by St James Lutheran Church | Jan 31, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
One of the most common misunderstandings about the Bible is that it can’t be trusted because it’s been translated so often. The English versions one can buy in any bookstore or online are not translations of translations, but are translations from the oldest...
by St James Lutheran Church | Jan 17, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
If God wanted people to believe in him, it seems like it would be wise on his part to show himself to everyone. But everyone agrees that knowledge of God, if he exists, hasn’t happened in that sort of way. But while God doesn’t typically appear to people in visions or...
by St James Lutheran Church | Jan 3, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
When the Bible says that no one is good, it’s comparing fallen humans to the greatness, power, and moral purity of God. This doesn’t mean that there is no such thing as a good human – when we compare ourselves to other humans it’s hard to escape that some of us...
by St James Lutheran Church | Dec 20, 2022 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Christmas is unavoidable. Politicians utilize it to create a good vibe of accessibility and gentleness around themselves; the entertainment industry uses it to churn out cheap movies and even cheaper music, gobbled up by millions of consumers every year; and of course...
by St James Lutheran Church | Dec 6, 2022 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Happiness is vitally important to the human experience, but in spite of our culture’s conviction of the primacy of happiness, and in spite of our culture’s current ability to easily acquire those items and experiences we all are convinced have the ability to make us...
by St James Lutheran Church | Nov 22, 2022 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
The modern west holds that “all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights,” and that this enlightenment principle of human liberty is “self-evident.” But this deistic idea of God-created principles of freedom which are...
