“Who can come to me demanding recompense? Everything beneath the heavens is mine” (Job 41.11). Stephen King is one of the authors who helped me realize that writers were regular people, folks who hadn’t climbed mountains or moved to the… Read morePopcorn Summer 2: Who made who?

“The thief comes only to steal, slay, and destroy. I’ve come so you may have life, life greater than you’ve imagined” (John 10.10). “If that’s what you think, then that’s all you’ll ever be.” Sometimes, aliens can come bearing wisdom…. Read morePopcorn Summer 2: You have been recruited by the Star League

“Because God knows that the day you devour it your eyes will be opened, and you will be as gods, knowing good from ill” (Genesis 3.5). What does it mean to be a god, or even like one? And why… Read morePopcorn Summer 2: Greetings Programs

“This is what is and what will be. What’s done is what will be done. There’s nothing new under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1.10). It’s good to know that even if you’ve been asleep for half a century, nothing’s changed. Aliens,… Read morePopcorn Summer 2: I’m really an OK guy

“John said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, we saw someone throwing out evil spirits in your name, and we restrained him; because, he wasn’t a follower of us.’ Jesus said, ‘Do not restrain him; because, no one will exhibit power in my… Read morePopcorn Summer 2: All other priorities are rescinded

“There isn’t Jew or Gentile, servant or master, male or female; because, you—all of you—are one in Jesus the Anointed One” (Galatians 3.28). Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Blade Runner tells the story of one Rick Deckard… Read morePopcorn Summer 2: More human than human

“Those of Gilead captured the pass of the Jordan to Ephraim. And when a fugitive of Ephraim would say, ‘Let me pass,’ those of Gilead would respond, ‘Are you of Ephraim?’ And if the answer was ‘No’ they would respond,… Read morePopcorn Summer 2: Cause it’s different from us, see

“God loves this universe. And gave Their one and only son so that all that believe in him will not be destroyed but have life without end” (John 3.16). Everything goes wrong so fast. Before you take a breath adversaries… Read morePopcorn Summer 2: Kobayashi Maru

“‘What’s the prize for someone if they gain this whole world but destroy and lose themselves’” (Luke 9.25)? Shall we play a game? That’s the question that sets things into motion in the June 1983 film WarGames, which starred Matthew… Read morePopcorn Summer 2: A strange game

“I tell you the truth, those who do not accept the Dream of the Divine like a child would will never experience it” (Luke 18.17). What is it about lightning and robots? Maybe it goes back to 1939’s Frankenstein where… Read morePopcorn Summer 2: Who’s Johnny