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Who are the Two Witnesses?
The two witnesses in Revelation are often militarized by some readers, but upon closer inspection, there’s actually quite a bit of pacifism going on in their story. Who are they and what are they doing?
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God on a Checklist
One day in college I woke up, opened an app, and created a checklist for my spiritual life. I added some spiritual disciplines to the list like praying, reading my Bible, and reading other books. Maybe all of this would make me a better Christian, I thought to myself. Later that night, a man who…
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Book Suggestions for MLK Day
Here’s a few great books on race and justice for you to check out! The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age by Patrick Parr A Testament of Hope by Martin Luther King Jr. The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby The Cross and the…
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Who is the Angel in Revelation 10?
In Revelation 10, we meet an unnamed angel who has a lot of familiar language surrounding him. Who is he? The JXN Cloud team follows the hints.
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Homeless Count 2023
Thanks to JTV for having me by to discuss our annual Jackson County Homeless Count Day! Join us at 1208 Greenwood Church at 6am next Wednesday to help us out!
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What the Church Today Can Learn from MLK and Bonhoeffer
In recent Christian history, Martin Luther King Jr. and Dietrich Bonhoeffer are two of the most significant figures on the topic of faith and politics. While their context was different from one another, these two heroes had many similarities: they faced an unruly state and a divided church; they centered their teaching on Christ and…
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Evangelistic Multiplication
Sometimes Jesus finds “people of peace” that he can work with to reach others. In this case, he calls one tax collector to follow him, allowing him to get to know all of his tax-collecting friends. He then enters their world and meets them in their sin and shows them his Father.
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Angels in the Euphrates
What’s up with the angels in the Euphrates river in Revelation? And why do they seem so scary? Are they really angels or something else?
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New Single: The Garden of Gethsemane
I’ve got a simple, new ambient single out called “The Garden of Gethsemane.” Give it a listen wherever you stream music next time you’re praying or reading your Bible 🙂
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Forgiveness is a Power
When we read the story of the healing of the paralytic, our attention often gets caught up on the paralytic’s faith rather than on Jesus’ strange teaching on forgiveness that follows. Why did Jesus’ forgiving people sound so extreme to the religious leaders? And what does it mean that Jesus also told us that we…
