by St James Lutheran Church | Oct 22, 2024 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
In Christianity there are two different, but related, senses of the word confession. On the one hand, there is a confession of faith – the public and private statement of what Christians believe. On the other hand, there is also a confession of sin – the...
by St James Lutheran Church | Oct 8, 2024 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Every human belief or opinion is based upon a presupposition – a faith commitment that cannot be proven but can only be assumed. For instance, the difference between Christianity and atheism is not the difference between “faith” and “reason”, between opinion and...
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....
