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 5, 2026 | God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Sexuality, Witness
To love someone at all times is not easy. To learn to love is a life’s work. It requires everything of us. Love challenges us every day. Sometimes when I walk on the beach I come across a heart scratched in the sand, with the names of two people entwined in it. The...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 3, 2026 | Bible, Church, Faith, God, Healing, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Ministry, Prayer, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
“Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.” (Matthew 4:23) As I reflect upon the ministry of Jesus, my own ministry and the ministry of the church and...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | May 1, 2026 | Aging, Atheism, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Reading, Sexuality, The World, Witness, Worship
“Why should anyone want to become a Christian? The reason will not be primarily intellectual. The most basic decisions we humans make about the direction of our lives are always rooted in what we care most deeply about. To become a Christian a person must care about...
by tschroder100@gmail.com | Apr 16, 2026 | Abortion, Atheism, Faith, God, Jesus, Ministry, Morality, Politics, Reading, Sexuality, Suffering, The World, Witness, Worship
The Christian message of the reconciliation and redemption of mankind contains, as its negative presupposition, the doctrine that man, who has been created in the image of God, has set himself in opposition to his origin, and that it is this opposition which...
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