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  • The Most Biblical Scene In Lord Of The Rings

    The Most Biblical Scene In Lord Of The Rings

    I’m currently working my way through the Lord of the Rings books, and have also found myself watching the movies several times since the beginning of the year. Tolkien’s story is simply a masterpiece, and I believe the movies do a wonderful job of capturing the spirit of the books (if somehow you have never…

  • The Ordinary and Extraordinary Calling of God

    The Ordinary and Extraordinary Calling of God

    Scripture is filled with stories of an extraordinary God doing extraordinary things through ordinary people. Or so we might say – but were they really that ordinary? Certainly they were human – flesh and blood – just like us. Yet, we recognize that in many ways they were extraordinary as well, albeit by God’s grace…

  • Dionysius, The 3rd Century Roman Plague, & The Modern Church

    Dionysius, The 3rd Century Roman Plague, & The Modern Church

    In the 3rd century AD, a horrible plague struck the Roman Empire. According to some counts, 5,000 people a day were dying in Rome. It is not clear what specific disease caused the pandemic, but it is clear it was severe and deadly, lasting not months but years. By the mid-200s AD, when this plague…