Jamin Bradley

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

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  • Christians and Antichrists

    There are many antichrists pictured throughout the New Testament, because an antichrist is just that—someone who is anti-Christ. But among the antichrists there is also the coming antichrist of antichrists. This person is pictured as powerful both in status and in signs and wonders, drawing many to themselves. There’s a certain mimicking of Jesus in…

  • The Slow Process of Sanctification

    There are two major errors when it comes to the idea of sanctification. The first is to think that after someone has gotten saved, they should return to church all put together and free of every last addiction, foible, sin, and incorrect way of thinking. But this doesn’t happen. Figuring out how to live in…

  • Truth is a Person

    With the rise of social media, our voices have taken over the internet. Where information was once king, story and experience now reign. Facts and information carry less emotional weight than story, so if any facts are given that go against the way we feel, we often let the intensity of our feelings win out.…

  • Mudthus

    I grew up in a little traditional church in a small village and knew very little about the church outside of my box. For that reason, I was quite phased at a giant Christian music festival called Ichthus when the pastor on stage said he had a dream that it would rain at our festival…

  • “Thief Jesus” is a Warning for Christians, Too

    When speakers from out of town visit our churches, they occasionally do some “spiritual mapping research” ahead of time so they can tell us a little bit about ourselves. I’ve seen this done twice at churches in Jackson and both times our state prison was referenced. Now on one hand I kind of want to…

  • The Already But Not Yet of Resurrection

    Resurrection began on Easter as Jesus became the firstborn of the dead. But the Bible’s wider portrait of resurrection shows us not only that we’re the secondborn, but that resurrection has already begun in us now.

  • Where’s Jesus?

    The people of Jesus’ time thought he’d be back real soon—and to be fair, Jesus also expected as much. He said he’d be back within a generation, so it’s not that surprising that when the church of his generation started to die, they began to ask, “Where is he?” Peter responded to this confusion by…

  • The Superhero Bodies of Easter

    I struggled to understand the significance of resurrection for most of my life since the churches I grew up in seemed to say that everything of significance was found in the cross. Sure, resurrection was cool too, but it seemed like a divine CPR of sorts. It was just a thing that happened after the…

  • Holy Saturday in The Rise of the Water Kingdom

    A few years back I released a piece of fiction called, The Rise of the Water Kingdom. Some scholars have pointed out that the Bible pictures Jesus being a second Enoch. That is to say, that just as Enoch (in the popular Jewish writing, the Book of Enoch) proclaimed judgment over the angels that created…

  • The Unexpected Victory of Holy Saturday

    Holy Saturday used to be one of the saddest days of Holy Week for me. After all, from an earthly perspective there wasn’t a lot going on. Jesus was dead and his mutilated corpse was taken off the electric chair and put in the graveyard. Peter denied Jesus and returned to being a fisherman, but…