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…
VERSE 1I don’t know if a vow of povertyWould come and be the death of meI don’t know I don’t know if I lack in trust and faithOr if it’s wisdom that I stayI don’t know PRE-CHORUS 1Jesus are you embellishing To make a pointOr are your words for a select few If I hold my…
In this message, Jamin reads several stories from Luke back to back so that we can feel the immensity of what it must have been like to do ministry with Jesus. In this brief look, we see that there’s nothing he can’t do. Nature has no authority over him. Armies of demons are scared of…
In the parable of the seeds, Jesus describes the Christian life as he desires it to be: one that produces a hundredfold. This is a convicting passage for many of us as we consider the seeds we relate to most in this parable. Are we being all that we’re supposed to be? What’s stopping us…
In C.S. Lewis’ science fiction book, Perelandra, a man from Earth finds himself on Venus with a version of Adam and Eve. After much testing, these Venus-natives overcome their temptations and enter straight into the resurrection as their bodies become godlike. Lewis remarks, “You might ask how it was possible to look upon it and…
I grew increasingly uncomfortable as I sat against the back wall of an enormous auditorium for a secular justice event. The crowd unanimously applauded statements I disagreed with. Comedians scathingly berated Caucasians, even though they were there to help. A picture of a middle finger alongside the words, “F*** FEMA and the U.S. Military,” was…
My family was already headed on a vacation to our desolate cabin this week, so I broke off from them for a couple of hours to echo Saint Antony’s desire to seek God out in the wilderness. During that time, I spent a lot of time asking for wisdom. I then returned to write a…
In this timely message, 1208 celebrates Juneteenth by using it as a stepping stone to talk about the church, social justice, diversity, and anti-racism.
We’ve recently found ourselves at 1208 pressing in for more of the Holy Spirit. In this message we continue to do so, crying out for God to meet us as we worship so that we might know and experience the greater depths of his Spirit and be continually anointed for his ministry.
The church’s mission to “make disciples of all nations” (Matt. 28:19) has long been carried out by the works of martyrs and apologists. Just as Jesus embraced persecution and martyrdom, so did his followers—from the first martyr, Stephen (Acts 7:60), to the churches mentioned in the letters of Revelation. Likewise, just as Jesus did a…
The New Testament is full of empowered women, starting with Jesus’ female disciples. Jamin dives into the Scriptures to show all the ways in which they served the church, be it as missionaries, evangelists, prophets, apostles, and more.
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