Contemplating Contemporary

How could I not talk about it? Kanye West has officially dropped 'Jesus is King', his hip-hop/gospel/worship hybrid album. For many reasons, there has been a whirlwind of different opinions of this project. 'How you get so much favour on your side?' 'Accept Him as your Lord and Saviour,' I replied Thou shalt love thy neighbour, not divide I'ma ride, that's on God West, who claims to have had a massive paradigm shift, turning from his former ways (which glorified a hedonistic lifestyle) to a new, Christ-centered lifestyle, writes in his lyrics a number of different things that seem, at least at a cursory study, theologically accurate. He seems determined to renounce his old ways. Told the Devil when I see him, 'on sight' Clearly, West seems convinced of his transition into Christian faith, or at least has a desire to convince everyone else. No matter the case, he has set Christian ideology on the world stage. There is nearly no li...

Disclaimer: In no way am I endorsing The Boys  for consumption. The content of this series is extremely graphic. The Boys  is a comic series set in a world where superheroes are corrupt, greedy, selfish, and - frankly - human. They are liable to misconduct in many ways. When they step out of line, "The Boys" take them down a notch. Annie January, a.k.a. "Starlight", is a superheroine in this universe, and surprisingly, she's one of the few characters who (at least at the start of the series) has her morals intact. She grew up Christian and stayed true to her beliefs, but with her introduction to "The Seven", the premier hero team in America, she is forced to grapple with what she believes about the world. She finds herself questioning if God is even real, and if so, why would He test her with the things she faces? Eventually, she determines that God was never testing her, and the challenges she faced were brought on by her own ambition. In a st...