If you are my age or a bit older you probably have relatives who fought in World War Two. If you are a bit younger you may have relatives who fought in Vietnam. Among those relatives you probably have at least one who was so scarred by the experiences of war that they never talked...
Category: Guest Posts
Identity Idols and the #christianrapper
The following post is taken in full with permission from Mos Murph. We decided to re-post it here as it is a great defense of the Christian Worldview of the arts that is shared by the writers of Gospel Spam. What is going on in the Christian Hip Hop scene? There have always been debates...
A Review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The rebooted Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has arrived in theaters. Another beloved franchise is updated for the summer of 2014 following the heels of recent rebooted franchises STAR TREK, TRANSFORMERS, BATMAN, and G. I. JOE. It is the latest to join the ” Produced By Michael Bay” label that has all the glitz and glamour...
The Wonderful Game of Life
The following post is by Guest Contributor Chad Trotter. There was a game that my little brother and I use to play as kids. We called it hawgs-dawgs. Wait, you’ve never played? Really? Oh, let me explain! You see, my little brother Brandon and I grew up rather poor. We didn’t know it. That was...
Star Trek: As Told by a Jesus Nerd
The following is a guest post by Daniel Banks, a member of By Grace Community Church in Newport News, VA. Star Trek has been around for quite awhile now. Everyone has grown up watching an incarnation of the enduring franchise, from the original series, Star Trek, and its subsequent spin offs The Next Generation, Deep...
Is Circular Reasoning Always Fallacious?
Is Circular Reasoning Always Fallacious? Short answer: no. Long answer: There are two things we need to discuss about circular reasoning: It is (1) absolutely unavoidable and (2) not necessarily fallacious. Circular reasoning is unavoidable to some degree when proving one’s ultimate standard. An ultimate standard cannot be proved from anything else, otherwise it wouldn’t...
MUST READ SPAM: But “Game of Thrones’ Still Has Porn In It
I don’t know anything about the website Speculative Faith, or the author E. Stephen Burnett. But the following blog post on HBO hit Game of Thrones television series showed up in my time line and I felt the need to share the blog with the Gospel Spam readers. Here’s a snippet: Game of Thrones. Game...