Robin Schumacher

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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.

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  Jan 31, 2022

  Beware of the reality benders

  Welcome to another example of the reality bending and responsibility deflecting that plague our culture. What a privilege we have to live in this magical age of thinking that inverts the truth to make the criminal the victim and sinner the saint.

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  Jan 24, 2022

  Don’t dis the Old Testament

  While talking with someone about a culturally moral issue, I referred to a statement made in Scripture to back up my opinion. At that point, the other person laughed and said, “Yeah, well the Bible also says not to wear clothing made of two different materials.” Ever had that happen to you? If so, how did you respond?

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  Jan 17, 2022

  The problem of moral evil: Calvinism vs. Molinism

  I finally got a chance to watch the Calvinism vs. Molinism debate between Dr. James White and Dr. William Lane Craig where each tackled the problem of moral evil from their theological position. Moderated by Justin Brierley during his Unbelievable broadcast, the discussion was a good opportunity to hear points of view straight from the horse’s mouth on a difficult subject.

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  Jan 10, 2022

  Why America is not a Christian nation

  What I am saying is that, if you define a “Christian nation” as one governed solely by New Testament principles, then there has never been a Christian nation.

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  Jan 3, 2022

  Do you have a blind heart?

  Shriver’s attempt at feigning unfamiliarity with the truth in the Rittenhouse case reminds me of a quote from Aldous Huxley: “Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know. It is our will that decides how and upon what subjects we shall use our intelligence.”

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  Dec 27, 2021

  The No. 1 worldview today is Woody Allen’s

  When filmmaker Woody Allen was publicly exposed in 1992 as having an affair with the adopted daughter of his partner Mia Farrow (Soon-Yi Previn, 34 years his junior), his defense was simply, “The heart wants what it wants.”  

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  Dec 20, 2021

  Christmas in Revelation

  At the end of “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” Charlie Brown cries out in desperation, “Isn’t there anyone who can tell me what Christmas is all about?” Can you imagine what the audience response would have been if, instead of the passage in Luke 2, Charles Schultz had chosen the following text for Linus to present: