by St James Lutheran Church | Sep 24, 2024 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Some Christians have held that cremation is not permitted by the Bible, on the grounds that bodies buried intact, or “sleeping”, are a concrete anticipation of the resurrection of the dead on the last day. But the Bible never expressly forbids cremation, and in at...
by St James Lutheran Church | Sep 10, 2024 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Virtue, in the ancient world, was the word for moral and physical excellence. Those who were brave, those who were honest, those who accomplished great things, were excellent, therefore virtuous. The Bible, too, picks up on this ancient idea and calls humans to pursue...
by St James Lutheran Church | Aug 27, 2024 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
When Jesus was falsely accused of sedition and blasphemy, Pontius Pilate asked him a question which has persistently confounded every thinker before and since: “What is truth?” Pinning down truth so that everyone can have access to reality has been notoriously...
by St James Lutheran Church | Aug 13, 2024 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
The cultural trope of the twenty-something guy living in his parents basement, not working, not exercising, and playing hours of video games, is perhaps a caricature, but it touches on a reality that is all too common today: the disillusioned and lonely young man....
by St James Lutheran Church | Aug 10, 2024 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Sometimes churches close for demographic reasons: a small, rural community whose citizens are moving away will perhaps struggle to keep its churches open. But the primary reason why once healthy churches shrink and die is that they stop recognizing their foundation,...
by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 16, 2024 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
If God is indeed infinite, like the Bible says, then it’s clear we can never completely comprehend what this means. After all, if the finite (we humans) could comprehend the infinite it would no longer be infinite. But this doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try to understand...
