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 |…
“Hi, I’m Jamin and I’m a shame addict.” That’s what a friend once called me anyways. I thought it was ridiculous. You get addicted to things that you want to be addicted to, right? Things like sex, drugs, alcohol, and food leave you with some kind of high or pleasure to keep coming back to.…
Mike McHargue points out that those who experience an angry God have more activity going on in their amygdala, which causes them to have more stress, anger more easily, and fear those who are different from them. They also struggle more to forgive themselves. On the other hand, those who experience God as loving develop…
God is crazy about you. He is the most extravagant of pursuers out there. He knows every detail about you because he knit you together in your mother’s womb (Psalm 139:13). He is so meticulous about you that he has even counted how many hairs there are on your head (Matthew 10:30)! He cares about…
In the beginning God made it all and, “saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good” (Genesis 1:31). Note that God said it was very good and not perfect. The Hebrew word used here is tob which means pleasant, joyful, or agreeable. The New Bible Dictionary explains that this word signifies,…
Perfection is a scary word for the Christian and rightly so, because there are many out there who abuse the term. But John Wesley had a strong impression as to how perfection was supposed to play out in the Christian’s life. He based his concept of Christian Perfection on five achievements: Loving God with all…
Romans has been used over the years to diminish evangelism to nothing more than “thinking” a certain way to be on the right side of judgment. But Jesus required good works of his followers if they were to be on the right side of judgment. In this message, I look to harmonize both sides of…
While it starts as a rather frightening story, the story of Abraham and Isaac has a lot of powerful things to say about God’s character and redemption. Check out today’s episode and then join us on our Discord channel! https://www.jxncloud.com/discord
At the start of the Bible trees have a reputation of being sacred places where God shows up. But after awhile, they seem to evolve into something blasphemous. We follow this evolution in today’s episode. Check out today’s episode and then join us on our Discord channel! https://www.jxncloud.com/discord
Only a few times in your life do you come across a book that changes everything and causes the most essential puzzle pieces of Scripture to finally click right into place. Salvation by Allegiance Alone by Matthew W. Bates did just that for me, and for that reason it has earned its place in my…
To put on meat or flesh is what we in the church call “incarnation” and this process is exactly what we celebrate at Christmas: God came down to earth and put on skin and lived among us. In a sense, we all know what it’s like to incarnate something because all kinds of things try…
