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Episode 449: Top 25 Things We’ve Experienced Since Episode 350

• March 13, 2016
• Tagged as: anathem, Andy Weir, Ant-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Awake, Countdown, dark city, Douglas Adams, Dune, Ernest Cline, fantastic four, Frank Herbert, heroes, heroes reborn, lucy, Matt Damon, Max Brooks, Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation, neal stephenson, predators, ready player one, snowpiercer, star wars, star wars: the force awakens, The Force Awakens, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Last American Vampire, The Last Unicorn, The Man in the High Castle, the martian, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, through the looking glass, Tomorrowland, world war z

Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono One year later, we are back with our reactions to the 25 things we said we’d experience by Episode 450. Donate to help the Water Fund here: https://www.onedayswages.org/thescifichristian

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Book Review: Luke Skywalker Can’t Read And Other Geeky Truths by Ryan Britt (Plume, 2015)

• February 17, 2016
• Tagged as: Ryan Britt, Star Trek, star wars

When I brought Ryan Britt’s new book home from our local library, my 8-year-old daughter—who came to Star Wars last year by way of Rebels and now proudly proclaims herself “a bigger Star Wars geek than…

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Episode 438: Heroes Re-Canceled and Other News

• January 27, 2016
• Tagged as: 24, 24: Legacy, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Arrested Development, Deadpool, deadwood, Harrison Ford, heroes, heroes reborn, Jack Bauer, Jamie Foxx, krang, Legion, mockingbird, person of interest, Punisher, Robin Hood: Origins, Rogue One, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, star wars, star wars: the force awakens, supernatural, Teen Titans, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Force Awakens, the prisoner, The Punisher, The Silver Chair, the winds of winter, Titans, Westworld, x-men

Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono First news episode of the year! Heroes Reborn was canceled, and Ben is ecstatic. We also discuss a bunch of other pop culture news!

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How The Force Awakens Novelization Challenges Christians

• January 21, 2016
• Tagged as: Adam Gidwitz, Alan Dean Foster, novelization, star wars, storytelling, The Force Awakens, Tom Angleberger

In 1978, as Star Wars reached its first birthday, I was in first grade. One of my few clear memories from that school year is sitting at a lunch table, happily reading the paperback novelization of…

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Episode 428: Top 10 Things About Star Wars: The Force Awakens

• December 28, 2015
• Tagged as: Finn, han solo, J.J. Abrams, JJ Abram, Kylo Ren, luke skywalker, Poe Dameron, Princess Leia, Rey, star wars, star wars: the force awakens

Featuring Matt Anderson and Ben De Bono In this episode, we review Episode VII, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. We also give our Top 10 good and bad things about the film.

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Star Wars Advent Antiphons – Emmanuel (December 23)

• December 23, 2015
• Tagged as: "The Work of Christmas", Advent, Antiphons, Christian Year, Howard Thurman, liturgy, star wars, The Force

An omnipresent, omnipotent source of strength with us, always, may sound familiar to Christians—but should it? O Emmanuel, our King and Lawgiver, the Expected of the nations and their Savior: Come and save us, O…

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Star Wars Advent Antiphons – King of the Nations (December 22)

• December 22, 2015
• Tagged as: Advent, aliens, Antiphons, Christian Year, Diversity, liturgy, star wars

Fear of aliens was standing Imperial procedure, but God’s people are gloriously diverse. O King of the Gentiles and their Desired One, Cornerstone that makes both one: Come, and deliver us whom you formed out…

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Star Wars Advent Antiphons – Dayspring (December 21)

• December 21, 2015
• Tagged as: Advent, anakin skywalker, Antiphons, Christian Year, liturgy, revenge of the sith, star wars, yoda

What would a Christian Jedi have to say to Anakin Skywalker about his fear of death? O Dayspring, Brightness of the light eternal and Sun of justice: Come, and enlighten those who sit in darkness…

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Star Wars Advent Antiphons – Key of David (December 20)

• December 20, 2015
• Tagged as: Advent, Antiphons, Christian Year, han solo, Jabba the Hutt, Princess Leia, Return of the Jedi, star wars

What does Han Solo have to do with the harrowing of hell? O Key of David and Scepter of the House of Israel, who opens and no one shuts, who shuts and no one opens;…

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Star Wars Advent Antiphons – Root of Jesse (December 19)

• December 19, 2015
• Tagged as: Advent, Antiphons, Christian Year, liturgy, Princess Leia, star wars

Which offspring of royalty is an ensign for the people of the Galaxy Far, Far Away? O Root of Jesse, who stands as an ensign of the people, before whom kings shall keep silence and to whom…