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Mount Hermon & the Transfiguration

Things get weird when Jesus takes his disciples up a mountain to pray—like... beyond words weird. What's going on in the story of the transfiguration? Jamin offers a few ideas.

Mount Hermon & the Christ

If we thought like the Jews at Jesus' time did, we'd recognize the incredible significance of the location in which Peter confessed Jesus as the Christ.

Short Term Faith

Throughout Mark the disciples have managed to supernaturally feed 9,000 people and yet somehow they're afraid they don't have enough bread to feed the 12 of them and Jesus.

The Syrophoenician Woman

Something completely unexpected and amazing happens when the Syrophoenician woman approaches Jesus while he's on break from ministry.

The Traditions of Men

The Pharisees had a way of elevating their own traditions to have the same authority as Scripture. What happens when Jesus comes in contact with their rules? The longest conflict speech in the Gospel of Mark.

Shake Off the Dust

Jamin pauses in Mark 6 to address a statement Jesus makes that at first glance seems a bit uncharacteristic of him. But upon further inspection, it actually lines up with much else he says. The key is his context.

A God as Big as the Multiverse

Jamin jumps into some theoretical science to make an extravagant analogy of how free will is seen clearly in light of Jesus' ministry.

Desperation

Myisha preaches on the desperateness of the woman who was healed by touching Jesus' robe and reflects on her desire for more of Jesus.

We Got the Building!

Thank you for all your financial and prayerful support as we have sought to buy the church building! The conference was moved by our proposal and after discussing it, created a counter-offer of $100,000 (50% of the appraisal price!)...

Jairus' Faith

It seems God created the world in such a way that it responds to faith. Jesus constantly called us to have faith in him and even seemed hurt when people didn't. In today's message, Jesus calls Jairus to have faith that he can do the impossible: raise his daughter from the dead.

Fully God & Fully Man

One minute Jesus is a slave to his body and passed out exhausted in a boat and the next he's commanding storms to stop. This creates an eye-opening experience for the disciples.

The Mustard Kingdom

The Kingdom of God isn't like the kingdoms of this world. Its strength isn't represented by walls, armies, or eagles—but mustard.

The Seeds of the Kingdom of God

Here in one of Jesus' lesser known parables found only in Mark, is the hint that the seeds of the kingdom of God are strong seeds that God himself will take care of.

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Jesus' First Sign

John records Jesus' first sign as turning water into wine. There are many thoughts as to why he did this and what the significance behind this was. Myisha shares some of her own thoughts in this message.

The Secret to the Kingdom of God

We often wonder why Jesus spoke in parables and come up with a lot of good ideas, all the while ignoring Jesus' actual answer to this question. Apparently he spoke in parables to intentionally hide things from people. To find the real meaning of these stories, we must use "the secret to the Kingdom of God." Jamin explains more in this message on Mark 4:1-20.

All Sins Are Not the Same

We've all heard it said before: "All sin is the same because it separates us from God"—but this statement is not actually biblical. While all sin is forgivable, the Bible has never communicated the idea that it is therefore the same. If anything, the Old Testament clearly communicated to us that some sins were much worse than others—and even Jesus held that one sin in particular was worse than any other: the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. Jamin jumps into Jesus' often ignored words on this top...

Old & New

There are two analogies Jesus made that have always been a little confusing due to cultural differences in the world today. The first one we generally understand, but the second one takes a bit more research. Jamin shares some insight on these ideas as we continue our series on the Gospel of Mark.

Children's Ministry Help Needed

Over the last months we've seen an increase in the children attending on Sunday mornings. This is wonderful for our church, and we're needing to recruit some more helpers for our kids' programs...

Learn Future 1208WORSHIP Songs

Want to learn songs that we're thinking of doing down the road ahead of time? Just check out our playlist on iTunes!

Spiritual Atrophy

When you don't use a particular muscle in your body, it eventually begins to lose its vigor. The same is true with our spiritual muscles. Lidia encourages us to invite Jesus not just into our minds, but into our hearts so that we might be motivated by his Spirit to become everything He desires us to be.

Life, Death and Tax Collectors

Recently, Jamin shed some light on the fisherman's place in society, seeing as how Jesus called several of them to be his disciples. In today's message, Jamin reflects on the despised tax collector's place in society since Jesus even made one of them a disciple.

The Audacity to Hope

Hope is a powerful thing for the Christian and the good news is that Jesus is full of it. Myisha turns her attention towards Him on this reflection of hope.

Compassion and Fame

Having worked in radio for sometime, Jamin has noticed some of the agitation fame has caused some of the famous artists he's interviewed. Their job requires them to constantly deal with crowds and it has the ability to really wear them down. Jesus had to deal with this more than anyone, yet time and time again the Bible tells us Jesus had compassion on the crowds. Jamin puts forth Jesus' example as an example for Christians to live up to with their own crowd, whether it be a crowd of 2 people...

