by St James Lutheran Church | Sep 8, 2026 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Current Announcements, Podcast
When Peter confesses that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of the Living God, Jesus calls him the rock on which he will build his church. Does this mean that Peter is the first Pope of the Roman Catholic Church? While some Protestants argue that Jesus is referring to...
by St James Lutheran Church | Aug 25, 2026 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
No teaching of Jesus is more difficult or counterintuitive than his command to love one’s enemies. Loving one’s friends makes sense, but loving one’s enemies seems pointless at best and dangerous at worst. Besides, it seems like loving those who have harmed us makes...
by St James Lutheran Church | Aug 11, 2026 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Christianity’s exclusive claims are controversial, but the Bible insists that Jesus is the only way to God. The main difference between Christianity and all other worldviews–that the founder of Christianity is not merely a teacher who shows the path to God, but is...
by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 27, 2026 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Christianity is a missionary religion, and Christians are expected to share their faith in Jesus with unbelievers. But how should Christians go about arguing for the truth of the biblical story? One common strategy is to offer evidence—whether through historical...
by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 14, 2026 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Hebrews 2 says it pleased the Father to make Jesus perfect through suffering, but this raises an immediate question: if Jesus is the eternal second person of the Trinity, holy and righteous in his very essence, why does this verse state that until his death on the...
by St James Lutheran Church | Jun 30, 2026 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Hebrews 6:1-6 seems to imply that if someone who was once genuinely converted loses that salvation they are not able to repent and return once again to the Christian faith, but how does that fit with stories of apostasy and restoration from Scripture and from the real...
