Jamin Bradley

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

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  • Science, Spirit, and Asbury

    There is much going on in the quantum realm that we cannot see, yet we can’t deny its happenings because we see its fruit manifest in the physical world around us. That is to say that all of the non-comprehensible magic that happens on the most minuscule level of the universe looks to humanity as…

  • Guillermo Del Toro’s Ash Pinocchio Wednesday

    Someone owes Dallas money for how much he’s been telling people to watch Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, which is a stop-motion rendition of the classic story with some really clever and meaningful changes. Dallas and Jamin dissect the religious and biblical themes of the movie and come away with a timely Ash Wednesday message. You…

  • A Pilgrimage to Asbury

    Like thousands of others across the country, I took the Christian pilgrimage down to Asbury University this week to see firsthand what the Holy Spirit was up to. It was wonderful. When such movements of God happen in the Bible, it always causes Bible scholars to ask, “Why?” In the same way, we all today…

  • Imaging God to Creation

    Every human in history has asked the question, “Why am I here?” The answers given to this question vary depending on religion, worldview, and one’s general understanding of their place in society. The Hebrews expected this question, and so they set out to answer it in the opening pages of their Scriptures by reflecting on…

  • Imaging God in the Wider Cosmos

    We planted a “nerd church” a few years back to reach a comic-con type of crowd. Being a nerd myself, I’ve tried to stay open to nerdy theological questions that people might ask. At one point along the way, I spent a lot of time trying to answer the question, “Would God make aliens?” With…

  • 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,…