Tag: review
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The ESV TruTone Single-Column Heritage Bible : A Mid-Range Gem
I first started caring about how a Bible is made after discovering Bible Design Blog (now Lectio). Soon afterward I bought what became my daily companion for a decade, the ESV TruTone Legacy, my first Bible with line matching, generous margins, and a sewn binding. Many of those once-rare features are now common (sewn bindings…
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A Bible Built for the Daily Office: ESV with Apocrypha
I still remember last year’s daily‑office lectionary calling for 2 Maccabees 6. One line leapt out, “Therefore, by manfully giving up my life now, I will show myself worthy of my old age.” I was following along on a podcast with no Apocrypha in hand and thought, “Wouldn’t it be nice to read these passages…
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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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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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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,…
Defined Faith 