• Magicland

    “Everyone has to go through Magicland first in order to figure all this supernatural stuff out,” my professor laughed. I couldn’t help but smile as the last few years of my college career had attested to this statement. I hoped that I was at the end of my time in Magicland, recognizing that some of…

  • Abraham and the Hittites

    After Sarah dies at an old age, Abraham tries to buy some burial ground for her—and there’s something important going on here that we might easily miss if we don’t pay attention. Check out this podcast episode on 1208GREENWOOD’s webpage or simply subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or Google Play.

  • Catalpa Tree

    We have a big catalpa tree in our backyard that didn’t exist 7 years ago when we moved into our house. Its giant leaves tower over our back deck and make our tiny piece of urban land look lusher than it is. It caught my attention this morning on the way out of the house…

  • The Good & Bad of the Pharisees

    The Pharisees are not remembered for good things and Matthew 23 reserves some of Jesus’ harshest words for them. But even here there are a couple of good qualities Jesus draws attention to, and the rest of the New Testament paints a bigger picture for them as well. Yes, they miss the point time and…

  • Cooking for Dinner Church

    With my dad having studied to be a cook before he became a pastor, I never had any need to cook anything growing up because what he made was already delicious—I didn’t realize how delicious until I headed off to college. But now that I was married, I was beginning to realize that I needed…

  • The Sacrifice of Isaac

    Reading Genesis 22 feels a lot like watching a psychological horror movie. Fortunately, however, we find in this passage that God is a good God whose test illustrates many important theological points after Abraham passes it. Check out this podcast episode on 1208GREENWOOD’s webpage or simply subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or Google Play.

  • Morales & Vox

    I really enjoyed writing my recent allegorical fantasy, The Rise of the Water Kingdom. I thought I’d give you a small taste of it today. For a little bit of context on this section of the book, a man named Sarx and his two disciples, Mason and Junia, enter into Heaven and have a chat with Sarx’s…

  • Whose Son?

    After the religious leaders try to trap Jesus into saying something stupid over and over again, Jesus decides to lead them to into saying something they would rather not admit. Check out this podcast episode on 1208GREENWOOD’s webpage or simply subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or Google Play.

  • Getting to Know the Holy Spirit

    Jamin shares his testimony with Chelsea Free Methodist Church about how coming to know the Holy Spirit completely changed his life. Check out the special 1208PODCAST episode, “Jamin’s Supernatural Journey” for more. (PS: At one point I said “Dinosaurs are not real.” I’m sure ya’ll know me well enough, but what I meant was “they’re…

  • Reveal Jackson Conference

    Before Jesus ascended into Heaven, he told his disciples to wait until they had been “clothed with power from on high” (Luke 24:49). Jesus expected that if we were truly going to do the ministry He did, we would need to do it alongside the Holy Spirit. Yet so many of us today tend to…