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Yep - you read that title right. We’re going to talk about it. I have to be honest that this whole topic makes me crazy uncomfortable, but I couldn’t help myself. I mean, if you want me to play your rogue-lite cult simulator game, then you better make it with adorable art and a ding-a-dang farming sim structure. 

Y’all know I’m a sucker for that Stardew Valley style of gaming. I had to dive into this game.

And what I found when I started playing Cult of the Lamb was a brutally fair depiction of cult behavior. It’s hilarious. It’s disturbing. It’s adorable. And it’s brutal. And I loved every second of it. But can Cult of the Lamb teach us anything as Christians? Can it do anything other than just make us question our own indoctrination? I think it’s a great way to understand what sets the Lamb of God apart from this leel lamb. So let’s talk about it.

Welcome to Checkpoint Church - where nerds, geeks, and gamers come together to talk about faith, games, and if it’s good enough for Hideo Kojima, it’s good enough for me. I’m your Nerd Pastor Nate. If you like these weekly deep-dives, be sure to sub and hit that bell to find out when our next one drops.

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We stream Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and every other Friday: https://www.twitch.tv/checkpointchurch

Writer, Filmographer: Nathan Webb

Editor: Niki Turner

Secret Link: https://youtu.be/W7vBHbzbcos

Checkpoint Church is the place where all people from all walks of life are always welcomed with loving arms. We strive to steer clear from the modern temptations of being too ‘churchy’ or judgmental. We are the safe space for those who haven’t felt welcomed by the church before.

Timecodes:

0:00 - Introduction

0:50 - Welcome!

1:18 - Scripture

2:11 - What is Cult of the Lamb?

3:37 - The Horror of Cult of the Lamb

4:10 - How the Church Relates to Cults

5:19 - How to Spot A False Prophet

6:34 - Is the Lamb a False Prophet?

8:03 - What does this mean for us today?

9:15 - Thanks for Watching!

9:35 - Quick Question

9:58 - Three Things

10:45 - Twitch Clip!

Find Full Transcript Here: https://www.checkpointchurch.com/post/nerds-of-pray-heather

Nerds of Pray is the podcast where Nerd Pastor Nathan Webb of Checkpoint Church sits down with some of the leading people in the realm of Nerd/Pop Culture Ministry. He asks them questions about their specific venture into the ministry, as well as what first led them to the intersection of faith and fandom.

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Heather Moore, Deacon in the United Methodist Church and Weird Church enthusiast.

Support Heather Moore: 

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Nerds of Pray is made possible by the support of Checkpoint Church, the church for nerds, geeks, and gamers online. This episode was hosted, produced, recorded, edited, and mastered by Nathan Webb. It was captured via Cleanfeed and edited in DaVinci Resolve.

Intro/Outro Music is Royalty Free: "The Little Broth" by Rolemusic   

Key Art/Logo was created by: Nathan Webb   

Character Art/Avatar by: mondayvibes

To support Checkpoint Church and the ministry they produce, please like this video and subscribe to our channel or these other sources: 

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Our next episode will be dropping next month and will feature Drew Dixon of Love Thy Nerd and Know Thy Gamer. Look forward to that and thanks again so much for giving us a listen!

If you have any recommendations or would like to be considered as a future guest on the podcast, submit your name and biography to [email protected].

The Checkpoint Church Podcast Hub is the hub for all of our podcasts, sermons, and special projects. To learn more, go to checkpointchurch.com or send any questions you have to [email protected].

0:00 - Clip

0:26 - Intro

0:43 - Introducing Heather

1:27 - Welcome Heather!

3:12 - What flavor of nerd are you?

6:05 - Where did your nerd journey begin?

8:28 - Where did you first find the intersection of faith and fandom?

10:57 - Spirituality in gaming

18:23 - Do you believe that God can use fandoms for good?

26:26 - What is Weird Church?

31:00 - Is Weird a bad word?

34:08 - Can anyone start a Weird Church?

39:40 - Accessibility in gaming, tech, & faith

49:45 - What do you think the future of faith and pop culture looks like?

51:40 - What are you watching/reading/playing?

55:07 - Shout outs

56:09 - Closing

57:05 - Credits

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Checkpoint Church is the place where all people from all walks of life are always welcomed with loving arms. We strive to steer clear from the modern temptations of being too ‘churchy’ or judgmental. We are the safe space for those who haven’t felt welcomed by the church before.

Find Full Transcript Here:

https://www.checkpointchurch.com/post/nerdsofpray-derekwhite

Nerds of Pray is the podcast where Nerd Pastor Nathan Webb of Checkpoint Church sits down with some of the leading people in the realm of Nerd/Pop Culture Ministry. He asks them questions about their specific venture into the ministry, as well as what first led them to the intersection of faith and fandom.  

In this inaugural episode, Nathan sits down with Derek White, A.K.A. the Geekpreacher, to discuss his role as the Chaplain of the GaryCon Convention and his role as a minister to both nerds and lay people. They also discuss Derek's relationship with the late Gary Gygax, the co-founder of Dungeons & Dragons.   

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Nerds of Pray is made possible by the support of Checkpoint Church, the church for nerds, geeks, and gamers online. This episode was hosted, produced, recorded, edited, and mastered by Nathan Webb. It was captured via Cleanfeed and edited in DaVinci Resolve.   

