Pride is the most insidious of sins, and it can make an alien cactus think it’s a god—until the Outlaw Star’s pilot, Melfina, stomps it flat. It’s the end of another week and another month! Wait…wasn’t it Christmas yesterday? What is time?! Joking aside, I’ve been reflecting on another scene from an old a classic… Read More Pride Goes Before a Fall…of a Cactus
We might realize we need to change some behavior. We might even want to change it. But are we willing to change our very hearts—what we desire—to be transformed? In episode 37, Mike looks to Motoko as an example. She hates Keitaro because she hates men, but even when she attempts to change, it doesn’t… Read More The Power of God and Anime Podcast, Episode 37: Motoko and the Real Sword She Needed—A Changed Heart
“Who do you think I am?” By the time Frieren asks that question in this week’s episode in Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, it’s been three decades since the death of Himmel the Hero, and many more since Himmel, Frieren, Heiter, and Eisen defeated the Demon King. Their existence and works having become legendary, people immediately… Read More Finding Silver in the Dark: Frieren and The True I AM
On today’s special Valentine’s Day episode, Mike digs into relationships, and he looks to the gold standard, Dragon Ball Z, to do so! Wait…are the marriages in DBZ even worth emulating? Mike examines the four key marriages in the series, how they express the Christian principles of marriage from the Bible (or don’t), and explains… Read More The Power of God and Anime Podcast, Episode 36: The Married Couples of Dragon Ball Z
Sometimes I forget how shocking grace is. How unbelievable. How out of my common experience and the way I tend to live life it is. Mostly, I forget because in the day-to-day, I forget Jesus—who He is and what He’s done for us. But then, through a sermon, Bible reading, answered prayer, or a simple… Read More Grace Notes: A Grace Too Great for Manga, The Super Bowl (or Is It Olympics?) of Anime, and Three Things I Learned from Breaking My Phone
The latest episode of Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End featured a scene that will surely become one of the year’s most memorable. The titular character, known for rarely showing emotions, thinks back to a “scary” tantrum she once threw, one that lasted three full days. It was yet another highlight from an anime that’s been full… Read More Grace Notes: Hating Frieren
My rock n’ roll days of attending concerts are mostly over, and I’ve always preferred watching sports from my living room rather than from the stands, but there are two large group gatherings I still attend with some regularity: Sunday worship at my church and anime conventions here in Texas. That seems like an odd… Read More Grace Notes: Cons vs. Church
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