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How Does Abraham Know What God Looks Like?
There’s that weird story where God walks up to Abraham and he recognizes God in physical form. How is that possible? The answer to that question is found sooner in Abraham’s story than you might think. Check out today’s episode and then join us on our Discord channel! https://www.jxncloud.com/discord
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Separated by Babel, United by Pentecost
God first makes the case clear that the gospel is for all nations in the story of Pentecost, which finds its roots in the story of the Tower of Babel. You’ll recall from our discussion in Chapter 3 that Deuteronomy 32:8 tells us that when God divided up the nations, he handed each nation over…
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The Deuteronomy 32:8 View of the Tower of Babel
There is WAY more going on at the Tower of Babel than you might think. Not only is the story often misunderstood in the first place, but there have also been some Bible translation problems that have kept us from better understanding what happened at Babel. But both this tower and the entire Biblical worldview…
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Don’t Be a Nimrod
In one of those boring Bible genealogies in Genesis there’s a guy named Nimrod. We miss it in English, but there’s an important Hebrew word that should be getting us to think of him in a certain light—and the same is true of the Tower of Babel which he took part in creating. Join us…
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The Surprise of Evangelism
Much of Jesus’ focus in outreach while He was on the earth was to reach “the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (Mt 15:24). It’s not that He didn’t care about the people of other nations or reach out to them too, but He knew that a part of His mission in that season…
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The Pharisees and the Law
While Israel was in exile between the Old and New Testament, they became overly zealous about living by the laws God had set in place through Moses. They hadn’t always been good at this in the past. In fact, when King Josiah was reigning, Israel didn’t even know there was a law. The high priest…
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The 70 Nations, their gods, and Jesus
At first sight Genesis 10 is one of those boring genealogy chapters of the Bible. But if you’re paying close attention to what the Bible communicates, it actually plays an important role in the wider Biblical worldview and even makes sense of what’s being telegraphed in some of Jesus’ teaching. Join us for the conversation…
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10 Years a Pastor Today
I was appointed as a pastor to 1208 Greenwood 10 years ago today. Having served in the church my whole life, I thought I had a good idea of what I was in for, but I was wrong. There is far too much to this job that school can never teach you about—experience has to…
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Noah and the New Eden
There’s a lot of different themes to discuss when it comes to Noah getting off the ark: Noah’s new Eden, the spiritual geography of mountains, vegetarianism, the image of God, global warming, and more. Join us for the conversation by logging onto our online church and chat with us on our Discord page! https://www.jxncloud.com/discord
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From Oppressed to Oppressor
The Egyptians treated Israel like dirt. They beat them (Ex 2:11) and forced them to do harsh and ruthless slave labor (Ex 1:11-14). They forced abortion upon male Israelite children (likely while still in the womb) (Ex 1:16) and male children who made it all the way to birth were drowned in the river (Ex…
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