by St James Lutheran Church | Oct 24, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
One mistaken notion about Christianity is that its primary goal is to foster good ethical behavior. But the biblical reality is that Christianity is fundamentally God’s plan to rescue his humans and creation as a free act of grace. This grace is both necessary (since...
by St James Lutheran Church | Oct 10, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
When Christians talk about the spiritual gifts, they frequently get hung up discussing the so-called charismatic gifts – healing, speaking in tongues, prophecy, etc., but this unfortunately short-circuits the very important discussion about what the spiritual...
by St James Lutheran Church | Sep 26, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Dating, since it is a fairly new phenomenon in how humans relate to each other, is not mentioned in the Bible. But the Bible has much to say about romantic relationships, and how we should look for a future spouse. First, the Bible highly values the marriage...
by St James Lutheran Church | Sep 12, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
In a culture obsessed with individual rights and personal autonomy, parenting and raising kids remains – mostly – a relationship recognized as being valuable to the extent that it is self-sacrificial. What is it about our relationship with our own children...
by St James Lutheran Church | Aug 29, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Why is marriage so important? The Bible describes God not as one powerful being, but as three persons – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit – who have always known and loved each other with complete commitment. And when they decided to create human...
by St James Lutheran Church | Aug 15, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
It’s true that different people find different particular things beautiful, ugly, or plain. This seems to validate the notion that beauty is subjective, that there is no accounting for taste, as the saying goes. But everyone agrees that eating really delicious food...
