Thanks to all of the local 1208 Greenwood artists who made our sometimes-playful, sometimes-serious, multi-genred, Narnia-themed, Christmas album! It was so much fun to make. Here’s a look at the tracks: Tell Me a Myth | An acoustic song about finding God in the mythological parts of the Bible and Narnia. Green Green Christmas |…
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” (Genesis 1:1-2) Two verses into the Bible and the Hebrew authors are already asking us to…
I remember reading a book by Frank Bartleman, who documented the events leading up to the Azusa Street Revival which took place at the start of the 20th century. While I appreciated the book and found it interesting, there was one line that really stuck with me in an off-putting way: “We need no more…
Before I got to college, I knew little about the Holy Spirit. But by the time I graduated, I was a different person. During my college days, I played in a worship band with some friends at a Pentecostal church and we took our music on the road a handful of times. It was there…
I was still learning about the Holy Spirit when a well known minister by the name of Mahesh Chavda came to town. I was asked by a college professor of mine to attend the event as a “catcher.” In other words, it was my job to catch the people who fell over under the power…
This Sunday we tried something a little bit different for service. I read 2 chapters of Jesus’ comments on the end times, and then using the webpage Slido, I took and answered various questions from our congregation on the confusing reading. You can check it out on the 1208PODCAST. Check out this podcast episode on 1208GREENWOOD’s…
Growing up, both my brother and I loved making ridiculous videos. That being said, we got a little bored last night and after about 5 hours, had written, recorded, and edited this ridiculous music video about potato chips. Enjoy.
My professor wasn’t much of one to let his students get away with simply inheriting knowledge—he loved to set us up to practice what we were learning. So when a Catholic school in town invited him to bring a team to pray for healing for the attendees of a special event, he threw me right…
In light of our natural breaking point in Genesis on the 1208PODCAST (iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Webpage) today I took a break to give a quick sample of my new book/audiobook, The Rise of the Water Kingdom. Comment below for an Audible promo code for the book (while supplies last when the book is released sometime…
Growing up, I never felt like I was given good answers to my questions about the Holy Spirit. Supposedly He was in me and reminding me that I was saved, but that was about it. Salvation was His endgame and it seemed to be all He was interested in—well, that and He also did miracles…
On an extreme end of Christianity we come across a view that treats God as though He is just looking to prosper, bless and protect both us and our nation. But the Gospels show us that there is a major misunderstanding here. He proclaimed blessing over the people we don’t want to be: The poor…
