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The Barbie Movie Part II: Gertrude and God’s Ideal Woman in a Fallen World

Posted on April 30, 2024 by Awry Stoic

Christian women were put on this planet to be pilgrims, not princesses. Mattel usually presents Barbie as a princess who owns the Earth and cares little beyond the present moment. This is not the same as Cinderella. Cinderella was humble … Continue reading →

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Why Pilgrim’s Progress is Better Than The Sequel: Part The Third

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Awry Stoic

This is an outline of why Pilgrim’s Progress is better than the sequel. The sequel even features a bodyguard who as Pastor Bennett stated, is the allegorical equivalent of Arnold Schwarzenegger (or at least an 80’s action hero) who is … Continue reading →

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The Barbie Movie Part 1: The Ken of Patriarchy

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Awry Stoic

I imagine that C.S. Lewis would say that there is no better way to see how different English speaking society views the concept of patriarchy than by reading Ephesians 5:22 in The Message and comparing it to the 1599 Geneva … Continue reading →

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Why Pilgrim’s Progress is Better Than The Sequel: Part The Second

Posted on February 4, 2024 by Awry Stoic

Conflict is the engine of fiction. . . . The more hopeless you can render the situation, the more powerful your ending will be. — Jerry B. Jenkins[1] A life without tests and challenges is a life without growth and … Continue reading →

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