Cleansing By Forgiveness

To summarize Jesus's teachings on forgiveness: do it always and do it quick. That's a hard lesson to learn and a difficult one to process. In this message Jamin talks more about what forgiveness is and isn't, and why it matters from a spiritual perspective.

Creating a Sacred Space in the Mind

In this deeply experiential message, Jamin leads 1208 in creating a sacred space to meet with God in the mind, which is a spiritual tactic that has proven itself effective for him and others over and over throughout the years.

Cleansing Sacred Space

To kick off our new series on inner healing, Jamin first talks about geographical locations and the authority we have as Christians to cleanse it and invite the Holy Spirit into it. This will lead to further discussion on cleansing our bodies as sacred space for the Holy Spirit.

Reading Scripture with the Spirit

In our last message on Romans, we hit on three quick themes: (1) Paul's women in ministry, (2) Paul's desire to take the gospel to the ends of the earth and (3) how the Holy Spirit brought the Old Testament to life for Paul and the other New Testament writers with fresh revelation.

When the Bible Quotes Itself Out of Context

In Bible school, students are taught to never take the Bible out of context when they quote it. Yet the Bible does this quite often. Why is that?

Discerning the Issues

Some issues in the church are not worth fighting over and some are. In this episode, we see Paul address a few issues that aren't worth fighting over in the church.

Love One Another

Paul had clearly caught onto the vision of love as Jesus' central component of the gospel. Jamin addresses this in Romans 13 and then shares some of his own journey on this topic.

The Cosmological Government

When we think of government, we often miss the much larger picture the Bible paints of the physical and spiritual worlds blending together. In this message, Jamin looks at Romans 13 (which is often misapplied for people to endorse anything their favorite political leader does) and sets it in the larger cosmological landscape of the Bible.

Saul and Paul

The same Paul that calls Christians to live in such loving ways in Romans is the same Paul that once persecuted the church. How did he undergo such transformation? We take a look at his story in today's episode of the 1208PODCAST.

Prince of Peace

When we think of the nations, peace is not typically the first thing that comes to our mind. Instead, we often think of wars fought and the things that make us different. But the Prince of Peace has come to change that.

The Hope to Return to Sacred Space

In this message, we take a journey throughout the theme of priesthood and sacred space, and then we hone in on how the coming messiah was an instillation of hope into these themes.

Does God Move in Waves?

Since the pandemic started, God has felt strangely distant to many. Is there any Biblical precedent to that or is it just the way we feel? Since God is omnipresent, should we always sense his presence to the fullest degree from one day to the next, or does he sometimes pull back to a certain extent? And if he does, then why? We cover these thoughts and more in this message.

Relaunching 1208

Join us for a communal service where we discuss relaunching 1208.

1208 Week of Prayer: Day 7

Christianity is a story about resurrection which is good news when things around you feel like they're falling apart. Continue to pray with us as we get ready to gather tonight for church and re-envision what 1208 might look like in a post-pandemic world.

1208 Week of Prayer: Day 6

The foundation of 1208 is a multicultural one. How do we continue to grow in this way and continue to reach people of different cultures? Pray with us as we continue to imagine what a relaunched 1208 might look like.

1208 Week of Prayer: Day 5

In one Jesus' most overlooked parables, we're told about a farmer who sows seed and then harvests the crops when they're ready. Where should we be looking to sew seeds in Jackson? Where might we harvest? Let's pray about that as we continue to think about what a relaunched 1208 might look like.

1208 Week of Prayer: Day 4

There are many different things we can focus on in the faith, but if Jesus isn't at the center of it, everything else will get out of place. How do we create a church centered on Jesus? Pray with us on this as we get ready to relaunch 1208.

1208 Week of Prayer: Day 3

"In Jackson as it is in Heaven"—that's our mission at 1208. We hold this statement because it was central to Jesus' gospel. Let's think and pray into what this means as we get ready to meet on Sunday to discuss the relaunch of 1208 in the post-pandemic world.

1208 Week of Prayer: Day 2

The only glimpse we get of a church service in the Bible looks very little like the church services we hold today. As we pray and think about what a relaunch of 1208 might look like, how can we incorporate the Bible's church service values into 1208? And how can we use these values to free us from thinking of church in a traditional stage form? Pray with us as we get ready to meet on Sunday and discuss this further.

1208 Week of Prayer: Day 1

Last night we found ourselves in Romans 12 where Paul talks about the church being a body in which everyone participates. This is not exactly the most accurate description of the post-pandemic church across the United States, and we at 1208 want to start re-envisioning what a relaunch of 1208 might look like based on who we are, where we’ve been, and where we feel called to go next—recognizing that God desires our church to be successful in ministry.

So this week we’ll be emailing and posting daily devotionals so that we can all get our hearts ready for Sunday, where we’ll meet during our normal service, but spend the majority of time holding a vision meeting. We’re excited to hear what the Spirit lays on your heart on a personal level and on a congregational level.