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In this message, Jamin preaches on Jesus’ teachings on lust. What do we do with his intense instructions? How do we overcome lust? What lies have we been told about sex? What have our experiences taught us about sex? How has the church wrongly taught us about sex? Jamin dives into these questions and more to help us think more sanely as we try to overcome lust in ourselves once and for all.

In today's Bible passage, Jesus reminds us that hatred is something we must take care of immediately, lest we grow its fruit and fall prey to its consequences. Jamin also addresses anger in this message, helping us distinguish between healthy and unhealthy anger.

NOTE: Sorry for the bad audio in this particular recording. We installed a new sound system this weekend and have a few tech bugs to finish working out :)

Right before Jesus starts to reframe the laws of the Old Testament, he calls himself "the fulfillment of the law." What does this mean, and how is it applicable to our lives today? What impact does it have on our understanding of Biblical law or modern law?

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus refers to his followers as salt and light. We have been designed to be experienced by others in a way that allows others to see what God is like. Jamin takes us deeper into this passage as he invites us to become the most tasteful and bright versions of ourselves that we can be.

We all have a certain kind of person in mind when we hear the word "blessed." So did Jesus. However, the kind of people Jesus considered blessed were nothing like the kinds of people we have in mind. And that's exactly the point—for the blessed life is formed in the places we never thought to look.

In today's passage out of Philippians, Paul invites us to imitate him as he lives his life like a runner straining for the finish line, putting all he has into his pursuit of God. Jamin invites us into this same kind of straining as we allow the Spirit to perfect us more and more with each step.

Paul gets suddenly intense in his letter to the Philippians as he recognizes that Gentiles are being subjected to intense traditional rituals in order to be accepted as Christians. Jamin engages this biblical conversation and invites us to consider how the church continues to do the same thing today.

In Philippians, Paul refers to his friend as a fellow worker and fellow soldier. Jamin stops to expand on Paul's use of the word "soldier," giving us a glimpse into the Bible's larger picture of the Creator God Yahweh VS the little-g-god Satan. How did this dynamic come about and what is humanity's part in this war between the Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of Hades? That and more in this message.

Paul tells us that Jesus emptied himself. What does this mean? In a previous message, Jamin analyzed this theme from a poetic angle about love. In this message, Jamin gives it another meaning by referring to how God emptied himself to become human. He was then empowered by the Holy Spirit to do supernatural works.

What does this mean for us as Jesus' followers? A lot more than you might think.

The Bible has often been used to oppress and demean women, but the wider story of Scripture offers us a very different narrative. In this message, Jamin explains how sin threw off God's plan for men and women to work together as partners and how Jesus restores this partnership and shows us a better way forward.