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…
Out of the 46 books I read this year, here are some of the best and why (in no particular order). The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma As I’ve done exorcism throughout the years, I’ve come across some of the kinds of trauma difficulties that Bessel van…
I don’t have a problem with hymns. However, I do have a problem with the “hymn culture” of some Protestants. Our hymns were written well after the time of Jesus—many of the most popular ones being created in the last 500 years. Yet hymn culture treats these songs as sacred, as though God only inspired…
After struggling to grow our church for several years, we shifted into a dinner church model. Our numbers increased immediately, hitting triple digits in about two years. The word of our dinners spread rapidly among the impoverished and homeless in our community, giving us an inroad to the very people we had been trying to…
Why did God come to earth as a man and not a woman? Either gender could have been theologically possible since the Old Testament presents Jesus in the masculine form of the Angel of the Lord (Gen. 32:24–30; cf. Hos. 12:3-4)1 and the feminine form of Woman Wisdom (Prov. 8:22-31; cf. Luke 11:49-50; Matt. 23:34-35).2…
As God created the world, the already existing sons of God sang and shouted joyfully (Job 38:7). It is to these spiritual beings that God turned and said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” (Gen. 1:26).1 The implication here is important: the spiritual beings of heaven and the humans of earth…
Thought I’d try my hand at a theological Christmas song this year. I’ll throw in the Bible references for you, too, since I’m getting into some weird territory (as is my way). Hope you enjoy 🙂 VERSE 1Look to the stars and count them all (Gen 15:5)Just rest and take them inSee them shine, the…
After Jesus was resurrected, he opened his disciples’ eyes to see things in the Scriptures they had never seen before. The Bible is a complicated book that requires a spiritual and scholarly approach to understand it in its fullness. In this message, Jamin gives a few examples from some unusual passages to make his point.
Today I got to preach at my alma mater’s chapel service about some angelology and identity themes. You can watch Spring Arbor University’s service altogether or jump to 28:57 for my message. Thanks for having me out SAU!
I recently started a second pastoral position over at David’s Promise, which is a church that was created for adults with disabilities in mind—autism in particular. In this message, I look at how the compassion of Jesus greatly influenced how he did ministry, and how such compassion should affect our lives.
One of the marks that caused the disciples to realize they had experienced the resurrected Jesus was that their hearts burned within them. In this message, Jamin talks about the importance of sensing and discerning the movement of the Holy Spirit through our bodies—be it in our physical senses or our emotional feelings.
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