Nerd Pastor Nate
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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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Jan 30, 2022
- 8 min
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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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Jan 23, 2022
- 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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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 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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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 7, 2021
- 8 min
Metroid Dread & Equipping Those Spiritual Gifts
Metroid Dread was a game that no one expected this year - sure it isn’t Metroid Prime 4 that most were anticipating, but we definitely...
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Checkpoint Church
- Nov 3, 2021
- 1 min
Featured: Revenge of the Nerd Pastor VAUMC
NPN was invited to be in conversation with Rev. Ahnna Lise Stevens-Jennings on the VAUMC podcast. In the pod, the two discuss what nerd...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Oct 29, 2021
- 8 min
Can Christians Celebrate Halloween?
Bit of a different one since today is the spookiest day of spooky season. Rather than focusing on a show, graphic novel or video game… I...
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Checkpoint Church
- Oct 28, 2021
- 52 min
Nerds of Pray: InnRoads Ministries, Bard & Bible TTRPG Pastor Mike Perna (1.5)
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...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Oct 27, 2021
- 2 min
Absolutely Nothing
In the immortal words of Uncle Ben: with great power comes great responsibility. Given the boom of growth we've seen in Checkpoint in the...
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Checkpoint Church
- Oct 26, 2021
- 1 min
Featured: Digital Church Roundtable on WNCC's Means of Grace
Nerd Pastor Nate was invited to be a guest on the Means of Grace podcast from the Western North Carolina Conference. The podcast features...
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Checkpoint Church
- Oct 25, 2021
- 1 min
Featured: More Midnight Mass Musing for 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
- Oct 24, 2021
- 7 min
Is Midnight Mass an Accurate Representation of the Church?
Tv shows, movies, comics, games - pretty much every form of media leans towards the same two main antagonists. Either it’s the big wig...
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Nerd Pastor Nate
- Oct 20, 2021
- 2 min
The Next Right Step
Before we get too far, I want to welcome all of the new subscribers to our newsletter and members to our Discord, Twitch, and YouTube...
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