is to my mind, an honest and humble description of his personal journey. I read several reviews of the book before I decided to read it. They were universally critical and...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 25, 2026 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Prayer, Suffering, The World
“If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but I have not love, I am nothing.” (1 Corinthians 13:2) Prophecy is one of the highest spiritual gifts. St. Paul says that we are to...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 20, 2026 | Church, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.” (1 Corinthians 13:1) What is the characteristic of speech without love? St. Paul confronted groups of people in the church in Corinth who valued...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 17, 2026 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
The word ‘love’ has an elusive quality. It can stand for romance (I love my wife), for passion (I love philosophy and tennis), for friendship (I love particular acquaintances), for desire (I love food or books), for appreciation (I love nature, art and music), for...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 12, 2026 | Bible, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Witness
When Jesus commands us to love our neighbors as ourselves, and illustrates it by telling the parable of the Good Samaritan, he is saying that we are to love everybody according to their need. There are no exceptions to this command. In contrast to romantic love or...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jun 8, 2026 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Sexuality, Suffering, The World
The Gospels record that Jesus affirmed that the second great commandment is to “Love your neighbor as yourself.” This is easier said than done. It raises all sorts of questions in our minds. One of them, asked by a lawyer in order to narrow its application was, “Who...
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