• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    The four horsemen of the apocalypse are incredibly terrifying both on a visual level and a theological level. But understood correctly, it’s not quite as theologically concerning as you might think—you just need to see it in the light John is painting. And that’s what we address in today’s message on the 1208PODCAST. Listen to this…

  • The Lion is the Lamb

    We often sing songs about God being a lion and a lamb. This is all well and good as the Bible likens God to a lion throughout, but in John’s Revelation, there is no lion to be found. Yes, a lion is announced, but when John turns to see him, it is, in fact, a…

  • Christmas Politics

    In a time where the nation is vocally divided on politics, it’d be nice to give the whole thing a rest for Christmas. But the truth is that Christmas is about a baby king being born in our midst—and kings tend to be political. Listen to this episode by subscribing to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or Google Play. 

  • The Great Symbiosis VS Christmas

    The gods of the Ancient Near East expected humanity to serve them and in return they would give humanity what they needed. The Hebrews, however, saw their God in a different light—and Christmas amplifies that light to an incredible degree. Listen to this episode by subscribing to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or Google Play. 

  • Looking for Leia

    My sister-in-law, Alyssa Bradley, just had her new TV show on the topic of Star Wars fandom launch on SYFY Wire today! As someone who has written a little bit of fiction myself, it’s cool to see the ways in which all of these fans value sci-fi and fantasy and how it impacts them in…

  • Coming for Your Chimney

    This is the second time recently I looked to a friend and said out of nowhere, “Wanna write a song make a music video?” And five hours later, here it is!

  • Context for Dream Interpretation

    In a dream there’s no need for us to speak a word we don’t know over someone, because God has already spoken that word with His dream. What we need to do is dissect what that dream means and context is often very important to truly understand the dream’s meaning. Had you known that I…

  • The Spider Dream

    One night, I laid my head down to go to bed and simply said, “God, it’s cool how you work in other people’s lives through dreams. It would be nice to experience that myself.” And then, within a short amount of time (that night I think), I woke up from a dream. The main character…

  • Live on Rise Above’s Twitch Stream

    Yesterday I spent two and a half hours on my friend Neil’s risk_immersed Twitch stream, talking about Nerd Church, video games, creativity, online friendships, and much more. It was a great time and we’ll probably do it again down the road. You can watch our stream here. Neil is a fellow pastor in my conference…

  • Dodgeball RPG

    We tried out a new game at Nerd Church tonight! The idea was to incorporate the classic statuses and types of typical RPGs into dodgeball by having different colored balls that represented different effects. Here’s the reference slide we had on the TVs for everyone to remember what did what. Attacks Blue: Freeze Status effect—doesn’t…