Kidnapped, enslaved, and forgotten—until God spoke in a dream. The story of Patrick isn’t just history; it’s an invitation. What happens when we say yes to God, even when it leads us back to the places we’d rather avoid?
Rationally, if there’s no free will, then God has designed every last atrocity that has ever happened to us, including rape, torture, murder and a never-ending list of other sins. But if there is free will, then the sins we commit are on our hands. Furthermore, if God is love and we exist because of…
Some cultures are better are mourning than others. What’s so important about mourning and why does Jesus care enough about it to put it into his list of beatitudes? Make sure to further join our online church community by logging onto our Discord server to chat about today’s episode! Here’s the link to get in:…
In order to understand the importance of our call to represent God in the world since we are made in his image, we need to recognize the fact that we’re not the only imagers God has created. This is communicated in the opening pages of the Bible where God makes the statement, “Let us make…
As we start our new series on the Beatitudes, we see that the poor in spirit receive the kingdom of Heaven. But what exactly does it mean to be poor in spirit? We talk more about that in today’s episode. Make sure to further join our online church community by logging onto our Discord server…
It’s important to note that both men and women are made in the image of God—though the creation story is often used to make women feel subhuman and subservient. Many act as though men were put here to do the real work of carrying out God’s purposes in the world while women were put here…
The ultimate hope of lived out forgiveness is reconciliation. While this doesn’t always happen, it is the hope whenever possible. In today’s episode we talk more about that while Jamin shares a few of his own stories where he had to “bless his enemies” in hopes to find reconciliation. Make sure to further join our…
It may sound strange at first, but there’s an often effective visionary technique that can help lead people into inner healing. We discuss a few examples in this episode of JXN Cloud. Make sure to further join our online church community by logging onto our Discord server to chat about today’s episode! Here’s the link…
While there are many Hebrew words for these different kinds of statues, the one were going to focus on is the word, selem, which shows up about 15 times throughout the Old Testament. While many Bible translations will sometimes translate this word as “idol,” some translations like the ESV, opt to always translate selem as…
People often use the expression, “Forgive and forget,” but that’s not exactly how Biblical forgiveness works. In this episode we take a brief surface look at forgiveness, explaining what it is and isn’t.
We moderns tend to think that the people of Bible times were idiotic enough to believe that they could create their own gods by melting a bunch of gold together and bowing down before it. But this kind of thinking makes no sense for people of any time. If ancient people thought they were slaves…
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