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New Spontaneous Song: Melting Away
I hopped into a 20-minute spontaneous moment during our worship this week. A decent amount of my lyrics came from reflecting on some of the material in David E. Fredrickson’s book, Eros and the Christ: Longing and Envy in Paul’s Christology. Hope you enjoy it! If you like long, spontaneous jams, I’ve released a few…
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Reveal Conference on Deliverance Ministry!
Reveal Conference is right around the corner! Join us on October 26th as I teach on my holistic model of deliverance, a ministry I now participate in every week. Make sure to register soon, as space is limited!
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The One Who is Able to Keep You From Stumbling
NEW PODCAST EPISODE: In this message, Jamin looks over Jude’s closing–one of the most beautiful benedictions in the Bible. Some forms of the gospel put our identity in sin, while Jude’s gospel reminds us that we can rise above sin with the help of Jesus.
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From Coequal Partners to Patriarchy: How the Fall Distorted God’s Vision
God made Eve from Adam’s ṣēlāʿ, a Hebrew word meaning “side.” The image is one of a man split in half. Eve is not subservient or subordinate to Adam, rather, she is on the same exact level as him. She is his coequal, given to man as an ezer—the Hebrew word for “helper.” Being a helper does…
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Beyond ‘Getting Into Heaven’: Why Heavenly Rewards Matter
“I don’t want to live my life trying to get rewards in Heaven,” a fellow seminary student told the teacher when the topic came up. “I’m not trying to get something out of my relationship with God.” This is the classic “holier-than-thou” response I’m used to hearing when Christians get into such topics. Even those…
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Interrupting Jesus: Positive Results at His Expense
Jesus didn’t get to do everything he wanted. His mother asked him to do a miracle before he was supposed to, and he agreed. He healed a leper and asked him to be silent about it so a crowd wouldn’t form, forcing him to leave the city, but the leper didn’t listen. He sometimes tried…
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Twisting Paul’s Teachings: Why Christians Can’t Be Sinless by Faith Alone
“As a free and redeemed Christian, you can no longer sin.” This seemed to be the ultimate takeaway from a book I read when I was younger. It wasn’t the first time I had heard such a statement. Growing up, I had come in contact with less intense varieties of this teaching in church. I…
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The Day(s) of the Lord
The Day of the Lord has been long prophesied and thought over. It has caused people to fall into extreme territories of thought and brought about a lot of confusion. For that reason, there’s quite a bit to talk about on the subject. Why is it important? What’s going to happen? Why does it matter…
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Jude Confronts Antinominanism
NEW PODCAST EPISODE: The church leaders Jude addressed seemed to believe that there was no morality or law under Jesus and that everyone could live however they wanted. In this message, Jamin proposes a better way to understand the law and its dynamic in the New Testament.
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New Mini Podcast: The Exorcist’s Fragments
If you’re more of an audible learner like me, then I have a new way to engage with the content on my other page, The Exorcist’s Bestiary. Check out my new podcast, The Exorcist’s Fragments, on Spotify, YouTube, or Apple Podcasts, where you can listen to all of my blog posts in an audibly creative…
