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If you’re seeing this, it’s because I’m now a Dad of 2! And that means I’m already sleep deprived to the point that you wouldn’t want to see me right now - so we’re taking some old blogs from back at the very beginning of Checkpoint before these nerdy sermons even existed. We’re remastering them and making them for you to enjoy probably for the first time - since those blogs have been read like, 8...

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If you’re seeing this, it’s because I’m now a Dad of 2! And that means I’m already sleep deprived to the point that you wouldn’t want to see me right now - so we’re taking some old blogs from back at the very beginning of Checkpoint before these nerdy sermons even existed. We’re remastering them and making them for you to enjoy probably for the first time - since those blogs have been read like, 8...

Join the convo on our Discord: https://discord.gg/zUg5sj7 Respond to this blog here: https://www.checkpointchurch.com/post/what-tangled-webs-we-weave Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://checkpointchurch.churchcenter.com/people/forms/154111 Follow the blog: https://www.checkpointchurch.com//blog To The Point is a weekly newsletter distributed through our email chain, website, and podcast. We strea...

If you’re seeing this, it’s because I’m now a Dad of 2! And that means I’m already sleep deprived to the point that you wouldn’t want to see me right now - so we’re taking some old blogs from back at the very beginning of Checkpoint before these nerdy sermons even existed. We’re remastering them and making them for you to enjoy probably for the first time - since those blogs have been read like, 8...

Join the convo on our Discord: https://discord.gg/zUg5sj7 Respond to this blog here: https://www.checkpointchurch.com/post/whats-better-than-a-watch-party Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://checkpointchurch.churchcenter.com/people/forms/154111 Follow the blog: https://www.checkpointchurch.com//blog To The Point is a weekly newsletter distributed through our email chain, website, and podcast. We...

If you’re seeing this, it’s because I’m now a Dad of 2! And that means I’m already sleep deprived to the point that you wouldn’t want to see me right now - so we’re taking some old blogs from back at the very beginning of Checkpoint before these nerdy sermons even existed. We’re remastering them and making them for you to enjoy probably for the first time - since those blogs have been read like, 8...

Join the convo on our Discord: https://discord.gg/zUg5sj7 Respond to this blog here: https://www.checkpointchurch.com/post/the-responsibility-of-time-off Subscribe to the Newsletter: https://checkpointchurch.churchcenter.com/people/forms/154111 Follow the blog: https://www.checkpointchurch.com//blog To The Point is a weekly newsletter distributed through our email chain, website, and podcast. We s...

Look - I’m not proud of this, okay? But I can’t just not talk about the latest Internet trend to absolutely sweep my Twitter and Reddit timelines. If you have somehow managed to avoid hearing about the Elden Ring legend ‘Let Me Solo Her,’ then buckle up buttercup, because we’re doing a dive into the story behind the legend and exploring the bizarre connection it has to our walks as Christians. I c...

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So Sonic the Hedgehog 2 came out and is doing ridiculously well, which makes me crazy happy for the character that shaped my childhood: Tails. Yeah, I was always a Tails fan and still am. So when I learned Tails would be featuring in the film, I was ecstatic. And then we learned that Idris Elba was going to be bringing together another huge Sonic mainstay - Knuckles the Echidna. This movie was des...

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Look - if you get to know me through our streams or the #anime channel on our Discord, it won’t take long to learn that I’m not the biggest Shonen fan. I grew up on the likes of DBZ, Bleach, One Piece, and Naruto and I’ve just read and watched too many of them at this point. Demon Slayer is one that continues to put me on the fence. With perhaps the most boring first season I’ve ever experienced,...

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So - I generally try to only do games, movies, and anime that are trending and new in order to hopefully catch the hype and show people that these nerdy sermons are ‘with it.’  But there are plenty of older stories that are precious to me that I just don’t get to do videos on because of this rule. But this week it was announced that a young up-and-coming game dev passed and they just so happe...

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So Pixar’s Turning Red kind of just snuck in on Disney+ and I honestly probably would have missed out on watching it except for all of the dang controversy around the film. Given my love of pretty much all things Japanese or really Asain adjacent, I’m really glad that I did. This is an excellent movie that is so obviously inspired by the art style that I grew up enjoying that I could honestly leav...

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Batman isn’t a superhero Look - hear me out. Batman isn’t a superhero. At his best, he’s a hero. At his worst, he’s a villain. Most of the time, he’s a vigilante. With the latest iteration of The Batman portrayed in Matt Reeves interpretation of the character, this point gets explored in some really fascinating storytelling. While the movie itself earns an 8/10 from me, it’s an excellent story and...

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These past couple weeks of playing through the Old Testament - sorry, I meant Elden Ring - have been some interesting ones. I wasn’t expecting to enjoy the game as much as I did at the beginning, given my lack of interest in all of the other Soulsbourne games.  Nevertheless, the hype of the game itself has kept me engaged with the entry whenever the game itself isn’t managing to hold my atten...

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Do you like getting angry? Not a big fan of it myself, but every now and again I’ll give a rage-inducing game a chance. Sifu is one of those games - from the premise alone I was captivated by this story from the meta. A game where you get older every time you die in the game? Fascinating concept. However, a concept like that means that you have to die. A lot. And those of us not prone to those mas...

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