Jamin Bradley

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

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  • God’s Monsterverse: Why Leviathan Still Matters

    Before Hollywood imagined King Ghidorah, Scripture introduced a far more terrifying dragon. Leviathan—the twisting serpent of Job, the seven-headed sea monster of Psalm 74, the chaos creature defeated in Isaiah and echoed in Revelation—lurks beneath the surface of the biblical story. But this isn’t mythology for mythology’s sake. It’s a polemic. Yahweh, not Baal, not…

  • The God Who Hears the Immigrant

    Before Israel was enslaved in Egypt, Abraham enslaved an immigrant. Hagar’s story confronts us with a painful truth: the people of promise can become the people of oppression. But the God of Scripture is not blind. He hears. He sees. And he meets “The Immigrant” in the wilderness.

  • Metaphysics of Justice: Inside the Divine Council

    Explore the metaphysics of justice in Scripture—God’s divine council, spiritual beings, prophets, and the incarnation as heaven confronts injustice on earth. This and more in a new episode of The Dusty Needle Gospel.

  • Communal Life, Kingdom Life

    From collecting cans to rent video games in a tiny village to crowded houses, dollar theaters, and Thursday night dinners, I’ve spent my life chasing community. What if that longing isn’t just personality—but theology? What if our hunger for togetherness is rooted in the very being of God?

  • Woke Like God: Why Holy Awareness Isn’t a Political Insult

    “Woke” began as a warning: don’t sleep through oppression. Somewhere along the way, it became a political insult. But what if the instinct behind it is deeply biblical? From the cycle of Judges to the prophets to Jesus himself, Scripture tells a story of a God who sees injustice, names it, and calls people to…

  • The Cross and the Lynching Tree: Finding Jesus in What We Ignore

    I’ve just launched a new podcast focused on justice theology! In this first episode of The Dusty Needle Gospel, I explore James H. Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree to ask a dangerous question: what if Jesus is still being crucified in front of us—and we’ve trained ourselves not to see it? From lynching…

  • Refugee by Design: God in the Skin of the Displaced

    Jesus did not arrive safely, comfortably, or legally secure. He fled by night, crossed borders, and lived in fear of returning home—because a politician wanted him dead. The Gospel doesn’t leave us room to sanitize this reality. If how we treat refugees is how we treat Jesus, then the question isn’t whether Christ was a…

  • When Jesus Refused Violence—and Refused the Status Quo

    Jesus doesn’t offer us a choice between violence and doing nothing. In the Sermon on the Mount, He unveils a third way—one that interrupts the world without becoming what it hates. Turning the other cheek isn’t passive surrender; it’s prophetic resistance that flips the script, exposes injustice, and refuses to let evil control the narrative.…

  • God’s Prophecy Isn’t Controlling—It’s Redirecting

    Ever wondered if your future is already written? If God knows everything, do you actually have free will? In this sermon, we explore one of the Bible’s most misunderstood teachings on prophecy and predestination.

  • Reading the Bible Like a Christian

    When Jesus preached his longest sermon, he didn’t clarify the law—he detonated it and rebuilt it around love. If Scripture isn’t read through the crucified Christ, we risk missing its point entirely.