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On Thursday we took our kids to see the new David movie, from Angel Studios. We had already watched the “Young David” episodes streaming on Angel and were favorably impressed. I went because my kids asked me to go, but I was not particularly excited to see another sterilized version of a favorite Bible story. … Continue reading The David Movie: A Critical Review
A wedding homily
What does "judge not that ye be not judged" really mean?
(Communion Meditation November 2025) Exo 32:1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the … Continue reading The Broken Tablets and the Broken Body
Americans are brash. British are diffident. Russians are fine in small numbers, but get too many of them in the same room and all of a sudden it’s like “We are RUSSIAN”. We could talk about the French, about the Mexicans, and every other ethnic group on the planet, and I would argue that we … Continue reading The Problem with the Jews vs the Problem of the Joooze
October, 2025 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through … Continue reading Justification
Communion Meditation - September 2025 It is an interesting time in the growth of Christianity across the world where Christians are routinely accused of being judgmental, particularly towards whatever sin happens to be in vogue. Just by way of perspective, when Christianity first began it was considered a weak religion for offering so much mercy. … Continue reading The Most Judgmental Jesus You Will Ever Meet
It seems that lately I talk to more men who are overwhelmed by life. You could call it a mid-life crisis, a crisis of faith, or even burnout, but the stories are somewhat similar. It’s possible that the prevalence of this is “local” to me, or it could be a figment of my imagination, or … Continue reading When Good Men Give Up
Communion Meditation, August 3rd 2025 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the … Continue reading True Food
A while back I had been on the kids about picking up after themselves, so when one of my daughters left her snack trash and cup lying on the table, I called her back in to clean up and remonstrated, “You are responsible for cleaning up after yourself; I am not your servant”. Upon which … Continue reading On Servant Leadership
Nathan Writes 