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  • We saw A Quiet Place 2 opening night! In this episode we chat about how much we enjoyed it and then talk a bit about themes like hope, aliens, and the apocalyptic.


  • God as Abba, Patēr

    Throughout the Old Testament there are many different names given to God, the most popular being Yahweh or “LORD” (used 6,800 times) followed by Elohim or “God” (used 2,500 times). But Jesus liked to use the word Patēr or “Father” in reference to God, which as R.T. France points out, “was distinctive of him, not…


  • Some very important themes about America, social justice, war and more come up in Marvel’s latest show, “Falcon and the Winter Soldier. We dive into these themes in today’s episode of the 1208-Bit *Nerd Church Podcast! Chat about this episode with us on our Discord channel! https://discord.com/invite/qSUgt2p


  • They say you’ll never forget the day your child was born and they’re right. I still remember 8 years ago today, that massive, purple kid being dropped into my arms and quietly staring at me in the waiting room, trying to figure out what the heck I was. I remember talking to him as I…


  • In this episode of Nerd Church we talk about two recent sci-fi movies (Chaos Walking and Voyagers) and the important spiritual themes that come up in them. Join us for some intriguing themes and conversations!


  • I once brought the youth group into my office, drilled a hole through the wall where I knew an old small window was hiding, and turned off the lights. If it was bright enough outside, I knew that once our eyes adjusted, we would find a movie of the outside world being projected onto my…


  • In Romans 2, Paul calls attention to how God-followers have always said one thing and done another, and for that reason the world has made fun of God. How have we been bad witnesses to the character of God today? How did we witness to Jesus throughout the pandemic? In a lot of negative ways…


  • In this episode, another seemingly uneventful Bible story ends up playing a bigger role than we first thought. As Sarah passes away, we see how her death makes way for the promises of God.


  • Let’s talk about the latest movie in the monsterverse, “Godzilla VS Kong,” which, believe it or not, leads us into some actual conversations about the Bible. I dive into my book “Kaiju of Biblical Proportions” and talk about some of the giant monsters found in the Scriptures, who they are, and what they mean.


  • While on a missions trip in Greece, I saw God’s love be about as blatant as it could be in a back alley in Athens. After packing up bags of blankets and a giant container of soup, our team joined a local ministry and headed out to a rundown part of the city. The curbs…


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