My 7-year-old self would like a lot about 2016. Not only are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles still fairly relevant, but Star Wars is even more popular today than it was in 1988. In 1988 my 7-year-old self had bootleg VHS copies of the Star Wars movies. Today there are seven movies, hundreds of hours ofRead more
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Arrival is the best movie I’ve seen this year and probably one of the best movies I’ve seen in my life. It has stuck with me like so many other films, but not in a weird depressing way like Fight Club or Solaris. While dealing with weighty material, Arrival left me not only questioning life,Read more
On this week’s episode of The Christian Nerd Podcast we talk about Arrival and our hopes moving forward after the election. Scott and Ron are back for another episode of The Christian Nerd Podcast. In Nerd News they have a spoiler-filled discussion about Arrival, which is a tremendous movie. In From the Blog they talk about the hopes they have for AmericaRead more
“It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.” I don’t much like R.E.M. and I don’t actually think it’s the end of the world. The election ended two days ago and we’re still here. There has been unrest, there has been despair and there has been hope. Unfortunately soRead more
I believe that God is sovereign. Everything either happens because he wills it or allows it to happen. In some instances, like what I ate for breakfast, God’s sovereignty is almost an afterthought. If he really cared about my breakfast, he’d make a bowl of Crunch Berries appear when I sat down to eat myRead more
Pops: You think you can drive a car and change the world? It doesn’t work like that! Speed: Maybe not, but it’s the only thing I know how to do and I gotta do something. I can’t drive the Mach 5, but I’ve got The Christian Nerd and I’ve gotta do something. I understand peopleRead more