http://www.namhwang.com/blog daily 0.75 2023-04-24 http://www.namhwang.com/blog/2023/4/24/sermon-clip-lets-talk-satan monthly 0.5 2023-04-24 http://www.namhwang.com/blog/2021/1/20/trump-era-post-mortem monthly 0.5 2021-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1611158346687-Z16K1PIQWSJZ2RQNOYYB/image-asset.jpeg Practical Christianity - Trump Era Post Mortem Vulgar, but this basically sums up American conservative Christianity of the past 5 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1611157470002-AHGUS8OHDE38JYCXLIQN/69b25e2762799511c0925b1f6669ae9f.jpg Practical Christianity - Trump Era Post Mortem Artwork like this became very common. Sad and funny at the same time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1611158733090-IB4KXUL9FYJG4KTHZA93/image-asset.jpeg Practical Christianity - Trump Era Post Mortem Nathan rebuking David. Nathan is one of my favorite people in the Bible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1611157554017-N038Q0EUYW1PY6M0HKWQ/20170120-donald-trump-inauguration-getty.jpg Practical Christianity - Trump Era Post Mortem Part of me can still barely believe that this actually happened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1611158305405-GREVCFOJMHJQW03LSBW4/image-asset.jpeg Practical Christianity - Trump Era Post Mortem … and another one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1611158488715-FIUA0FCXCBKCAHSOQB53/image-asset.jpeg Practical Christianity - Trump Era Post Mortem “Let me be clear. This is revolting. The Bible is not a prop. A church is not a photo op. Religion is not a political tool. God is not your plaything.” - James Martin, SJ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1611157696327-PYPGSU1NOL1VI3MKEB8P/image-asset.jpeg Practical Christianity - Trump Era Post Mortem If I recall, Kirk Cameron was the first famous Christian figure that I saw praising Trump as the “Christian choice” for president. That was the first time I started to realize just how out of hand things were getting. http://www.namhwang.com/blog/2019/7/17/sermon-the-faithful-father monthly 0.5 2019-07-17 http://www.namhwang.com/blog/2019/3/19/a-conflict-of-interests monthly 0.5 2019-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1553002230085-Z3G2LCJG7MD70BPS82E3/Two+Quokka.jpg Practical Christianity - A Conflict of Interests They’re a type of marsupial found in Australia. They have no fear of humans, so it’s common for people to take selfies with them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1553002085990-O7XRCR9PDAXTT4VB1OUX/Quokka.jpg Practical Christianity - A Conflict of Interests Nothing in this blog entry really invokes any imagery, so here’s a quokka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1553002326196-H689MRIMBNCWLVN2KKA6/Happy+Quokka.jpg Practical Christianity - A Conflict of Interests They are a big part of why Australia is so high on my bucket list. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1553002725425-LT5JYJ6V13979FWTC4UN/Quokka-banner-940x400.jpg Practical Christianity - A Conflict of Interests See you next time! http://www.namhwang.com/blog/2019/3/8/a-long-way-home monthly 0.5 2019-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1552042706888-YGJF7JJZZUUAEKISSQV1/Satele+Shan.JPG Practical Christianity - A Long Way Home Satele Shan, Grandmaster of the Jedi order during the Old Republic era. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1552042758627-LWIBFJ7FAAF704YVV01Q/Kira+Carsen.PNG Practical Christianity - A Long Way Home Kira Carsen, loyal companion to the Hero of Tython. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1552099783417-5K6FECCVUEP1SJ6761BO/2018-11-27-lifejacketsgreece.jpg Practical Christianity - A Long Way Home Life jackets and dinghies brought and abandoned by refugees to Lesbos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1552042795005-BW2TMKAL6WTE6R5B2O37/Greek+woman.JPG Practical Christianity - A Long Way Home One of the first images that came up when I googled “Greek women.” I can definitely work with this. http://www.namhwang.com/blog/2018/7/22/sermon-the-discerning-king-2-kings-181-8 monthly 0.5 2018-07-22 http://www.namhwang.com/blog/2016/11/23/introduction-to-practical-christianity monthly 0.5 2016-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1478458330573-JPS32CTBHT461OBDDO9L/image-asset.jpeg Practical Christianity - Introduction to Practical Christianity A kinder, gentler, less misogynistic Zeus, as portrayed by Liam Neeson. Completely inaccurate portrayal but hey it's Liam Neeson. We'll let it slide. The books I read as a kid had Zeus pursuing some woman and her being pregnant in the next line, completely skipping the details of consummation. Though to be fair, I think at that point I didn't even understand that sex was how conception occurred in the first place. I was a stupid kid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1478455483225-7J61E8HUUE5J9TFQMYE0/Abraham+Isaac.jpg Practical Christianity - Introduction to Practical Christianity "I totally know everything including the inner workings of everyone's hearts... except whether you fear me or not. That I needed you to be willing to kill your baby to prove to me." Thus saith the Lord, according to fundamentalists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1478455624753-AI5LHN3WP2I6T82PRWAD/Oggbi.jpg Practical Christianity - Introduction to Practical Christianity Oggbi, the quest starter for Monk-related quests in Final Fantasy XI. A roundabout inside joke, as many of us thought Pastor Oggbi bore an uncanny resemblance to Bruce Lee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1478457618794-7DQ234S4M58UXUR2QWKN/image-asset.jpeg Practical Christianity - Introduction to Practical Christianity The Dungeons & Dragons take on Tiamat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1478458874761-3HXYMCTWHJF7LTTMJE2I/image-asset.jpeg Practical Christianity - Introduction to Practical Christianity One of the books that changed my life, Fear and Trembling, by my favorite philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard. An examination of the concept of faith, its very challenging and inspiring ideas had a huge influence on my own understanding of faith, and, ironically, were based largely on his analysis of the story of Abraham and Isaac. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1478455862898-NA5HRHVFOKOQ1D9XYAWO/image-asset.jpeg Practical Christianity - Introduction to Practical Christianity Zeid, quest-starter for Dark Knight-related quests in Final Fantasy XI, and Matthias's mentor. Dark Knights were outcasts of the FFXI mythos, and historical-criticism is often viewed as a "liberal" path to heresy. Well it made sense to me at the time I thought of it. http://www.namhwang.com/blog/2016/9/7/an-unexpected-journey monthly 0.5 2016-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1473250786391-YV296Z3P4Y7HHJGT0NVM/image-asset.jpeg Practical Christianity - An Unexpected Journey The Parthenon, my holy grail of sightseeing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1473249842177-DPZDICCD5NSYVEOX3YKC/image-asset.png Practical Christianity - An Unexpected Journey Aeris Gainsborough https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1473265710614-ES0RWM6UO0QHJZKU529C/image-asset.jpeg Practical Christianity - An Unexpected Journey 5 generations of Matthias, left to right: Jedi Shadow (The Old Republic), Wudang (Age of Wushu), Human Infiltrator (Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer), Paladin/Warrior (Final Fantasy XI), and Dark Knight (Final Fantasy XIV). I've actually used the name in many other older games, but I no longer have access to them, and therefore weren't able to get screenshots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57cf35e5e3df2894398e5faa/1473250621745-TF5U2MJ7FUEVB0S8S39R/image-asset.jpeg Practical Christianity - An Unexpected Journey A Sydney funnel web spider. Not only do they have venom strong enough to kill a human, unlike deadly American spiders who have the decency to stay reclusive until we bother them, these bastards have been known to chase after humans. 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