Hebrews 13:7-14 7 Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 9 Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. 10 We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat. 11 For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp. 12 So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. 13 Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. 14 For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. v. 7 The Bible doesn't often give instruction on how we should treat the leaders of our local churches, so this verse sh

The official podcast of Christian Geek Central!  ( http://www.christiangeekcentral.com ) On the Show Today: An RPG review and some thoughts on the Riverworld series by Philip Jose Farmer. PLUS, why Geeks should befriend their church leaders as we continue in the book of Hebrews! Join our Extra Life Team! http://www.extra-life.org   Search for "Christian Geek Central" when selecting a team during registration, or visit our Team Page: http://www.extra-life.org/team/christiangeekcentral The Spirit Blade Underground Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Paeter Frandsen, with additional segments produced by their credited authors. Copyright 2007-2016, Spirit Blade Productions Music by Wesley Devine, Bjorn A. Lynne, Pierre Langer, Jon Adamich and Sound Ideas. Spazzmatica Polka by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Freesound.org effects provided by: FreqMan

Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld series postulates the mass awakening of the entire deceased population of the Earth on a paradise planet where a single, massive river separates two shores bounded by impassable mountains. All of those who have died, from all throughout history, inexplicably find themselves once more "in the flesh" and placed within a garden where they do not require shelter and do not need to work for food or drink. Luxuries are provided for them. They are in perfect health and without any kind of physical or mental deformity. Mankind has entered paradise. Nothing could be more like Hell. The story centers around the historical figures of Richard Francis Burton and Samuel Clemens. Both men seek to solve the mystery of the Riverworld by reaching the headwaters of the river and confronting the unseen architects that reason, and a Mysterious Stranger, tells them must exist. Their search for purpose provides the framework around which the entire themati

Hebrews 13:4-6 4.Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. 5.Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6.So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” v.4 As we trust Yahweh enough to obey him and do life his way, it should be true of us that we highly value marriage and value sexual intercourse as something meant only for the marriage relationship. Both "sexual immorality" (the Greek refers to "fornication") and adultery will be judged by Yahweh. I think it's easier for us to recognize the wrong in sex outside of marriage when it involves people who are married. But it's also easy for us to convince ourselves that sex outside of marriage is actually okay in other situations, such as when we fully intend to marry the per

The official podcast of Christian Geek Central!  ( http://www.christiangeekcentral.com ) On the Show Today: Some of Paeter's favorite handheld video games, some off the cuff thoughts on the nature of disagreements and discussion online (from the CGC 2016 Retro Live Stream), and gaining perspective on pleasure as we continue in the book of Hebrews. Join our Extra Life Team! http://www.extra-life.org   Search for "Christian Geek Central" when selecting a team during registration, or visit our Team Page: http://www.extra-life.org/team/christiangeekcentral The Spirit Blade Underground Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Paeter Frandsen, with additional segments produced by their credited authors. Copyright 2007-2016, Spirit Blade Productions Music by Wesley Devine, Bjorn A. Lynne, Pierre Langer, Jon Adamich and Sound Ideas. Spazzmatica Polka by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Freesound.org effects provided by: FreqMan

In the UK we Dwarfers are eagerly awaiting the start of Red Dwarf XI (which I will be reviewing over on my blog ), but here in CGC land we continue our leisurely re-watch of the first series with Waiting For God. This is where things get really philosophical for the crew of Red Dwarf: Lister is busy learning to read cat books – specifically the Holy Book, which tells of Cloister the Stupid – when Holly detects an unidentified object crossing their path, which Rimmer believes will contain an advanced alien being able to give him back a physical body. During the course of the story Rimmer questions the point of existence; Cat hangs out with an aging Cat priest; even Talkie Toaster goes from an ‘I toast, therefore I am’ view of life to believing there must be more to life. Lister, meanwhile, is coming to terms with what the Cat people have made him; yet his revelation: I am your God! meets with only mockery from Cat. This could easily have been a Cat story, but somehow wasn’t; C

Visit a world of pulp action-adventure in the 1910s with the Young Centurions RPG from Evil Hat Productions. If you're new to Fate or to the Spirit of the Century setting, this book belongs on your shelf. If you're already familiar with either of those, take a minute to see if this book is going to add value to your collection before you jump on it. In Young Centurions, you take on the role of a unique individual, born in the first minute of the first hour of the first day of the new century. You embody a Spirit of the age, an aspect of the new century that shapes your character with the positive energy of things to come. Shadows oppose you, those people born on the last minute of the last hour of the last day of the previous century, empowered by the energetic detritus of what has gone before. It's not always easy to separate Spirit from Shadow in the confusion of the new century, even when it seems you're all working toward the same goals. And oh yes, you'

Hebrews 13:1-3(ESV) 1.Let brotherly love continue. 2.Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3.Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. The author of Hebrews has been encouraging us to fully engage and persevere in the life-long "race of faith". He is now going into some detail about what should be true of us as we trust Yahweh enough to obey him and do life his way. v. 1 "Brotherly love" is "philadelphia" in the Greek, and refers to the "family love" that Christians experience when we view each other and our relationships rightly. The original readers were commanded to "continue" in this, but I question whether I've even started in this kind of love within my community of believers. There are a few people in the college group I serve in that I would use "philadelphia&quo

The official podcast of Christian Geek Central!  ( http://www.christiangeekcentral.com ) On the Show Today: Reactions to the Playstation Meeting Press Conference, a review of the anime Psycho-Pass, and a quick review of the Ben-Hur-Remake. Plus something vital that geeks often forget as we continue in the book of Hebrews.  graphics comparions begin at about 29:00 on this video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11XjMplfTd4 Join our Extra Life Team! http://www.extra-life.org   Search for "Christian Geek Central" when selecting a team during registration, or visit our Team Page: http://www.extra-life.org/team/christiangeekcentral The Spirit Blade Underground Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Paeter Frandsen, with additional segments produced by their credited authors. Copyright 2007-2016, Spirit Blade Productions Music by Wesley Devine, Bjorn A. Lynne, Pierre Langer, Jon Adamich and Sound Ideas. Spazzmatica Polka by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

(Hebrews 12:25-29, ESV) See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire. I'm breaking from my usual format of saving "Geek Application" for the end, because I felt like this passage in particular could benefit from that application coming more "along the way" as we go through it verse by verse. In previous verses the author of Hebrews

No Soul Left Behind A demon gave you superpowers. It demands EEEEVIL! No Soul Left Behind is a complete campaign of ten adventures for Better Angels, the supervillain roleplaying game. It features an action-packed (and demon-packed) year at a charter school in a troubled neighborhood. The players start off as ordinary teachers or students just trying to get by. When things go really wrong for the city's most notorious supervillains, these ordinary folks inherit their demons—and their superpowers! You have the power to give the kids a brighter future. How far will you go? Undershadows Vaquita has had a rough go of it lately. She was doing all right, building a career as a London-based rigger, when something went wrong inside her head. Suddenly the mental space that used to be hers alone was shared as a foreign personality carved out a section of brain for itself. It wasn’t exactly madness, but it sure felt like it. It also made for some tough going for a time, and severa

The official podcast of Christian Geek Central!  ( http://www.christiangeekcentral.com ) On the Show Today: News and highlights of Christian Geekery, some free comic book options and the launch of the Christian Geek Central Extra-Life team! FACEBOOK PAGE-  https://www.facebook.com/spiritbladeinfo