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…
As I was working on my new Song of Songs album, I was struck by the woman’s boldness. She recognized that she was sunburnt and a bit unkept because of all the manual labor she had been doing, but she also acknowledged that she was “נָאוֶה”—which the ESV translates as “lovely.” This really struck a…
Question: How is it possible that as an omniscient triune God only one part knows the hour of another part’s return? I’ve read up on the hypostatic nature of Jesus and his duality but i’m not sold on that being why he wouldn’t know. And that would seem silly as if he’s saying “I don’t even…
Question: Why would a good + sovereign God create humans? He saw the brokenness ahead, why proceed? Answer: Oddly, God has faced this question himself. Before he sent the flood, Genesis 6:6 says, “And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.” So yeah, even God has…
Question: In light of recent events in the Africa and the Middle East, what causes God to intervene/not intervene (from a human perspective) in earthly affairs? Inquiring minds (like mine) are wondering. Answer: Yeah, there’s a lot of difficult stuff going on right now that can be hard to wrap our minds around. Here’s how…
The sex conversations we had over the last 7 weeks at Nerd Church were enlightening as people joined in-person and online to talk for 60-90 minutes every Monday. Here are brief synopses of the topics we discussed, though I can hardly cover everything here. Week 1 | Purity Culture While keeping sex within marriage is…
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This past week at Spare Oom worship, I spontaneously made a song about Jesus showing up as a lion in the divine courtroom instead of as a lion. A friend of mine captured it on a voice memo and sent it to me. I felt it was a good meditation amidst a pretty powerful night…
For most of us, justice is a political conversation, but the Bible presents a rather supernatural view of this topic. The sons of God, the angels, the prophets, the incarnation, and the coming Day of the Lord are all tangled up in this theme. In my new short book, Supernatural Justice, I give a biblical…
Jesus tells three parables back to back in Luke about banquets, which teach us how to live and act in heavenly, backward ways. Dive into these parables with us as we discuss humility, the poor, and being “all in.”
Instead of recognizing Jerusalem as the place where prophets are honored, he recognized it as the place where prophets go to die. Jamin homes in on this theme, setting us up early for Reveal Jackson 2023 on September 23rd.
Jamin Bradley 