I recently watched the James Gunn Superman movie and was taken aback by how anti-masculine it was. One would think superhero movies are an avenue to celebrate sagacity, gravitas, and power wielded well. This movie does the opposite. 1/2
Power is feared, Pa Kent abdicates his role as a father, and Lex Luthor is unremarkable and petulant. What does a good man look like? Stories have the potential to vision these ideals. But tragically this latest interpretation of Superman seems to do the opposite. 2/2
God is the one who honors and damns. He is perfect in justice. Our pessimism can only ever be temporal, for the eternal will have the final say. 4/4
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There is always some moral panic of the day, but without a reference point, we don’t truly know where we are coming from or where we are going to. Taking a global perspective, we can understand how different cultures have wildly different ethics than ours. 1/4
But we can only identify these acts as categorically perverse and measure the severity as heinous, if we have biblical principals as our guide. Yet, even once we have estimated the extent of our sorrowful state, there is hope. 3/4
A major obstacle that prevents us from understanding the classics on their own terms is our inability to conceive of rebellion against the divine as anything other than stunning and brave
Shai says he wants to stay in OKC
“I know what I signed up for when I signed a 5 year extension... and I don't think we're gonna be losing for much longer.”
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The tomb of Napoleon in France is not just his tomb. The building is an army museum, it is a chapel, and it was formerly a temple to Mars and maintains pagan imagery. There is wide variety of things to be venerating all in the same space. (1/3)
It does this by placing the “separation of church and state” debate within a proper historical context. This is a reminder that public policy should be created with a trembling sobriety consistent with the reality that God will bring justice to sin and unrighteousness. (3/3)