by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 19, 2021 | Bible, God, Jesus, Ministry, Politics, Sexuality, The World, Witness, Worship
What comes to your mind when you think of the Garden of Eden? Paradise? A place of happiness and fulfillment? It is the vision of life in all its fullness. The Bible is book-ended by descriptions of the garden of God in Genesis 2 and Revelation 22. It is hard for us...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 14, 2021 | Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Reading, Sexuality, The World, Witness
God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 11, 2021 | Abortion, Aging, Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World
The importance of human identity is constantly in the news. We are supposedly defined by our race, our gender, our sexual preference, our past, our abilities and our opportunities instead of by “the content of our character” (Martin Luther King Jr.). We are being...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Jul 8, 2021 | Atheism, Bible, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Movies, Politics, Reading, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World
When my grandson and I were working on a jigsaw puzzle I discovered that he was more adept than I in finding the pieces we were looking for to complete a section. I was wishing that the pieces were larger. I could see the big picture but found it hard to see which...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 18, 2021 | Abortion, Atheism, Bible, Church, Faith, God, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness
Jesus is arrested, handcuffed and dragged before Annas, the retired high priest who interrogated him about his disciples and his teaching. He replied, “I have spoken openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, publicly. I said nothing in...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 15, 2021 | Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Sexuality, Suffering, Witness
Popularity depends on the group you belong to. What makes you popular in one group may make you unpopular in another. A drunk is not popular in a prayer meeting. A teetotaler is not popular at a fraternity party. Our belief in freedom of speech guarantees our right to...
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