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The Genres of Revelation
Revelation is a strange book—so strange that I’ve basically ignored it for my entire life. I was turned off by it for several reasons: The violence. Again, the violence. Weird interpretations. Revelation code-crackers. Left Behind’s exciting, yet confusing take. The 8 million ways you can interpret everything. The violence. Yet despite everything that Revelation had…
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The Mythical Leviathan
One of the reasons I would conclude that Leviathan is likely to be a mythical creature is because its mythical properties can be seen quite well in Job 41—especially when God says that, “When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; at the crashing they are beside themselves” (Job 41:25). I’d like to draw…
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Enoch & the Nephilim
Genesis 5 briefly tells us about a man named Enoch who apparently didn’t die but was taken to be with God, while Genesis 6 briefly tells us about how the sons of God slept with the daughters of men and beget Nephilim/giants. In today’s podcast episode we take a deep look into these passages by…
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Thirty-One
Today I turn 31. There’s been a lot going on in life since my last birthday. Our church made a major adjustment by changing models to dinner church. I released 2 more books/audiobooks (The Rush and the Rest, and Kaiju of Biblical Proportions) and a comic book (Calligraphy Sticks: Volume 1—sample pictured above). I also…
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Why Doesn’t God Deal with Evil Already?
Jesus tells a parable about wheat and weeds and in doing so he reveals a little bit about why the world is the way it is. Check out this podcast episode on 1208GREENWOOD’s webpage or simply subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or Google Play.
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Seasons of Michigan EP
Michiganders joke all the time about the weather, as we seem capable of experiencing all the seasons of the year within 24 hours. Regardless of what weather you might be experiencing on any given day, Seasons of Michigan, has a short instrumental piano piece for it. Just released as a way of trying out my new…
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The Parable of the Computer Apps
Tomorrow I’ll be preaching on Matthew 13:24-30 and I couldn’t help but share a strange retelling of this parable that I was working on, because I’m cracking up at what I wrote. Since I live in an urban community, I was attempting to modernize Jesus’ farming parable into something more technological. I even called my…
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Yokes
When Jesus tells us to take up His yoke, He’s not just making an important statement, but also an important comparison. Learn more on the 1208PODCAST. Check out this podcast episode on 1208GREENWOOD’s webpage or simply subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or Google Play.
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Are We All Descendants of Adam and Eve?
Did Adam and Eve’s children have to procreate with one another to bring about humanity or does Genesis offer another picture? We cover this question in today’s podcast episode. Check out this podcast episode on 1208GREENWOOD’s webpage or simply subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or Google Play.
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