-
Melchizedek
Melchizedek shows up briefly in Genesis 14, but then becomes an important character in the Psalms and later Jewish writing. Why? That is the question we address today with Hebrews’ answer. Check out this podcast episode on 1208GREENWOOD’s webpage or simply subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or Google Play.
-
Love
Last night I took a break in our series on Matthew to give a discourse on God’s love. Check it out on the podcast. Check out this podcast episode on 1208GREENWOOD’s webpage or simply subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or Google Play.
-
JXN Harm Reduction
I ended up on the news this week after an interviewer reached out to me about our group JXN Harm Reduction. We started this group sometime back as an effort to fight the opioid epidemic that our city is facing. Our method at JXN Harm Reduction may sound a bit backwards, but it’s all aimed…
-
Interview with Scott Smith
After his family introduced him to porn at age nine, Scott Smith eventually found his sex addiction sending him to Cell Block 7 of the Jackson State Prison with a life sentence. Intriguingly, this is where God got ahold of him quickly—so quickly that he was released from his life sentence in two years. I…
-
Peaceful Tactics
The kind of peace I advocate for is the kind illustrated in the life of Jesus. He embraced peace to the point of death when he could have started a legitimate holy war instead. Not only could he have called angels down to fight, but he also had enough traction that he could have easily…
-
150,000 Years of Debt
In today’s message we look at Jesus’ parable about a man who was released from a great debt, just to go and force one of his own debtors pay him. In this parable, Jesus teaches us to forgive others whatever their debt, as many times as necessary, for God has forgiven us our incredible debt.…
-
Lectio Deficillior
In the world of Bible translation we find tons and tons of different manuscripts of the Bible to sort through, each with their own differences and similarities from the Scribes who copied them. Some of the differences might be human errors, like when you’re trying to copy a paper you have in front of you…
-
When the Sky Goes Dark
There’s actually a great analogy within science as to why we should consider taking the supernatural world of the Bible more seriously. Our universe is currently expanding which is causing everything to move further and further apart from each other at faster and faster speeds. Eventually, distant galaxies will have moved so far away from…
-
The Return of the Giants
While the Nephilim don’t get mentioned again until Numbers 13, the Bible in its entirety show us that there are clans of giants mentioned by other names as early as Genesis 14—just a few chapters after their origin story in Genesis 6. Seeing this requires us to pay close attention to sections of the Bible…
-
The Story Behind “Alien Theology”
After I finished writing my 500 page book, A Taste of Jesus, I was pretty sure I was done writing for awhile. It had been an incredibly enjoyable experience for sure, but it had also sucked a lot of time, energy, and life out of me. But then, not too long after releasing it, something odd…
You must be logged in to post a comment.