Jamin Bradley

Pastor. Theologian. Musician. Author. Nerd. Exorcist.

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  • Leading Worship in Ypsilanti Tonight

    Me and a musical couple from our church will be leading worship at Ypsilanti Free Methodist tonight at 7pm! This will be my third or fourth year doing this event and it’s always been a blessing on me to get to take this group before God. This year they’ve also asked that I speak a…

  • Physical Copies of ToJ on Amazon

    My book A Taste of Jesus is now available on Amazon. Prime users rejoice and save on shipping! And as always, the audiobook and Kindle versions are also available.

  • Sociology & the Cross

    When we look at the society of Jesus’ time, we’re appalled. How on earth could an entire society approve of nailing a man to a cross? How could that kind of atrocity be considered “just another day in the life?” We think that in 21st century we’re more civilized than that and that we would…

  • The Generous Early Church

    Throughout the stories of the early church in Acts, we see examples of generosity over and over again. We see that “they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need” (2:45) and that they “received their food with glad and generous hearts” (2:46). One Christian couple even…

  • Living Hospitably

    In our pursuit of individualism, American hospitality is dying. It’s not custom to greet new neighbors with a pan of brownies or get to know them at all, because (A) who knows how long they’ll be around and (B) getting to know people is now considered a violation of privacy. We would much rather sit…

  • New Book in the Works

    After releasing two books in 2017, you’d think I’d be sick of writing by now—but instead I’m back at it again, this time writing on the topic that inspired me to become a pastor: the Holy Spirit. I suppose a highly supernatural book will be a good follow up to my previous, more scientifically-minded book,…

  • Was Humanity Immortal in the Beginning?

    I often get so focused on the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in Eden that I forget that there were actually two trees in the garden—the other one being the Tree of Life. Reading the story in this light shows us that death was already in the world. God told Adam and Eve…

  • The Strange Interaction at the Fall

    No matter how many times I reread Genesis, I find there’s always something new to learn. In this case it was my friend Janae at Bible study last night who pointed out how it was strange that of all the things Adam could have been afraid of after he ate from the tree, it was…

  • The Fourth Cup of the Last Supper

    There was a tradition at Passover in Jesus’ time that speaks volumes as to what Jesus was communicating at the Last Supper. Scholars have done their best to reconstruct these traditions and in the light of them, everything from the Last Supper to the Garden of Gethsemane to the cross (to the end times?) comes…

  • What is Joy?

    In my first few months of pastoring, I decided I was going to preach on the topic of joy. Our newly relaunched church was that of two churches becoming one and this brought with it some awkwardness and confusion. We had to figure out who we were and what pieces of each church would continue…