by St James Lutheran Church | Jul 2, 2024 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Christians often talk about serving the Lord. And while it’s true that the Bible calls his people to serve him with all their hearts, it’s a mistake to think that what this means is that God needs us to meet his needs. So, in what sense is it appropriate to talk about...
by St James Lutheran Church | Jun 17, 2024 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
Music has a power which logic and rationality do not – the power to tap into the human emotional experience. This experience is no less spiritual than understanding and reflecting on the truth of the gospel intellectually, merely different. Music evokes memories...
by St James Lutheran Church | Jun 4, 2024 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
What makes the books of the Bible sacred scripture is that they were written by prophets (Old Testament) or apostles (New Testament). The books of the New Testament bear witness to the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth, either as a first-hand account of his life, death,...
by St James Lutheran Church | May 22, 2024 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
After a discussion about how it’s impossible to prove things like whether spirits exist or not, Chuck and Aaron talk about how the Bible describes the spiritual world. The existence of angels – powerful, supernatural beings whose job it is to serve God –...
by St James Lutheran Church | May 7, 2024 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
For Christians, the question of how we can be saved has too often been framed as a future question: how can I know I’m going to heaven when I die? But the Bible just doesn’t talk enough about going to heaven when we die for us to justify making that the baseline of...
by St James Lutheran Church | Apr 23, 2024 | Craving Answers, Craving God, Podcast
For the past three hundred years it has seemed obvious to many modern Westerners that cataclysmic, global floods are impossible, and so the biblical story of the great flood has been seen as a legendary myth highlighting the vindictive judgment of the Bible’s angry...
