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?
One day a lawyer named Charles Finney took a walk in a forest, set on giving himself over to God. It was there that he was suddenly overcome with conviction for his sin and repented. After what he thought had been a short time, he headed to his office, but found that it was already…
At one point in history, a Hebrew named Joseph was magnified within the Egyptian culture, creating the space for the Hebrews to move into Egypt and alliances to be made. But in due time, a new Pharaoh rose to power who had no idea who Joseph was. He saw the large number of Hebrews in…
In 2017 I stood in line for an hour and a half, waiting for a willing camp speaker to give me a word from the Holy Spirit. It’s always interesting to see what happens when a perfect stranger prophesies over you because they have nothing to work with ahead of time. Sometimes you get something…
Right after a half hour of silence and Heaven and right before we kick off the seven trumpets of Revelation, we come a cross a short narrative where an angel does the job of a priest and offers incense in Heaven as the prayers of the saints. How does this quick intermission bridge the gap…
As we wrapped up a rather disheartening deliverance session and walked out to our cars, my friend reported something strange. They were having an open vision of sorts where they could see a beam of light coming off the top of my head and extending into the night sky. I couldn’t see it, but I…
“Plures efficimur, quotiens metimur a vobis: semen est sanguis Christianorum.” While there arę more literał ways of translating Tertullian’s phrase here, the most famous expression of it is, “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.” This statement has reigned true throughout the centuries. While martyrdom is not much of an issue in…
Reveal Jackson is back! This year our Holy Spirit themes revolve around that of evangelism, deliverance, and music as we look to bring our city into fuller worship. Evangelism means more worshippers. Deliverance means the ability to worship more fully. And music creates the space for God to be enthroned in our worship as we…
At some point during the week, an outdoor light on the side of the Pentecostal church I attended in college caught fire. I will always find the neighbor’s reported reaction quite humorous: “I’ve heard of stuff like this happening over there!” We, of course, weren’t running around setting our lights on fire. But we were…
As the mighty rushing wind of the Holy Spirit blows through the early church, their lives are empowered and transformed into something different. The new creation to come begins to burst out of these Christians in power, in character, and even sociologically.
Urban Jackson is built on dividing lines Severed by roads that hold back The Bride of Christ from embodying herself In her truest form: A multi-ethnic beauty that refuses The socio-economic boundaries That society declares “must exist” “No” rebukes our King For he is just as much for them as for you He is no…
Jamin Bradley 