Jesus did not arrive safely, comfortably, or legally secure. He fled by night, crossed borders, and lived in fear of returning home—because a politician wanted him dead. The Gospel doesn’t leave us room to sanitize this reality. If how we treat refugees is how we treat Jesus, then the question isn’t whether Christ was a…
Paul gets suddenly intense in his letter to Philippians as he recognizes that Gentiles are being subjected to intense traditional rituals in order to be accepted as Christians. Jamin engages this biblical conversation and invites us to consider how the church continues to do the same thing today.
My kids were confused as they got in the car to find me conversing with chatGPT. Knowing they’d get a kick out of this, I invited them to chat with the AI. They did what most kids (and adults) would do and started saying weird and slightly unkind things to it. I quickly turned off…
In Philippians, Paul refers to his friend as a fellow worker and fellow soldier. Jamin stops to expand on Paul’s use of the word “soldier,” giving us a glimpse into the Bible’s larger picture of the Creator God Yahweh VS the little-g-god Satan. How did this dynamic come about and what is humanity’s part in…
Paul tells us that Jesus emptied himself. What does this mean? In a previous message, Jamin analyzed this theme from a poetic angle about love. In this message, Jamin gives it another meaning by referring to how God emptied himself to become human. He was then empowered by the Holy Spirit to do supernatural works.…
Side note: Before this service started, I spent 20 minutes asking a man to leave our church because he had come to visit against his ex’s wishes. It seemed clear he was there to mess with them, and I didn’t want to create space for this kind of manipulation. Since he refused to leave, I…
We had a bunch of recording equipment already set up, so myself, Stefan Bozman, Janae Burchett, and Casey Mellinger got together to do 46 minute spontaneous worship session. We had a blast, especially by the end of the jam. These musicians have become so good at flowing with me over the years. Much respect for…
Our Spare Oom worship nights looked a little different this week. We had a mini band in the room instead of just me. Someone else made up some lyrics instead of just me. And we actually set up some recording equipment instead of just a simple mic! You can catch the two songs on YouTube…
Did some spontaneous worship with Stefan Bozman, Amity Zenz, and Casey Mellinger to usher in the New Year!
Because I didn’t have much control over what I was reading the last two years while getting my Master’s, I gave my mind a bit of a reading break in 2024. That being said, of the books I did read, these were the best. Modern Genre Theory by Andrew Judd If you want to know…
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