Kidnapped, enslaved, and forgotten—until God spoke in a dream. The story of Patrick isn’t just history; it’s an invitation. What happens when we say yes to God, even when it leads us back to the places we’d rather avoid?
Michael Heiser is one of my biggest heroes. He was instrumental in taking the dense scholarly world of the Bible, and making it intriguing and tangible for thousands of us. I can easily say that my ministry, teaching, and understanding of Biblical mission would be entirely different had I not encountered his work a few…
Someone owes Dallas money for how much he’s been telling people to watch Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, which is a stop-motion rendition of the classic story with some really clever and meaningful changes. Dallas and Jamin dissect the religious and biblical themes of the movie and come away with a timely Ash Wednesday message. You…
Like thousands of others across the country, I took the Christian pilgrimage down to Asbury University this week to see firsthand what the Holy Spirit was up to. It was wonderful. When such movements of God happen in the Bible, it always causes Bible scholars to ask, “Why?” In the same way, we all today…
Every human in history has asked the question, “Why am I here?” The answers given to this question vary depending on religion, worldview, and one’s general understanding of their place in society. The Hebrews expected this question, and so they set out to answer it in the opening pages of their Scriptures by reflecting on…
We planted a “nerd church” a few years back to reach a comic-con type of crowd. Being a nerd myself, I’ve tried to stay open to nerdy theological questions that people might ask. At one point along the way, I spent a lot of time trying to answer the question, “Would God make aliens?” With…
For a few weeks now, Jamin has felt a call to do some significant fasting during this Lenten season. He invites you to join along and gives some Biblical reasons to fast compared to the many modern reasons people fast.
Every Wednesday people get together at our church to worship for an hour or two with no firm plan ahead of time. It’s a beautiful time and a lot of spontaneous music is created along the way. Every once in a while I pull the spontaneous stuff out of these raw sessions and put an…
Jesus speaks identity into his disciples. He changes Simon’s name to Peter. He nicknames the other Simon “the Zealot.” He nicknames two others “The Sons of Thunder.” He calls 12 of them “apostles.” Jesus invests calling in them through names, and titles. What names and titles is he speaking over you? What names and titles…
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