• A Juneteenth Call to the Church

    In this timely message, 1208 celebrates Juneteenth by using it as a stepping stone to talk about the church, social justice, diversity, and anti-racism.

  • “Clamo, Clamo”

    We’ve recently found ourselves at 1208 pressing in for more of the Holy Spirit. In this message we continue to do so, crying out for God to meet us as we worship so that we might know and experience the greater depths of his Spirit and be continually anointed for his ministry.

  • Martyrs and Apologists

    The church’s mission to “make disciples of all nations” (Matt. 28:19) has long been carried out by the works of martyrs and apologists. Just as Jesus embraced persecution and martyrdom, so did his followers—from the first martyr, Stephen (Acts 7:60), to the churches mentioned in the letters of Revelation. Likewise, just as Jesus did a…

  • Empowered Women in the Bible

    The New Testament is full of empowered women, starting with Jesus’ female disciples. Jamin dives into the Scriptures to show all the ways in which they served the church, be it as missionaries, evangelists, prophets, apostles, and more.

  • New Song: Heaven’s Doors

    I made a quick acoustic version of a new song I wrote for an upcoming event. You can listen on Spotify (or wherever you stream music). If you want the simplified capo chords as I play them on the acoustic recording, check the lyrics below. If you want a PDF of the chords without the…

  • Fantastic Movie Podcast: Annihilation

    While Annihilation may seem like a chill sci-fi movie with some creepy horror themes interspersed throughout it, Dallas and Jamin found it to be quite thought-provoking on spiritual themes. Enjoy their pastoral discussion on topics like resurrection, new creation, and much, much more.

  • Pentecost Water

    In this message, Jamin provides a narrative of 1208’s spiritual journey over the last year and invites us to wait expectantly for the Spirit to pour out in a fresh and visible way.

  • One Belief, Varied Expression

    For the earliest church, Christianity was Judaism. The early Christ followers were Jews who had filled in the gap of who they believed their coming King was. Therefore, no Jew would have been thinking, “I need to abandon my faith and join this Christian movement”—rather, their thoughts were more like, “We are the Jews who…

  • Evangelism is Making King Jesus Reality for Others

    While Yahweh is the King of kings, Lord of lords, and God of gods, much of the New Testament narrative is about him raising Jesus up as Israel’s immortal human King, and then inviting the rest of the nations to leave their kings, lords, and gods behind and give their allegiance to Jesus. So yes,…

  • The Global 30 By 30 Initiative

    Today Erin and Jamin discuss the global 30 by 30 initiative to protect 30% of the world’s land and oceans by 2030. With lots of background about the initiative, the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD COP15 2022) and what makes it a good thing and controversies surrounding it. Make sure you have everyone’s voices at…