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Faithful Christian Envoys: Are There Any In Our Modern World?

22 Jun 2023 7 minute read 21 comments Allen Taylor

I find Proverbs 13:17 to be both troubling and encouraging. It's a fitting pearl of wisdom for our absurdly awkward time. Many proverbs, we've found, make a comparison between wicked people and the righteous. Here, we find the comparison to be betwee...

Violence, Transformation, and Alchemy in Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange"

19 Jun 2023 7 minute read 1 comment MatTehCat

"Man is the measure of all things." - Protagoras     Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film, "A Clockwork Orange," has left an indelible mark on the psyche of its viewers with its captivating visuals, visceral and 'ultra-violent' acts, and enigmatic themes. Se...

The Bible is the Truth (read it!)

18 Jun 2023 12 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

1.  The Museum Glass of Heaven I went to Juárez, Mexico with a church group in January of 1994.  We were there to build a house.  By "house" I mean concrete structure that may or may not have had any holes in the floor or walls for plumbing and elect...

Jesus Christ The Hero

17 Jun 2023 5 minute read 0 comments fisherofmen

Christian,   You do not need courage.  You need knowledge.  Knowledge that saves because of Who gives us the knowledge.  Knowledge that saves because of Who purchased our lives.  Knowledge that saves because it enables us to believe and repent and em...

Does Proverbs 13:16 Reveal Jesus Christ?

15 Jun 2023 3 minute read 1 comment Allen Taylor

If one reads The Crux long enough, one might come away with the impression that I see Jesus Christ in every verse of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. That isn't actually the case, but I can understand why one might get that impression. I do, ho...

God Puts a Mexican Filter on NYC

15 Jun 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"Mexico is sepia, old, and shadowy."Dulce Maria Sauri   I'm in the middle of re-watching Steven Soderbergh's 2000 film Traffic, which is better than I remember.  It's an interesting snapshot of the time in which it was made.  Pre-9/11, pre-2006 Mexic...

Kingdoms

10 Jun 2023 10 minute read 0 comments fisherofmen

5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his nam...

Just How Pathetically Pious (if not Intolerant and Totalitarian) and Vanilla has Deviant Art Become, Exactly? Let Me Count the Ways

8 Jun 2023 5 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

As you may know, I have a bone to pick with the Deviant Art Website's administration, chiefly because the site is no longer even remotely deviant (or at least far less than it once was), certainly not in the sexual sense of the word. Why is that? Wha...

What Proverbs 13:14-15 Says About Teaching the Wise

8 Jun 2023 3 minute read 5 comments Allen Taylor

Proverbs 13:14 is fairly straightforward, but not for those who can't, or won't, think spiritually. Within it, there is a single declaration: The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death. It may be singular,...

Eating of the Sloths and Orangutans and Fruit Bats

7 Jun 2023 2 minute read 2 comments Great White Snark

If there's one thing that I find funnier than actual religious scripture, it's mockery of said scripture. So, let's have a look at an extract from The Book of Armaments, Chapter 2, from Monty Python's The Holy Grail: "And Saint Attila raised the han...