by St James Lutheran Church | May 1, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Just about everyone agrees that evil exists, but why it exists causes much disagreement. According to the Bible, the evil things that happen in our universe – things like genocide and wars – cannot be explained in purely materialistic terms; after all, if...
by St James Lutheran Church | May 1, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
The heart of Buddhism is the Four Noble Truths: the reality of suffering, the reality of desire, the goal of nirvana, and the solution of the eight-fold path. In the case of suffering and desire, Buddhism and Christianity agree that all of life is broken, and at the...
by St James Lutheran Church | Mar 25, 2023 | Announcements, Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
One of our most basic assumptions in the West is that each person should be allowed to judge for themselves what’s right and wrong. This, along with the companion belief that God – if he does exist – does not interact with our world means that anything...
by St James Lutheran Church | Feb 14, 2023 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
The Bible claims that there is one creator God, Yahweh, who made everything that exists. Some people wonder then if there was someone or something that made God. But the uncreatedness of God is, in fact, one of the most basic ways to understand what or who God is,...
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...
