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641- The Pros of Cons

In 2019, my daughter and I attended San Diego Comic Con together. It was a week of highs and lows as she got to drive a boat for the first time, a memory she still talks about often. Cons are a great place to take your kids and create great memories. When I talk about the benefits of going to cons, I’m not just talking about comic-cons. The con in comic-con is short for convention, but there’s another word that is often used for these things too. It’s the word conference. I found taking my kids to those was great too.

S4E2 One Night in October

We are joined by frequent feedback contributor ShelkyBean one night in April, discussing Fringe episode, “One Night in October” in which the Redverse asks for help from the Blueverse to help them stop a serial killer. We have a wonderful, deep conversation about the rich themes that are explored in this episode such as nature vs. nurture.

640- Is the Resurrection Reliable?

The resurrection is everything. Paul put it this way, “if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.” After all, if a man who claimed to be God, received worship as if he were God, forgave sins claiming he had the authority of God, claimed that he would die and three days later be raised from the dead, and claimed that he was the only way to God, actually supernaturally rose from the dead, wouldn’t that give credibility to everything he said and claimed? Indeed it would.

639- Monday Mailbag

Well, here we are again in a month with five Mondays, which means it’s Monday Mailbag day! For this installment of the Monday Mailbag I have one contribution I’d like to share with you. It’s from Andrew, and he’s sharing lessons he’s learning from running and starting a podcast.

Criminal Justice

The Twilight Zone can be a cruel adjudicator doling out ironic punishments to characters whose desires ultimately become their undoing. Greed, short-sightedness, and the notion that “heaven” and “prosperity” aren’t what they seem are the focus this month, and the characters in these stories find themselves on the receiving end of the most poetic kind of criminal justice.

S4E1 Neither Here Nor There

After a bit of a break between seasons, we are back for season 4, cortexifans! Join us for our premiere episode in which we discuss “Neither Here nor There,” the episode that finally makes Seth Gabel a series regular and, of course, the first episode set in the new orange/amber timeline. We run through what we like about this premiere and what might have initially frustrated us, and, of course, we share amazing feedback from listeners like you!

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641- The Pros of Cons

In 2019, my daughter and I attended San Diego Comic Con together. It was a week of highs and lows as she got to drive a boat for the first time, a memory she still talks about often. Cons are a great place to take your kids and create great memories. When I talk about the benefits of going to cons, I’m not just talking about comic-cons. The con in comic-con is short for convention, but there’s another word that is often used for these things too. It’s the word conference. I found taking my kids to those was great too.

S4E2 One Night in October

We are joined by frequent feedback contributor ShelkyBean one night in April, discussing Fringe episode, “One Night in October” in which the Redverse asks for help from the Blueverse to help them stop a serial killer. We have a wonderful, deep conversation about the rich themes that are explored in this episode such as nature vs. nurture.

640- Is the Resurrection Reliable?

The resurrection is everything. Paul put it this way, “if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.” After all, if a man who claimed to be God, received worship as if he were God, forgave sins claiming he had the authority of God, claimed that he would die and three days later be raised from the dead, and claimed that he was the only way to God, actually supernaturally rose from the dead, wouldn’t that give credibility to everything he said and claimed? Indeed it would.

639- Monday Mailbag

Well, here we are again in a month with five Mondays, which means it’s Monday Mailbag day! For this installment of the Monday Mailbag I have one contribution I’d like to share with you. It’s from Andrew, and he’s sharing lessons he’s learning from running and starting a podcast.

Criminal Justice

The Twilight Zone can be a cruel adjudicator doling out ironic punishments to characters whose desires ultimately become their undoing. Greed, short-sightedness, and the notion that “heaven” and “prosperity” aren’t what they seem are the focus this month, and the characters in these stories find themselves on the receiving end of the most poetic kind of criminal justice.

S4E1 Neither Here Nor There

After a bit of a break between seasons, we are back for season 4, cortexifans! Join us for our premiere episode in which we discuss “Neither Here nor There,” the episode that finally makes Seth Gabel a series regular and, of course, the first episode set in the new orange/amber timeline. We run through what we like about this premiere and what might have initially frustrated us, and, of course, we share amazing feedback from listeners like you!

633- Remembering Where You Are

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633- Remembering Where You Are

633- Remembering Where You Are

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632- Bishop Family Values

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631- Reflections of a Doorkeeper

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