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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
- 10 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 1 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Dec 22, 2021
- 2 min
The Nerd At Christmas
It seems that the season of Christmas isn't dissimilar from a Pokémon. It evolves. Since my childhood, I've always known the 'true reason...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Dec 19, 2021
- 8 min
How Hawkeye (Disney +) is Exploring Repressed Trauma
If you’re plugged into our community on Twitch or Discord, you know my thoughts on Hawkeye are less than great. So I’m going to take all...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Dec 15, 2021
- 2 min
A Game Dev's Reflection
Wow, that title is wild to see. As I write this, I've just finished playing the final complete collection of our first ever video game...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Dec 12, 2021
- 9 min
The True Evil in League of Legend's ARCANE Series
It’s not mystery than I’m not the biggest fan of League of Legends and given articles like this - I’m not alone in that sentiment. But...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Dec 8, 2021
- 2 min
Bestivus for the Rest of Us
Planting a church like Checkpoint is a fairly inexplicable thing. I can't begin to describe the surprises that have been waiting on me...
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Checkpoint Church
- Dec 5, 2021
- 9 min
The Zen of Unpacking & How It Gives Us Hope
When was the last time you moved homes? Packed all of your things up and took them to a totally new place and then started unpacking. You...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
Tragedy Beyond Four Walls
EDITOR'S NOTE: This video mentions a tragedy in Ohio, but the event in fact occurred in Michigan. Adjustments and edits have been made as...
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Checkpoint Church
- Nov 28, 2021
- 9 min
How Pikmin Bloom is Echoing Christian Servanthood
Yeah, you read that title right. We’re straight up talking about Pikmin and Jesus today and that is hilarious to me. Words cannot...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
Putting the Good in Ludology
Checkpoint Church has been secretly developing a video game just in time for Advent. If you missed the news, then... well, first off I...
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Checkpoint Church
- Nov 21, 2021
- 9 min
Why Are There So Many Game Remakes?
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl dropped this past Friday and I guarantee that I am playing them as this video is dropping. I...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
Reflection Via Competition
Enter the competition here! One of the hallmarks of the gaming year has been the relatively recent tradition of Geoff Keighley's The Game...
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Checkpoint Church
- Nov 14, 2021
- 8 min
Can Christians Learn Anything From Dune?
We can’t just NOT talk about Dune, right? It’s too jam-packed with imagery and themes and all that mess to possibly get away with...
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