by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 5, 2026 | Abortion, Atheism, Faith, God, Islam, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Science, Sexuality, Suffering, The World
Daniel Jupp PhD., is an English political commentator who posts on jupplandia@substack.com. I am an admirer of his brilliant analysis of our culture. He claims to be an atheist but his honesty compels him to make the case for the importance of Christianity in our...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Sep 2, 2026 | God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Suffering, The World
“Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another.” (Romans 13:7-8) Kierkegaard paraphrases St. Paul:...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 29, 2026 | Aging, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Prayer, The World
“Love never fails.” (1 Corinthians 13:8) Divine love stands forever, for God is love, and only God is eternal. Everything that is created is contingent, dependent, temporary, mortal. Therefore only love from God, love that is given by God, love that partakes of the...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 24, 2026 | Atheism, God, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Reading, Suffering, The World
Marie Kawthar Daouda is a Lecturer in French at Oriel College, Oxford University. Born and raised in Morocco in a bilingual French and Moroccan Arabic family she enrolled in the prestigious Lycée Henri-IV in Paris at 17 and completed her doctorate in French and...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 8, 2026 | Bible, Faith, God, Healing, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Movies, Politics, Suffering, The World
Schadenfreude is the German word which describes our malicious enjoyment of the mishaps or misfortunes of others. Schadenfreude is part of our culture. Every one of us experiences schadenfreude. It is intrinsic to every sport. We love it when our golfing buddies hit...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Aug 5, 2026 | Bible, Healing, Jesus, Morality, Politics, Reading, Suffering, The World, Witness
Love keeps no record of wrongs (NIV). Love is not resentful (RSV). Love holds no grudges (LB, 1 Corinthians 13:5). The verb Paul uses here means ‘to calculate.’ William Barclay says that the word “is an accountant’s word. It is the word that is used for entering up an...
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