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The Evil Eye
The evil eye appears in several places throughout the Bible, including in Jesus’ teaching. What is it and what was Jesus’ point in mentioning it?
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The Good Samaritan and Racism
In this message, Jamin takes a look at the history between Jews and Samaritans to help us see further how powerful the parable of the Good Samaritan really is. The Samaritan seemed free of prejudice and racism and saw the stranger in front of him as a human to be loved.
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New Concept Album: Song of Songs
Fifteen days ago my friend asked me if I had ever written any love songs for Jesus. I told them all my songs are love songs to Jesus! “Are you sure they’re not all theological or songs about God’s love for you?” they responded. I looked through repertoire and realized they were right! In that…
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Surprise Album Listening Party!
It’s been a long time since I’ve made a concept album, but today I finished a new one! Come hear the Song of Songs like you’ve never heard it before, put to a diverse array of music and pumped out through 1208 Greenwood Church’s sound system at 8pm tonight. The album will be live on…
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Q&A: Jesus’ Genealogy
Question: When giving Jesus’ genealogy in Matthew 1, why is it Joseph’s genealogy and not Mary’s? Answer: Kind of ironic since he didn’t exactly have a hand in Jesus’ creation, eh? Haha. Though that being said, Joseph would have remained the legal father of Jesus, so it’s okay to attach the genealogy to him. There…
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Q&A: Faith and Works
Question: Something I struggle with understanding is in romans paul speaks about faith for salvation and then in james it talks about works… I get that good works come from us having faith but it really confuses me and makes me feel like I’m never doing enough Answer: Great question. This has been a soapbox…
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Discernment
While we were driving my daughter said, “No way! I was just thinking about a bush and there’s a streetsign that says bush!” “Why do you think that happened?” I asked. “I don’t know,” she replied. “I can think of three possibilities,” I responded. “The first is what we call ‘subconscious.’ That’s when your brain…
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Fall Like Lightning
The disciples were excited to discover that they could cast out demons, causing Jesus to respond that he “saw Satan fall like lightning.” What does this curious phrase mean? Jamin traces the theme of Satan throughout the Bible to show how Satan has fallen like lightning, is falling like lightning, and will fall like lightning.
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A Range of Judgment
Heaven and Hell is a simple concept, right? Not exactly. While these seem to be the two end results of judgment on the Day of the Lord, Jesus talks about judgment in a wider sense than that. In this message, Jamin focuses on a few passages that don’t exactly match the mold.
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Faith and Provision for Ministry
There are three stories intertwined in Luke about doing ministry. Twice Jesus sends his disciples out with a lack of provision for the job, yet they are cared for. But in the third story, Jesus calls them to do ministry the wrong way, which Peter readily embraces.
