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New Audiobook Just Released!
What a relief! No audiobook took me longer to record than the one for my latest book—and due to the holidays, no audiobook took longer to get approved than this one! That being said, audiobook listeners, I’m happy to finally release to you, “The Rush and the Rest.” See if the preview interests you and…
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New Book in the Works
The picture above is not an official cover or anything—just something I mocked up today for a new book I’m working on called: Kaiju of Biblical Proportions. Kaiju, of course, are the giant creatures in Japanese monster movies. It was partially the artistic ideas that I could borrow from that movie-genre that made it impossible to…
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Homeless Count Day 2019
Every year communities are asked to go out into the surrounding area and count and document as many unsheltered homeless people as they can. The number that they return with is used to bring money into local organizations that take care of the homeless. Come count with us so that we can increase Jackson’s funds…
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Christian Environmentalism
While many have created a theology that says nature doesn’t matter, Genesis is very much about humanity being put in charge of taking care of the planet. In today’s podcast I express a few reasons why I think Christians often aren’t concerned with environmentalism and then try to show us some passages in a different…
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God’s Timing
Sometimes God tells us what to do very clearly and other times He doesn’t. What do we do when He doesn’t? That’s what we cover on our latest podcast message. Check out this podcast episode on 1208GREENWOOD’s webpage or simply subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or Google Play. (If the episode is not…
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Be Fruitful and Multiply
God’s command to “Be Fruitful and Multiply” is often used by pastors to talk about the goodness of marital sex (which is all well and good), but this ignores the mission at play in the command. As it ends up, there’s a real reason for this command based on the fact that we are imagers…
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The Suffering at Christmas
We often get so caught up in the joy of Christmas that it’s easy to miss all the suffering. Jesus becomes a refugee and abortions are forced upon families across Bethlehem. When we pay attention we find that the almighty God of the universe isn’t just with us in Jesus, but He suffers with us…
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Refugee Jesus
There’s a lot of talk today about building walls and keeping refugees, foreigners and outsiders away. But when we do this, we are pushing Jesus Himself away—for the beloved Christmas story reminds us that Jesus was a refugee. Check out this podcast episode on 1208GREENWOOD’s webpage or simply subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify,…
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In Our Image
Who’s God talking to when He says, “Let us create man in our image”? Is He talking to the Trinity? Or someone else? I cover this question in this week’s midweek edition of 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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The Greater & Lesser Light
In this week’s Midweek Edition episode, I explain why the sun and the moon are labeled the greater and lesser light in the Genesis creation story. This launches us into conversations about ancient astrology and even takes us into the story of the wisemen in the Christmas story. Check out this podcast episode on 1208GREENWOOD’s…
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