by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 7, 2017 | Church, Faith, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, Worship
My dear friend from San Antonio, Max Lucado, has written the following devotional on his blog www.maxlucado.com. “Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.” Matthew 10:28 Yet again, yet so soon, we struggle to make sense of bloodshed and violence....
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Nov 5, 2017 | Bible, Church, Faith, Inspiration, Suffering, Witness
Hebrews 11 lists the heroes of the faith. On All Saints’ Sunday we remember the Communion of Saints who have preceded us. They were all commended for their faith. They are witnesses to us of God’s faithfulness. We look to them for encouragement and inspiration. The...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Oct 3, 2017 | Atheism, Bible, Jesus, Ministry, Suffering, The World
In the light of the recent hurricanes and the massacre in Las Vegas, which President Trump described as an act of pure evil, I share with you a chapter from my book SURVIVING HURRICANES, which deals with the source of evil. Evil is a theological category and cannot be...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 21, 2017 | Bible, Church, Faith, Jesus, Morality, Suffering, Witness
Portrait of American orator, editor, author, abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895), 1850s. Engraving by A. H. Ritchie. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) During the summer the news was full of the controversy over the Confederacy and...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 14, 2017 | Jesus, Suffering, The World
On September 5, 2004 Hurricane Frances pummeled our home. We had decided to stay. I wrote about hurricanes as a metaphor for evil and other related themes in my book, SURVIVING HURRICANES. Last year we endured Hurricane Matthew when we lost three big trees in our yard...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 1, 2017 | Inspiration, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World
Hillbilly Elegy is the second most read nonfiction book on Amazon and has been on the list for eleven weeks. J.D. Vance has written a compelling and eye-opening memoir that is stirring up a lot of controversy. A product of hillbilly Tennessee and Ohio J.D. maintains...
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