by tschroder100@gmail.com | Feb 16, 2021 | Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Islam, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Prayer, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
Ron Marshall has been pastor of First Lutheran Church, West Seattle since 1979. I have just completed reading a book of his sermons, KIERKEGAARD IN THE PULPIT. They are some of the most remarkable sermons I have ever read, and that is saying something since I am now...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 28, 2021 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Science, Suffering, The World
When do we view natural calamity as part of the normal cycle of human suffering only or a divine judgment? In reading about Noah and the Flood in Genesis 6, “the Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become and that every inclination of the thoughts of...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 23, 2021 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, 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 | Jan 20, 2021 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World
Why is it that every person has character flaws, makes mistakes, says the wrong thing, alienates themselves from others, thinks he or she is better than others, never admits he or she is wrong and messes up when they have good intentions? It is because since the fall...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 18, 2021 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World
There is so much hate, rage and conflict in the world. Where does it come from? We are called to love one another. Can education, censorship or legislation eliminate the source of hate? Christianity teaches the dignity and the degradation of humanity. What did Jesus...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jan 16, 2021 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Morality, Politics, Science, The World, Witness
How do most people know the presence of God? St. Paul tells us that the requirements of God’s moral law is written on our hearts, our consciences also bearing witness, and our thoughts accusing or defending our attitudes and actions. The secrets of our hearts will one...
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