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 |…
When Sarah was told she would have a child in her old age, she laughed. But God had a way of redeeming that laughter for her. Check out today’s episode and then join us on our Discord channel! https://www.jxncloud.com/discord
God told Abraham that if he could find 10 righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah, he would spare them. Based on Lot’s actions, it’s hard to consider him very righteous, but God decided to spare him nonetheless. But as it ends up, Lot’s family can hardly even be spared very well. Check out today’s episode…
Because Jesus is God-in-flesh, we often act as though it’s impossible to live up to his example whatsoever and so we should all just get used to living in grace. This seems to be the feeling of many Christians as Barna Group has found that, “Among people who believe Jesus was a real person, 16…
Me and Tylar are both theater nerds, so we took some time today to dive into Lin-Manuel Miranda’s latest musical, In the Heights on the 1208-Bit *Nerd Church Podcast. This leads us into conversations about dreamers, dreams, and the power of community. You can watch the conversation above, or stream it wherever you listen to…
In Judges 11 Jephthah leads God’s people into battle against an enemy and makes a promise to God in doing so: “If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, then whatever comes out from the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites shall be the Lord’s, and…
All the Bible is infallible and equally inspired by the Holy Spirit (2 Timothy 3:16), but I find it incredibly important to put my main focus on Jesus while reading all of the Scriptures. Soaking myself in the four gospels teaches me to read the whole Bible in the light of God incarnate. When we…
Carrying around titles based off of mental decisions do not automatically make us good examples of that title. In fact, without action we may very well ruin that title for others. Here’s an example from my own life: I used to carry the title of “child sponsor.” A pastor spoke at one of my college…
In the Silmarillion, Tolkien pictures God singing a song and Satan trying to improve on it until he’s ultimately offering a different song. Paul sees something similar in the song of order being sung in Eden and the song that humanity has sang instead via Sin. We talk more about that in today’s episode as…
There’s a strange story in the Bible where God decides to tell Abraham what he’s up to and then allows Abraham to speak into the situation. Their conversation goes on to display God’s grace, as well as his concern for righteousness and justice. Check out today’s episode and then join us on our Discord channel!…
