• An Invitation to Fast

    For a few weeks now, Jamin has felt a call to do some significant fasting during this Lenten season. He invites you to join along and gives some Biblical reasons to fast compared to the many modern reasons people fast.

  • The Other Creation Stories in the Bible

    There’s a popular German word in theology known as “Chaoskampf”—meaning, “battle against chaos.” Many ancient creation stories are steeped in chaoskampf, be it Baal fighting Yamm (the sea itself), or Marduk fighting Tiamat (a sea monster). As these gods fight, the world is created and put in order. For example, Marduk uses pieces of Tiamat’s…

  • New Album: Spare Oom, Vol 2.

    Every Wednesday people get together at our church to worship for an hour or two with no firm plan ahead of time. It’s a beautiful time and a lot of spontaneous music is created along the way. Every once in a while I pull the spontaneous stuff out of these raw sessions and put an…

  • A New Name

    Jesus speaks identity into his disciples. He changes Simon’s name to Peter. He nicknames the other Simon “the Zealot.” He nicknames two others “The Sons of Thunder.” He calls 12 of them “apostles.” Jesus invests calling in them through names, and titles. What names and titles is he speaking over you? What names and titles…

  • The Prophetic Jordan Peele

    Dallas Flippin makes the best Biblical comparisons ever with modern-day movies, so we thought we’d start a new podcast where we talk about such things. Check out our first episode on one of my favorite directors of all time: Jordan Peele. In this episode, we talk about the prophetic qualities of his three films, Get Out,…

  • The Heart of the Law

    It seems like a little deal to us when we read stories about Jesus breaking Sabbath laws and expectations, but it certainly was a big deal to the Pharisees. In their minds, he was breaking the sacred laws that God had put in place. But Jesus didn’t see it that way. So how did he…

  • War in Heaven

    The archangel Michael takes on the dragon that is Satan in John’s fantastical story of a war in Heaven. The JXN Cloud team discusses what this means and how it fits into the overall story of Satan’s fall and the spiritual worldview of the Bible.

  • Prophets Pre-Jesus and Post-Jesus

    I’ve been thinking a lot about the prophets over the last few years and how they spent so much of their time trying to correct their political leaders and societies, often with no response. If Israel wanted to image God to the rest of the world and bless them, they would first have to turn…

  • Reveal Jackson 2023

    I could not be more excited for this year’s Reveal Jackson! On one side of the event, we’ll educate people on the spiritual gift of prophecy and how to hear the Holy Spirit. On the other side of the event, we’ll educate people on one of the major themes of prophecy: justice. In that regard, we’ve…

  • Jesus Constellations

    What’s up with all the strange astronomical signs John describes in Revelation 12? The JXN Cloud team follows a line throughout the New Testament to come up with an answer.