Intro/Outro Music is Royalty Free: "The Little Broth" by Rolemusic  

Key Art/Logo was created by: Nathan Webb  

Character Art/Avatar by: mondayvibes  

To support Checkpoint Church and the ministry they produce, please like this video and subscribe to our channel or these other sources:

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/CheckpointNerd

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Merch: https://checkpoint-church.creator-spring.com/ 

Our next episode will be dropping two weeks from today and will feature one of the two leaders of Crossfire: Faith and Gaming, Russell Dornisch. Look forward to that and thanks again so much for giving us a listen!   

If you have any recommendations or you would like to be considered as a future guest on the podcast, submit your name and biography to [email protected].   

The Checkpoint Church Podcast Hub is the hub for all of our podcasts, sermons, and special projects. To learn more, go to checkpointchurch.com or send any questions you have to [email protected].  

#nerdsofpray #podcast #newpodcast #derekwhite #thegeekpreacher #garycon #interview #church #christian #nerd #nerdpastor #checkpointchurch #nerdministry 

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Checkpoint Church is the place where all people from all walks of life are always welcomed with loving arms. We strive to steer clear from the modern temptations of being too ‘churchy’ or judgmental. We are the safe space for those who haven’t felt welcomed by the church before.

If I’m honest, I wouldn’t have started Lycoris Recoil without Hideo Kojima tweeting about it. But hoo boy, am I glad that I did! If I hadn’t taken that first step into the world of the Lycoris, I would have missed out on perhaps some of the best spy world-building of this anime season. Plus, it’s essentially John Wick, but cute.

Not to mention Chisato’s ability to singlehandedly takedown Goku, more than likely. She’s kind of my hero right now. But more than anything, this anime presents us with one of my favorite stories - balance. Takina and Chisato are opposites, or are they? Let’s talk about it.

Welcome to Checkpoint Church - where nerds, geeks, and gamers come together to talk about faith, games, and if it’s good enough for Hideo Kojima, it’s good enough for me. I’m your Nerd Pastor Nate. If you like these weekly deep-dives, be sure to sub and hit that bell to find out when our next one drops.

Follow Us Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/CheckpointChurch

We stream Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and every other Friday: https://www.twitch.tv/checkpointchurch

Writer, Filmographer: Nathan Webb

Editor: Niki Turner

Secret Link: https://youtu.be/SUTze9SImm4

Checkpoint Church is the place where all people from all walks of life are always welcomed with loving arms. We strive to steer clear from the modern temptations of being too ‘churchy’ or judgmental. We are the safe space for those who haven’t felt welcomed by the church before.

Timecodes:

0:00 - Introduction

0:39 - Welcome!

1:10 - Scripture

1:50 - What is Lycoris Recoil?

3:52 - Mentor/Student Trope

4:57 - What Drives Chisato

6:06 - Scripture Analysis

7:15 - What things are of this world?

7:50 - What does have to do with anime?

9:22 - Chisato has the truth

10:58 - What does this mean for us today?

11:40 - Why Checkpoint Exists

12:51 - Thanks for Watching!

13:12 - Quick Question

13:24 - Three Things

14:00 - Twitch Clip!

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To The Point is a weekly newsletter distributed through our email chain, website, and podcast.

We stream Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and every other Friday: https://www.twitch.tv/checkpointchurch

Checkpoint Church is the place where all people from all walks of life are always welcomed with loving arms. We strive to steer clear from the modern temptations of being too ‘churchy’ or judgmental. We are the safe space for those who haven’t felt welcomed by the church before.

Upon watching Jordan Peele’s summer monster movie Nope, I was… unhappy. After obsessing over Get Out and enjoying Us for years, I had high expectations for this movie to… *mean* something. But when I rolled credits on it, I felt like I had watched a summer monster movie. 

Where was the scathing critique on race, government, capitalism, or whiteness? It wasn’t there. All I could think about was the haunting first five minutes of the film over and over. 

And so, I took to studying; I’ve written about five different nerdy sermons on this movie. One was about flipping the optics from the watched to the watchers; the other was about owning a historical inclusion and manipulation of racial relationships and the actual presentation of the monster itself. 

But, in the end, I’ve scrapped all of them. And come back to this: Jordan Peele stated from the beginning that this film was supposed to be a spectacle. And it was. The word that comes to mind for this nerdy pastor when I consider the spectacle is: miracle. Maybe it’s a bad miracle like OJ mentions in the film, but maybe not. Let’s talk about it.

Follow Us Everywhere: https://linktr.ee/CheckpointChurch

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Writer, Filmographer: Nathan Webb

Editor: Niki Turner

Secret Link: https://youtu.be/VL5XY8koXxU

Checkpoint Church is the place where all people from all walks of life are always welcomed with loving arms. We strive to steer clear from the modern temptations of being too ‘churchy’ or judgmental. We are the safe space for those who haven’t felt welcomed by the church before.

Timecodes:

0:00 - Introduction

1:09 - Welcome!

1:39 - Scripture

2:39 - What is NOPE? (Leel Spoilers)

4:35 - The Secret B-Plot of NOPE

6:12 - Scripture Analysis

8:12 - Why Peele Chose This Passage

9:05 - What do you call a bad miracle?

10:41 - What does this mean for us today?

12:35 - Thanks for Watching!

13:24 - Quick Question

13:40 - Three Things

14:19 - Twitch Clip!

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To The Point is a weekly newsletter distributed through our email chain, website, and podcast.

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Checkpoint Church is the place where all people from all walks of life are always welcomed with loving arms. We strive to steer clear from the modern temptations of being too ‘churchy’ or judgmental. We are the safe space for those who haven’t felt welcomed by the church before.