by St James Lutheran Church | Apr 9, 2025 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Current Announcements, Podcast
Prayer, with Bible reading, is a conversation with God. But sometimes it seems that God isn’t listening to our prayers. Is this an illusion of our lack of faith, or is perhaps God not really listening? The Bible sometimes talks about God not hearing prayers, but how...
by St James Lutheran Church | Mar 25, 2025 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
One of the reasons Jesus called himself the Son of Man is the name’s vagueness. The title can simply mean “human”; this is the way the prophet Ezekiel seems to be using it during the many times he refers to himself in this way. There is no possible way this seemingly...
by St James Lutheran Church | Mar 15, 2025 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Because love is not primarily an emotional disposition toward someone else but is instead about self-sacrificial actions, trust is baked into such a relationship. We come to know and love someone precisely by trusting in that person enough to get close enough to live...
by St James Lutheran Church | Feb 25, 2025 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
All the statistics point to an increase in acts of aggression and violent crime in our society. But why is this happening? Secular thinkers used to opine that religion exacerbated violence; the theory being that commitment to absolute truth would cause people to...
by St James Lutheran Church | Feb 11, 2025 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
For Christians, any discussion about any topic must begin and end with the Bible, because if God is God we cannot afford to deny him the final word. When it comes to topics upon which the prevailing culture diverges from what God says in the Bible, the temptation for...
by St James Lutheran Church | Jan 28, 2025 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
What does it mean when someone wears a cross? What if that person is a Christian, or a non-Christian? Is it ever wrong to wear a cross? There are roughly two answers to this question. First, since the cross serves as a symbolic reminder for Christians that the creator...
