Robin Schumacher

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  Apr 11, 2022

  The death of death in the death of Christ

  Having lost my first wife decades ago to a rare form of thyroid cancer, I knew something was up when the procedures took much longer than expected. Our doctor friend ended up removing many premalignant lesions, which are the kind that can quickly turn into cancer.

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  Apr 4, 2022

  Being on the wrong side of God’s history

  The constant parade of prominent church leader failures is painful to watch. Take your pick from the recent events surrounding Hillsong or other pastors who have been caught robbing their churches, it’s a news stream that never seems to bottom out.

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  Mar 28, 2022

  How error enters the church

  All Arius (AD ca. 250 - 336) wanted was for the Church to say Jesus’ was homoiousion but not homoousion when it came to Christ’s relationship to God. That single letter addition to the word meant Jesus was “of like substance” when it came to God but not “of the same substance.”

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  Mar 21, 2022

  Apostate, heretic or the real thing?

  I agree with author and political commentator Matt Walsh when he says, “There are many Christians who mourn the fact that our numbers are dwindling…but I also much prefer that unbelievers declare themselves unaffiliated — renounce their faith openly and align themselves with some other belief system..."

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  Mar 14, 2022

  This is the church you run to

  So when I look at studies showing the consistent decline in church attendance, rather than compile a laundry list of complaints as to why that might be, I decided instead to think back to a time when I was so drawn to church that I literally ran to it as often as I could. I came up with four particular, positive attributes that sparked my desire to be there every time the doors swung open.   

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  Mar 7, 2022

  Tell me lies, tell me sweet Twitter lies

  In the first and only major study of its kind, researchers at MIT demonstrated that lies on Twitter spread much faster and reach more people than truthful statements.

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  Mar 1, 2022

  The future of Russia and Ukraine according to the Bible

  The invasion of the Ukraine by Russia has re-awakened fears of the communist Northern giant that haven’t been felt for a very long time. And fear is something all bullies, including Russia, prize even when everything else around them is failing.

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  Feb 21, 2022

  Let’s talk about your subscription to Jesus

  With all this, it’s no surprise that the subscription mindset has made inroads into our spiritual life. Spiritual box subscriptions are plentiful as are YouTube churches that are easy to find and subscribe to.

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  Feb 14, 2022

  Why are we so scared of everything?

  Hardware stores saw WWE cage matches between customers over bags of salt. All this because they might have to stay home for a day and a half. Why do people behave this way? It’s because today, maybe more than ever, we’re afraid of everything. And our fear causes us to act in the most irrational ways imaginable.  

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  Feb 7, 2022

  The judgments of God are everywhere

  I’m certainly not saying every bad thing that happens is a particularly directed divine judgment handed down to us. However, I would like to reverse the question of, “why do bad things happen to good people?”, to have you think instead about, “why do good things happen to anyone?” Given our historical track record, we deserve judgment far more than we deserve blessings.