Yesterday I wrote about John Oliver’s piece on televangelists. We can all agree that taking advantage of someone’s genuine faith for personal gain is deplorable. We can take comfort in James 3:1, which says: Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged moreRead more
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is a great show. While I don’t watch it regularly, I have enjoyed watching Oliver take on subjects like net neutrality and FIFA’s corruption. On the most recent episode, Oliver set his sights on televangelists. The segment was both hilarious and sickening, especially as someone who loves Jesus andRead more
When the video for “…Baby One More Time” hit MTV in November of 1998 I was 17 years old. Along with 12-year-old girls, I was pretty much in the target demographic for Britney Spears’ ascent in pop music. While I wouldn’t have readily admitted it back then, I was a huge fan of Britney’s musicRead more
On this week’s episode of The Christian Nerd Podcast Scott shares his love for pop music and Ron shares his new found love for gospel music. In “Nerd News” they discuss Samsung’s new phones and potential names for Star Wars themed Subway sandwiches. They also talk about the difficulty in observing God’s command to observeRead more
I’m wrapping up a week of vacation and it has been great. Here’s a post I previously published about some places that wouldn’t make for a great vacation. Here are some of the worst nerdy vacation spots. New Caprica Even though New Caprica made for one of the most ZOMG moments in television history, itRead more
Fantastic Four didn’t really live up to the adjective in its name. It took second place at the box office last weekend, managing only $26.2 million. Now if I made $26.2 million in one weekend I would be ecstatic. Fox, however, has to be fairly disappointed. Fantastic Four had a reported budget of $120 millionRead more