by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 18, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
In spite of our culture’s current skepticism about knowledge, people nevertheless are desperate to know what’s real and true. How is this possible? How can we find a model of knowing that doesn’t artificially divide “faith” and “knowledge”? How can we avoid the...
by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 4, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Anger is not inherently good or bad, but is right or wrong depending on its motive and its object. Righteous anger, in fact, is necessary for a healthy humanity – to be confronted by gross injustice and not be angry would be inappropriate and (perhaps even)...
by St James Lutheran Church | Jun 22, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Hinduism, as an eastern religion, emphasizes the ultimate spiritual reality of humans and nature. Contemplating this truth can provide a welcome corrective to American Christians who tend – along with the rest of our culture – to value and emphasize the...
by St James Lutheran Church | Jun 24, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Depression, far from being a purely physical or purely psychological or spiritual problem, affects every part of the person who is experiencing it. Physical remedies – everything from eating right and becoming more active to perhaps taking doctor-prescribed...
by St James Lutheran Church | May 23, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Skeptics claim that there are contradictions between the texts of the four Christian gospels. But on closer inspection, what are frequently called contradictions are better understood – not as errors – but as differing perspectives on the same events. The...
by St James Lutheran Church | May 10, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
One of the defining features of our current postmodern world is an increase in selfishness, a rise that has resulted from the lack of a controlling belief system. With nothing larger than oneself to believe in, our natural tendency will be to act, think, and speak in...