Jesus' Prayer Life

So often we make prayer to be this serious, boring, chore of sorts. But that's not how Jesus treated it. In today's passage, the disciples wake up to find Jesus gone. Apparently, he had woken up early to go pray, even though he had just recently finished a 40 day fast. How do we start to desire prayer the same way? Jamin presents some thoughts on prayer to help.

The Might of Jesus

Well here's something unexpected: it appears that Mark ties Jesus back to the Old Testament judge, Samson. Jamin explores why he would do this.

Everything

We've so often been taught that the disciples were nobodies who left nothing to become something, but upon further inspection it seems that this was not the case. Jamin reveals a different look at the four fishermen Jesus calls at the beginning of the gospel of Mark.

Total Otherness

Jamin ends his series on Romans in reference to the fact that Paul encouraged believers to not practice things that would upset other Christians, even if those things were morally acceptable.

The Authorities

In a world where many are turned off by the government, it's a bit difficult to take Paul's words to heart when he tells us to respect those in authority. But then again, Paul and other Christians spent plenty of time in jail because of these authorities, which is not something that should happen to someone who respects authority. So what's going on here? Jamin explores this question.

You Lose Satan

This year's Easter message is an interesting one. Jamin provides some insight the Bible gives us on Satan in order to show how Jesus tricked and overcame him through his death and resurrection.

Zipporah

Myisha investigates a strange passage in the Old Testament.

The Church Body

So often we turn spiritual things over to the pastor, because we pay them to do that, right? Not exactly. The pastor's job is actually to equip the saints for ministry. Paul tells us we are a body and each of us are gifted differently in that respect. Jamin explores that further and shows us that we all must work together and not just expect those with ministerial titles to do it themselves.

Predestination and Free Will

Amidst Romans confusing passages, there's that whole thing on predestination. Jamin takes on this confusing topic in attempts to put it in light of what he believes Paul is actually saying.

Saved By Faith, Pt 2

In reflection upon his previous message, Jamin felt convicted that he had totally missed the heart of Paul's message by exchanging grace and faith for legalism, so here he re-preaches the same theme. In the end, both takes on this message have merit, but this one is more fully what Paul is getting at in Romans.

Saved By Faith, Pt 1

Having seen people take the "saved by faith" route to an extreme that says, "I can't sin," Jamin calls people to a life of action.

Adam and Jesus

Jamin gets into all kinds of topics as he revisits Adam and Eden and reframes them in the light of Jesus.

Judgment

Paul had a great concern for the Christian who continues on in sin. Jamin addresses a few take-aways on Paul's message on judgment in Romans 2.

The Wrath of God

Now here's a subject Jamin rarely preaches on. But in attempts to stay faithful to Paul's message, he dives into the theme at the start of the book of Romans in this new series. In doing so, Jamin explains how we all often get wrath wrong in today's day in age.

Adventure

Myisha invites us to chase after God: the greatest adventure of all.

Loving God

Jamin wraps up his message series on 1208's new vision with the greatest commandment of all and the reason everything else in our vision exists: to love God.

Loving People

As Jamin continues his series on 1208's vision, he takes a very specific political turn on what Jesus calls the second greatest commandment: to love people. With the whole world at each other's throats in the election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump and all kinds of hot topics being handled with insulting words, Jamin calls everyone to calm down and love each other again and agree on the things that Christians should be in agreement about regardless of who was elected.

Fostering Growth

In this message on 1208's vision, Jamin explains the importance of discipling ourselves and others. The Christian was not meant to pray the sinner's prayer and be done with everything—they must continue to grow into the new creation Jesus has called them into. The Christian is to always be moving forward into something more.

Creating Space

Jamin kicks off this series on 1208's new vision with an important rule for 1208ers: we create space for others. Churches often keep people who are different from us at a distance, but the Bible shows us time and time again to create space for everyone to come close and experience the goodness of God, regardless of how different or undiscipled they are.

Exmas & Crissmas

Jamin uses one of C.S. Lewis' short stories to address the difference between the ways the Christian and the non-Christian celebrates and understands Christmas. Though now that some time has passed since Lewis wrote this paper, his prophetic words cut a bit to the heart: which holiday do Christians actually celebrate now a' days?

Shekinah

In this short Christmas Eve devotional, Jamin preaches on the concept of the "Shekinah"—something seemingly unrelated to Christmas.

The Wise Men

Jamin throws a new spin on the Christmas story of the Wise Men. We're they really supposed to be a part of the story or were they just party crashers?

Zechariah

Myisha jumps into the Christmas side story of Zechariah and the unexpected pregnancy of John the Baptist.

The Magnificat Moment

Mary's song, "The Magnificat," comes across a bit hilarious. There she is, talking with a relative when all of the sudden she breaks out into song as though she's on broadway. It's odd. Or is it?

The Virgin Birth

The virgin birth is often under scrutiny today, further showing our western enlightened mind's inability to have faith and believe in miracles. Jamin discourses on this subject and tries to give some logic as to why a virgin birth isn't even as weird as we make it out to be.

Self-Control

Myisha preaches on the Spirit's fruit of self-control.