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Featured: How "Nope" Helps Us See The Eschatological Ending
Nerd Pastor Nate is a featured writer for Rethink Church writing on gaming, anime, and other pop culture topics. Read the full article...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- 3 days ago
- 2 min
Thirdiversary
It's hard to believe this, but Checkpoint Church is officially in its THIRD year of existence. I was first appointed here in July 2020,...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- 6 days ago
- 8 min
Why Chisato is the PERFECT Mentor for Takina | Nerdy Sermon [No Spoilers]
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...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Aug 3
- 2 min
#WhyCheckpointChurch (To The Point, 3.30)
Checkpoint is always striving to be on the cutting edge of the next great thing. Our goals may remain the same, but the things we try...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Jul 31
- 8 min
The Warning Behind Jordan Peele's Spectacle in NOPE | Nerdy Sermon
Upon watching Jordan Peele’s summer monster movie Nope, I was… unhappy. After obsessing over Get Out and enjoying Us for years, I had...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Jul 27
- 2 min
The Method Behind the Nerdness
Something I don't talk about enough is the absolute joy I get from our weekly nerdy sermons. I can only imagine the fourteen-year-old...
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Checkpoint Church
- Jul 26
- 1 min
Featured: Thor and an angry god
Nerd Pastor Nate is a featured writer for Rethink Church writing on gaming, anime, and other pop culture topics. Read the full article...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Jul 24
- 9 min
How Neon White Teaches YOU To Git Gud | Nerdy Sermon
I’m generally not one for First-Person Shooter style games, but when I heard that Ben Esposito of Edith Finch, Donut County, and the...
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Checkpoint Church
- Jul 20
- 2 min
Playing the Support Role
When I first started developing a church for nerds, geeks, and gamers, I thought what I was creating was novel. It didn't take long to...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Jul 13
- 2 min
Celebrating the Mileage Maniacs
We wrapped up our first ever community challenge event at the end of June - Mileage Mania. For the entire month of June, we challenged...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Jul 10
- 9 min
Did Eleven Make the Right Choice in Season 4's Finale? | Nerdy Sermon
Stranger Things - the show so nice we have to write a sermon about this season twice. Well, the truth is it’ll be like twenty years...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Jul 6
- 2 min
A 2-Year Reflection
This past Sunday marked an important day in the United Methodist Church. Clergy across the denomination will be preaching their very...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Jul 3
- 8 min
Why is 'The Church' Always The Villain in Fantasy Stories?
Listen - whenever I said I didn’t want to watch another Isekai so long as I live, I didn’t mean yall literally had to make a whole anime...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Jun 29
- 2 min
LVL2 According To LVL2
With the release of our most recent LVL2 newsletter, we have entered into our final quarter of the inaugural year since it's inception....
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Jun 26
- 8 min
Ms. Marvel and the Welcoming Reach of Jesus
Have you ever felt like the odd one out? Like the one that no one was quite able to relate to? Maybe you’re a bit weird in a world of...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Jun 22
- 2 min
Moving Forward Together
Checkpoint Church moves fast. Like, crazy fast. Sometimes it can be overwhelming to remember where we were last month, let alone last...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Jun 19
- 8 min
Nerd Pastor Interprets the STRANGER THINGS Viral Song 'Running Up That Hill' by Kate Bush
Stranger Things Season 4 Part One has graced us with its remarkable presence, and maybe you’re still recovering from the late-night binge...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Jun 15
- 2 min
Innovate, Rinse, Repeat
Constant and attentive innovation is necessary for the digital church. The world online moves quickly and unapologetically. This nature...
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Checkpoint Church
- Jun 14
- 1 min
Featured: The Kingdom of God is like... The Force
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
- Jun 12
- 5 min
The JEDI Will HUNT Themselves! What does this mean (and why Jesus says it's good)
Look - this may just be my giant man-crush on Ewan McGregor talking... but I love the latest Star Wars series Kenobi. From the sets to...
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