What if our modern theology of politics is far too simple—and dangerously wrong? The Bible doesn’t paint a picture where every ruler is handpicked by God in a neat, predictable way. Instead, it reveals a cosmic drama of spiritual powers, human leaders, and seats of authority that can be used for justice—or deeply abused. To…
Jesus prayed for unity in the church, but he never meant for us to achieve it by us ignoring his difficult teachings. As 2020 continues to build pressure, the inner feelings of Christians have burst out all over the place, showing us that our peace and unity is more pretend than we thought and that…
Because Jesus was God, we often think that his temptation probably wasn’t that big of a deal. But when you pay attention to the wider story the Gospels paint, you see that the weight of the temptation in the wilderness follows him all the way to the cross. We talk about that and more after…
Goliath is far from the only giant in the Bible and on today’s episode of 1208-Bit *Nerd Church, we trace the fuller story of the giants from the beginning to end of the Scriptures. Listen: Apple Podcasts. Google Podcasts. Spotify.
Earlier this year many of our churches made the switch to online in order to lower the spread of COVID-19. To date, our church band at 1208 Greenwood has created 93 unique videos of us playing worship songs. We also just updated our database with new Christmas songs when our church returned to online this…
In Isaiah 5 a song is sung about how God set the stage perfectly for His people, and yet they failed to produce. We dive deeper into this theme in today’s message. Listen: Apple Podcasts. Spotify. Google Podcasts.
Many have a story where they felt “on fire” for God. Why don’t those moments stay forever? Should they stay forever? Did Jesus have his own mountain top experience? We talk about that and more after we play some Cat Tower. Make sure to further join our online church community by logging onto our Discord…
It’s time for another episode of the The Erinvironment with environmental scientist Erin Shott and urban pastor Jamin Bradley. Join us for JXN Cloud’s intersection on science and faith! Listen: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify.
Thanks to RELEVANT Magazine for publishing my latest submission, “Would God Make Aliens?” You can check it out here!
In our last episode we talked about understanding the Bible. In this episode we further that conversation by talking about grounding our reading of the entire Bible in Jesus as the fullest revelation of who God is. This helps us to read God’s Word in the light of God’s Word-made-flesh. We talk about all of…
Tylar and Jamin talk all things Batman and dissect some of the spiritual themes they come across in his story. Listen: Apple Podcasts. Google Podcasts. Spotify.
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