Tag: christian
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Belle (2021) as a metaphor for Worship
[Spoilers for Belle ahead] How do we worship when we don’t want to worship? What is the point of church? Why do we even need others as Christians? Early this year I watched the movie Belle in theater and have been playing with this draft in my mind ever since because I think that the climactic scene…
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Hillsong and Evangelical Inconsistency
Hillsong is amazingly popular in Evangelical circles which have a focus on contemporary music and sometimes a sort of concert like air about worship services. However, Hillsong itself reveals a sort of inconsistency in how Christians view church and ethics within Evangelical thought. This is perhaps best highlighted by a recent news article from the…
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Redemption and X-Men: Days of Future Past
Spoilers I recently watched X-Men: Days of future past and I found it to be a movie that was perhaps more enjoyable to watch than the opposing marvel film Captain America: the Winter Soldier. However, I think X-Men gives a better glimpse into the past because it is at its core a story of redemption…
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Good Friday
Good Friday is the day where we as Christians remember that Jesus Christ died. And for Christians, this day is the day where Christians remember the pivotal moment of human history where God effected the means of the redemption of humanity. Good Friday celebrates death, because Christianity says that by death of one, the many…
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Captain America, Freedom, and Christianity
spoilers Movies always have a point, it isn’t an explicit point, but movies do make a decision of how to portray humanity in a display of what is good and evil. I recently watched Captain America: The Winter Soldier and I am struck by its portrayal of good and evil. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie,…
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The Hands and Feet of Christ
As it is, there are many members, yet one body. . . . Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. I Corinthians 12.20,27 As Christians we have an interesting phrase as a reminder of our personhood as Christians: “you are the hands and feet of Christ in the world.” And…
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Scandalous Grace
Fritz Sauckel is a man who was convicted of crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trial and died by hanging in 1946. He died because humanity condemned his actions in organizing what was essentially slave labour and for his role in the evils of Nazi Germany during the coruse of World War II. He was…
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Fairytales, Fiction, and Childlike Faith
Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.” —Luke 18:17 Fiction is a powerful thing; it moves the soul and spirit by displaying the hopes and fears of humanity in a way that we can imagine in our mind and hope for in…
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A Struggle with Doubt
Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. –Mark 9.24 Have you ever dealt with doubt, real doubt? I have and occasionally I still do; occasionally there are nights where I look up at the ceiling and question “is what I say even true, is God really there, does he actually love me?” and I can…
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Advent: Light from Light
Right now it is Advent, and for many, advent is the beginning of the Christian Calendar, a calendar that reminds Christians of the history of redemption and the life of Jesus Christ. Many non-denominational Evangelicals recognize two of the major points of this calendar, Christmas and easter, because they have become enshrined in popular culture.…
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