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…
As cases rise, we’ve returned online to 1208TV! Join us for worship, new announcements and a message on conspiracy theories as we continue our series in Isaiah. “For the Lord spoke thus to me with his strong hand upon me, and warned me not to walk in the way of this people, saying: “Do not…
Even in physical gatherings it’s easy for the church to ignore community. That’s why in our very first episode of JXN Cloud we talk about the importance of practicing community, especially as an online church. Join us as we talk about that, play a few rounds of “Poetry for Neanderthals,” and pass along some recipes.…
Satan is less interested in making disciples that look like villains and more interested in making disciples that have the good and bad twisted together—for who would follow someone that they consider evil? This is a clever trick of the enemy, because it often causes us to fight good things. For when the day comes…
If you’re jumping onto this Parler thing for free speech reasons, you should take a good look at the kind of free speech that’s being displayed there. Fellow Christians: God does not grant us free speech—He requires us to take every thought captive to obey Christ. Spiritual warfare begins the moment a thought enters our…
I have had many friends over the years leave the church, not because of the difficult things Christ said or the ways in which He behaved, but because of the difficult things Christians say and the ways in which they behave. They were fine with Jesus, but they couldn’t associate themselves any longer with what…
In 2018 I released a book on the Bible’s perspective of spiritual gifts and the supernatural world called, The Rush and the Rest. In its opening pages I mentioned that there are already a million books on such topics, so why should I write one too? One of the things I thought might set mine…
I’ve seen a lot of “Jesus is on the throne” statements today. Just a reminder (as many others have already pointed out) that Satan has a throne too. The earth is a war zone between the two thrones, and though Jesus has already won the battle, he has not yet brought about the final end…
I have been sitting on a collection of thoughts for quite a few years now. And while it may be preferable to some (and perhaps even to myself) for me to keep my thoughts in my head, I feel it important as a pastor to say these things—and I perhaps feel convicted to say them…
I was caught off guard in college when a professor mentioned that the Kingdom of Heaven was Jesus’ favorite theme. “If he talked so much about it, why doesn’t anyone know more about what Heaven is like?” I wondered. And then I started paying attention to what the Bible actually said about the Kingdom of…
In Revelation 14, Jesus and 144,000 Christians are found standing in God’s presence on Mount Zion. They join God and the other spiritual beings of God’s Heavenly courtroom in singing a beautiful song. It’s there that an interesting note is made about the 144,000: “It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for…
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