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Leaving the Shire
From the cozy confines of the Shire to the wider world of Middle-earth, my experiences shaped me into a socially-justice-oriented individual.
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You’ve eaten at an authentic Mexican restaurant before, right? Have you ever ordered carne asada? Do you remember what it is? Steak. Meat. Flesh. Hence the “carne” in in-“carn”-ation. To put on meat or flesh is incarnation and that process is exactly what we celebrate at Christmas: God came down to earth and put on…
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Edit: I don’t know if I need to redact this section of my book or rework it, but Bible scholar Michael Heiser’s work on the birth of Christ is reframing how I think about the wise men story. You can see his podcast episode, “What Day Was Jesus Born?” for all the fine details or…
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If you happen to have an Audible membership, you can grab all of the audiobooks I’ve narrated (including my own book, A Taste of Jesus) for half off until December 14th! This is actually worth noting because I have no control over Audible’s sale prices and I don’t know when the next time they’ll do…
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I haven’t been posting as much lately because I’ve been hard at work formatting and uploading and proofreading and recording my new book Alien Theology, but after all that work, it is now available in physical form and Kindle! The audiobook will be available as soon as it clears Audible’s inspection and I’ll make a post as…
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Jesus’ famous line to “Render to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s” is jam-packed with all kinds of implications. To truly see what Jesus is saying we must unpack his lesson like a parable in order to find the prophetic meaning and conviction that is in his statement. We must also understand the…
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Believe it or not, the thought that alien life might exist is actually a very old idea. In the 4th-3rd century B.C., the Greek philosopher Epicurus taught that “we must believe that in all worlds there are living creatures and plants and other things we see in this world.” The debate began to rage when…
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The market research group, NPD, estimated that consumers spent $30.4 billion on games and accessories in 2016. Certain video game franchises are worth several billion on their own, like Call of Duty, which was thought to be worth over $10 billion back in 2014. To understand how amazing it is that the video game industry…
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It was my dream growing up to get signed to a Christian record label and tour the world with my music—a pipe dream for sure, but a dream nonetheless. Every time I lost hope, I would gain it back somehow and dive back into trying. But then the final straw came. I lost a lot…
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According to The Washington Post, there’s a church that put up a sign saying, “WE ARE HEAVILY ARMED — ANY ATTEMPT WILL BE DEALT WITH DEADLY FORCE — YES WE ARE A CHURCH AND WE WILL PROTECT OUR PEOPLE.” I’d like to just take a moment to remind us all that our savior was one who…
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I doubt anyone can read Ezekiel 24:15-27 without raising an eyebrow. God gave the prophets a lot of hard analogies to live out: walk around naked for three years (Isaiah 20:3); cook and eat bread prepared by cow poop (Ezekiel 4:12-15); marry a prostitute to show how God is faithful to those who aren’t faithful to…
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