by St James Lutheran Church | Sep 13, 2022 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Christians agree that God created the whole universe, but what does this mean for how humans are to rule over or take care of his environment? The Bible says that God created humans to be his representative on earth, which means we are to take care of the world like...
by St James Lutheran Church | Aug 30, 2022 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
The God of the Bible commands his creatures to praise him – to talk and sing about how great he is, but the idea of a God like this who would demand praise and worship from his creatures is seen as incomprehensible and even offensive by many non-believers. Why...
by St James Lutheran Church | Aug 16, 2022 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Humility is almost universally admired in the West, and people who are full of themselves are almost universally avoided. But although this value is common, humility is a uniquely Christian virtue. Only if there is a God who created all things and people and...
by St James Lutheran Church | Aug 2, 2022 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
The Bible describes marriage as two people becoming “one flesh.” This incredible concept is more than just a helpful metaphor – in marriage (and through sex within marriage), God has created a new singular unit out of two separate people. In this way God has...
by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 19, 2022 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Marriage has always been both beautiful and difficult, and never more than it is now. Our cultural conviction that we as individuals are more important than our relationships butts heads with our desire to experience love and acceptance. But God has created marriage...
by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 5, 2022 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Many secular people believe that science has made religion obsolete – that since we now have rational explanations for natural phenomena we no longer need God. This assumes that religion’s job is to explain natural phenomena, but while science’s job is to...