Category Archives: Current Events

Sunday’s Sermon Today: Don’t Look Back (I Kings 19:1-18)

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

In one of my favorite movies growing up, a chubby kid named Chunk gets kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers named the Fratellis. They cross-examine him about the location of a treasure trove, and he doesn’t know exactly what … Continue reading →

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Sunday’s Sermon Today: Make It Rain (I Kings 18:18-38)

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

In the film Leap of Faith, the traveling revivalist Jonas Nightengale is very convincing. He works with his team of con artists to make sure that small town after small town experiences a “holy moment,” so that they’ll give Nightengale more … Continue reading →

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The Journey So Far: How Seminary Ruined My Life & Made Me A Better Person (1995-2001)

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

This was supposed to be called “How/Why I Became A Pastor” but “How Seminary Ruined My Life” has a certain ring to it. To be fair, this is really about college at the University of Richmond and seminary at Asbury Theological Seminary … Continue reading →

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The Journey So Far: Why I Am A Christian (1977-1995)

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

The Prologue: When my mother was pregnant with me, she experienced the anxiety of some mothers as they awaited the coming of their first child. Whether it was a physical fear or an emotional one isn’t clear to me, but … Continue reading →

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Sunday’s Sermon Today: God’s Chosen One

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

This sermon is for Sunday, August 18, at the 11 a.m. Blandford UMC worship service on I Samuel 17:1-10. I have a very jaded view of war, thanks to the various war movies I’ve seen and the way that we’re … Continue reading →

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FF Rant: What To Do With Your First Pick? (Fantasy Football)

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

The first inaugural fantasy football post went over so well, that you all have egged me on to more. Given that it’s only halfway through August, it seems too early to give my sleepers and busts, or talk about scheduling. … Continue reading →

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2 Guns: There Is No Code… Or Is There? (Movie Review)

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

DEA agent Bob Trench (Denzel Washington) and Navy Intelligence officer Mike Stigman (Mark Wahlberg) are both undercover, infiltrating the Mexican drug cartel run by Papi Greco (Edward James Olmos). But neither of them knows that the other is actually one … Continue reading →

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Neill Blomkamp’s Message For Christian Filmmakers

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

With the release of Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium, the story of a dystopian future where the privileged live in a safe space station above Earth while the impoverished struggle in a desolate waste, I went back to the first of Blomkamp’s … Continue reading →

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FF Rant: I’m Not An Expert, But I Could Be (Fantasy Football)

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

The last few weeks have been a pop culture/NFL mash-up of epic proportions. Dennis Pitta and Percy Harvin have proven Shakira right: “Hips Don’t Lie.” Aaron Hernandez is trying out for Netflix’s Orange is the New Black. Tim Tebow is trying … Continue reading →

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What’s On? Summer Television

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Jacob Sahms

I’ll admit it: I watch a lot of television. I regularly watch the premieres of fifteen to twenty new television shows each fall, and sometimes hit a dozen premieres for the summer. This summer, I haven’t quite hit that yet, … Continue reading →

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