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Checkpoint Church
Mar 10, 20221 min read
Featured: Faith, life and the lessons of “git gud” at video games
Nerd Pastor Nate is a featured writer for Rethink Church writing on gaming, anime, and other pop culture topics. In this post, he...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Mar 9, 20222 min read
Marking The Safepoint
This past Monday we officially unveiled our Safepoint Policy. When it comes to digital ministry, much of the work being done is entirely...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Mar 6, 20228 min read
How Sifu Teaches the Player That Revenge Isn't the Answer
Do you like getting angry? Not a big fan of it myself, but every now and again I’ll give a rage-inducing game a chance. Sifu is one of...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Mar 2, 20222 min read
It's Been Lent All Along
Today marks the beginning of the Lenten season. From now until Easter, Christians across the globe will honor the age-old practice of...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Feb 27, 20228 min read
How My Dress-Up Darling Dismantles Its Own Stereotypes
Look, okay, I know how this looks. I try to keep my embarrassing guilty pleasures to myself. I am a sucker for the anime romance genre....
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Feb 23, 20222 min read
Meet The Guardians
With our first ever State of the RE:Union a few weeks ago, we made the announcement that Checkpoint would be instituting something new in...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Feb 20, 20228 min read
Bojji Is The Ideal Jesus Follower - No, Really
Looking at Ranking of Kings - I couldn’t help but keep putting off watching this show. I thought it was going to be some kind of...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Feb 16, 20222 min read
Twitch Does Church Better Than You
In the work of digital ministry, I have had to learn plenty about adaptivity. I've grown through failure, success, and mentorship every...
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Checkpoint Church
Feb 15, 20221 min read
Why should church stay online? Wordle
Nerd Pastor Nate is a featured writer for Rethink Church writing on gaming, anime, and other pop culture topics. In this post, he...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Feb 13, 20228 min read
What Pokémon Legends Arceus Teaches Us About Humanity
If you’re anything like me, then you’ve logged way too many hours already into the world of Pokemon Legends Arceus. I may or may not have...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Feb 9, 20222 min read
23,000 Reasons (A Viral Reflection)
As a digital-based entity, given enough time the algorithm of the Internet will reward continuous effort with a 'viral post.' It's not...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Feb 2, 20222 min read
RE: Why Churches Should Drop Their Online Services
I had quite a few things I wanted to write about in this newsletter - but then the New York Times posted an op-ed piece on online...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Jan 30, 20228 min read
Why People Love Mushoku Tensei: Human Honesty in Isekai
I gotta be real with you folks - I really didn’t want to like this show. And I’m still not totally sure that I do. But for some Mushoku...
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Checkpoint Church
Jan 24, 20221 min read
Featured: Stop teaching spiritual gifts, watch Encanto instead
Nerd Pastor Nate is a featured writer for Rethink Church writing on gaming, anime, and other pop culture topics. In this post, he...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Jan 23, 202210 min read
Did Peter Parker make the right decision at the end of Spider-Man: No Way Home?
What better way to kick off the new season than with everyone’s favorite web-slinger Spider-man? Spider-Man: No Way Home hit theaters at...
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Checkpoint Church
Jan 19, 20222 min read
Downloading... This May Take A While
Have you ever gone for a file download or installed a new program and gotten that message? I grew up in the dial-up era and this message...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Jan 12, 20222 min read
Goals Met, Friends Made, Moving On
I want to start this one with a humongous THANK YOU for making our first ever 24-hour charity stream a huge success. It's important to...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Jan 5, 20222 min read
Setting A New Standard
When it comes to the work of digital ministry, the most exciting part is that every new thing you try is unprecedented. We are now...
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Checkpoint Church
Dec 29, 20211 min read
Featured: "The truth about violence in video games" from Rethink Church
Nerd Pastor Nate is a featured writer for Rethink Church writing on gaming, anime, and other pop culture topics. In this post, he...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
Dec 29, 20212 min read
And Then There Were None
Well, this is it - our final To The Point newsletter of 2021. I want to first thank you - whether this is your first, your thirtieth,...
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