by St James Lutheran Church | Sep 9, 2025 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Current Announcements, Podcast
The current day nation of Israel was established in 1948, a place for many of the Jews who survived the holocaust to call home. Many Christians in Europe and North America consider this to be a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies to Abraham and his offspring that...
by St James Lutheran Church | Aug 26, 2025 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
When the Athanasian Creed is read on Trinity Sunday every year, many Protestant Christians struggle with the last line, “Those who have done good will enter into eternal life, but those who have done evil will go into eternal fire.” This implication that salvation is...
by St James Lutheran Church | Aug 12, 2025 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
In our cynical culture, doubting everything has become a default mode. For Christians who believe that being made right with God happens through trusting Jesus, these doubts can precipitate an existential crisis. Some Christians feel guilty for having doubts, but...
by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 29, 2025 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
We humans feel like we have the ability to make any choice, but the reality is that we can only make any choice we want to. In other words, humans are bound to their own wills – it’s not possible to choose to do something you ultimately do not want to do. Every...
by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 15, 2025 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Different branches of the American church have different ideas about miracles – the more rationalistic branches of Christianity don’t place a high value on miracles, while more charismatic churches consider miracles to be a vital part of their Christian life....
by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 1, 2025 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
The great redemptive event of the Bible is the exodus from Israel out of Egypt. God’s plan and actions to rescue his people from slavery form the foundational backdrop for how we understand his heart. But then why do so many texts in scripture seem to accept slavery...
