Like all Americans, I grew up looking at a flag with my hand over my heart as I pledged my life to it at schools, sports, and even church. It had the word “God” in it, so I figured I was on the right track, but as I grew up, I started to note too…
While rest and sabbath are important, we can sometimes turn such moments into apathy and laziness. As Christians, our job is to bring Heaven to earth, and we have all been gifted in unique ways to do so. Jesus expects that we are aware of this and that we will do something with what we’ve…
Jesus tells us to not live in anxiety, which isn’t always helpful when we’re actually dealing with anxiety. But Jesus also shows us how to deal with anxiety with his own life decisions and spiritual practices. What can we learn from that?
The evil eye appears in several places throughout the Bible, including in Jesus’ teaching. What is it and what was Jesus’ point in mentioning it?
In this message, Jamin takes a look at the history between Jews and Samaritans to help us see further how powerful the parable of the Good Samaritan really is. The Samaritan seemed free of prejudice and racism and saw the stranger in front of him as a human to be loved.
Fifteen days ago my friend asked me if I had ever written any love songs for Jesus. I told them all my songs are love songs to Jesus! “Are you sure they’re not all theological or songs about God’s love for you?” they responded. I looked through repertoire and realized they were right! In that…
It’s been a long time since I’ve made a concept album, but today I finished a new one! Come hear the Song of Songs like you’ve never heard it before, put to a diverse array of music and pumped out through 1208 Greenwood Church’s sound system at 8pm tonight. The album will be live on…
Question: When giving Jesus’ genealogy in Matthew 1, why is it Joseph’s genealogy and not Mary’s? Answer: Kind of ironic since he didn’t exactly have a hand in Jesus’ creation, eh? Haha. Though that being said, Joseph would have remained the legal father of Jesus, so it’s okay to attach the genealogy to him. There…
Question: Something I struggle with understanding is in romans paul speaks about faith for salvation and then in james it talks about works… I get that good works come from us having faith but it really confuses me and makes me feel like I’m never doing enough Answer: Great question. This has been a soapbox…
While we were driving my daughter said, “No way! I was just thinking about a bush and there’s a streetsign that says bush!” “Why do you think that happened?” I asked. “I don’t know,” she replied. “I can think of three possibilities,” I responded. “The first is what we call ‘subconscious.’ That’s when your brain…
The disciples were excited to discover that they could cast out demons, causing Jesus to respond that he “saw Satan fall like lightning.” What does this curious phrase mean? Jamin traces the theme of Satan throughout the Bible to show how Satan has fallen like lightning, is falling like lightning, and will fall like lightning.
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