The official podcast of Christian Geek Central!  ( http://www.christiangeekcentral.com ) On the Show Today: The Summer Of Free begins! Hear all about our new plans for the summer long event! Paeter also introduces The Retro Rewind Podcast and talks with them about the spiritual themes found in "Last Action Hero"! Winston Crutchfield takes us "Into The Long Box" with some post-apocalyptic Scooby Doo, and Paeter talks about the video game that radically changed his gaming life as he resumes his Bookshelf Tour!  The Spirit Blade Underground Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Paeter Frandsen, with additional segments produced by their credited authors. Copyright 2007-2017, 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

Listen to the full episode:  Overview For this episode we go back to a time when the ancient Incas were ruled by a narcissist who became a llama, a llama who became compassionate, and regained an empire. What else would you expect from Disney's The Emperor's New Groove? Listen and find out. Download the Full Podcast Episode MP3

(Ephesians 4:14-16, ESV) 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. In light of the fact that believers, despite their extreme differences, are forgiven and adopted into the same family through belief in the rescuing work of Jesus, Paul urges his readers, who come from very different social backgrounds, to live and serve together in a manner worthy of the hope we have because of how God called each of us to himself. (4:1-6) As we pursue living life in a way that is worthy of that hope, Jesus has equipped men and women with specific roles with which to serve ...

The official podcast of Christian Geek Central!  ( http://www.christiangeekcentral.com ) On the Show Today: A review of Alien: Covenant, an alternative (and probably more popular) perspective on Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2, PLUS some thoughts on why the local church, with all its mess, is still worth joining!  The Spirit Blade Underground Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Paeter Frandsen, with additional segments produced by their credited authors. Copyright 2007-2017, 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

The Summer Of Free is partnering with the Retro Rewind Podcast to present The Summer Of Free Movie Club! Each month during the summer, we'll be putting a spotlight on a free geek-genre movie that you can watch for free (and legally!) online, and then getting together to talk about it via google hangout! The first movie being featured is "Last Action Hero", which you can watch right now until the end of May on crackle! Then after you've had a chance to check it out, you're invited to join the google hangout discussing the potential spiritual themes of the movie. The hangout will be on Saturday, June 3rd starting at noon Pacific time, at  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ summer-of-free-movie-club- june-2017-tickets-34799088009 In the meantime, stay tuned! "The Summer Of Free 2017" officially kicks off next week!

Well, we've certainly come the long way round, but today we finish our review of Red Dwarf season 1 with a two-for-one; partly because the final two episodes cover similar subjects, and partly because neither of them are among my favourites. Confidence and Paranoia We start with episode 5, Confidence and Paranoia, which opens with Lister snooping around, wallowing in his unrequited love for Kochanski again; wondering how often she dreamt about him, and what Rimmer has done with her hologram disc. However, due to a tragic misunderstanding, Lister soon discovers that he has been snooping around in a part of the ship which has not been decontaminated, and from which he contracts the central premise of the episode: a mutated pneumonia that gives him very real hallucinations. This results in the manifestation of two aspects of Lister’s sub-conscious, bringing the inner struggle between his confidence and his paranoia to life. Unfortunately this premise doesn’t entirely wor...

Todd Lewis talks to Paeter Frandsen about the Spirit Blade Trilogy, the Pilgrim's Progress audio drama series, and the general state of Christian Fiction.

I love Scooby-Doo, so when DC added a Scooby book to the Hannah-Barbera revival line it immediately caught my attention. In Scooby Apocalypse , we get a glimpse of what it would be like if the Scooby gang met for the first time just as the world ended. It’s a kind of sci-fi version of The Walking Dead , where the Mystery Inc gang is cast as the survivors of a nanotech plague that transformed the whole world into monsters. The main characters are indeed named Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby. They do indeed ride around in a green van they call the Mystery Machine. Their visual models even show inspiration from the classic characters … and there ends any resemblance to anything remotely Scooby-Doo. The original cartoon endures due to the formula of the mysteries and the chemistry of the characters. They’re obviously tight knit friends who work well together and look out for each other. The Scooby-Doo cartoon mysteries are some of the most well-crafted stories in the busines...

The official podcast of Christian Geek Central!  ( http://www.christiangeekcentral.com ) On the Show Today: A review of King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword, some thoughts on the video game "Prey", and observations about how geeks should feel about their gifts as we continue in Ephesians!  The Spirit Blade Underground Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Paeter Frandsen, with additional segments produced by their credited authors. Copyright 2007-2017, 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

Ephesians 4:7-10 7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.” 9 (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? 10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) The Ephesian church was made up of people with very different cultural backgrounds. In that context, Paul has been emphasizing the unity and common ground we all have as believers in Jesus. In these verses he continues that theme, identifying the common source of the unique and varied gifts we each have within the unified body of believers. v. 7 Undeserved favor ("grace") is portioned out to ALL believers, but in various forms and amounts determined by Christ. v. 8 A quick detour regarding an issue of the text that may trouble some readers. Paul...

The official podcast of Christian Geek Central!  ( http://www.christiangeekcentral.com ) On the Show Today: Reviews for Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2, Path Of Destruction (Star Wars Audiobook) and Wacky Raceland (Comic Series). PLUS, a spotlight on Christian Video Game websites and comic books, a few brief reactions to the movie "Mindgamers", and some thoughts on Jealousy among Christian Geeks as we return to the book of Ephesians!  The Spirit Blade Underground Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Paeter Frandsen, with additional segments produced by their credited authors. Copyright 2007-2017, 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 summer of 2016, Warner Bros decided to try and reimagine their popular Hannah-Barbera cartoon characters as more mature versions of themselves. This line included four titles: Future Quest , which united the Hannah-Barbera actions heroes on an adventure throughout space and time; The Flintstones , looking at the stone-age Honeymooners through a modern sitcom lens; Scooby Apocalypse , where the Scooby gang meets for the first time just as the world ends; and Wacky Raceland , twisting the goofy wacky racers into post-apocalyptic speed demons in a world where it’s drive or die. The old cartoon Wacky Races pitted 11 alliteratively named drivers and their impossible machines on a no-holds-barred cross-country demolition course with predictably goofy results. The new comic book looks like Mad Max meets Speed Racer . The cars now have an attitude of their own, driven by an AI that reflects, distorts, and sometimes clashes with the personality of their driver. These turbo-cha...