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2018-02-23
Listen to the sermon itself, but the sci-fi tie-in is weak.
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Grant Morrison said that Superman is the human race's greatest idea ever
Ben and Matt pitch a sci-fi Noah short story anthology to any Christian publishers listening
X-Men: First Class was accused of racism, and Ben explains how the point of the franchise is an argument against racism
It was a metaphor for civil rights...it's about people who are looked down upon because of how they look and how they're born...
How they're born?
Yeah.
You mean, natural or c-section?
Main Topic
How we see our father influences how we see God
How Knowing God as Father is Meant to Change Us
- Being adopted into God's family changes your identity
- God becomes your Abba Father, changing your relationship
- God can lead us with his Spirit
- Knowing God as father gives us a stake in Christ's inheritance and changes our hope for the future
- Changes our expectations for what life should look like: enduring suffering is part of being God's children
Good Sci-Fi Examples for Each Characteristic
Ben
- Professor X, Dumbledore, Giles from Buffy, Admiral Adama
- Anakin Skywalker, Admiral Adama, Walter Bishop, Henry Jones
- Obi-Wan Kenobi, Morpheus, Ned Stark, Gandalf
- Admiral Adama, T-800 (Terminator 2: Judgment Day), Jack Shephard, Jack Briscoe
- Gandalf, Henry Ducard (Batman Begins), Professor X, Bigby Wolf, Uncle Ben Parker, John Locke
Bad Sci-Fi Examples for Each Characteristic
Ben
- Emperor Palpatine, Randall Flagg
- Norman Osborn
- Magneto, Norman Osborn, Robert Baratheon
- Anthony Cooper, Tywin Lannister
- Jacob (LOST), Ben Linus, Cigarette Smoking Man, Man in Black (LOST)
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The Sci-Fi Feud continues
Ben reads Colin from the UK's email in a pretty decent Australian accent