The Christian Artist: Recent Episodes
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Honoring Christ through creativity.
A podcast about being a Christian artist, and what creativity means when we serve a Creator God.
Honoring Christ through creativity.
This week Caleb has Seth Leija back on to talk about Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time series.
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This week Caleb, Connor, and Seth Leija talk about Attack on Titan and its worldbuilding, style, and plot.
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This week we talk about Dune (books and movies) and Dune Messiah.
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This week Caleb has his friend Jaycen on to talk about one of their favorite fantasy series: David Eddings' Belgariad.
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This week we continue our series reviewing Ghibli films, and today it's Spirited Away.
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This week we continue our series reviewing Ghibli films, and today it's Princess Mononoke.
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This week we continue our series reviewing Ghibli films, and today it's a double feature with Whisper of the Heart and My Neighbors The Yamadas.
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This week we continue our series reviewing Ghibli films, and today it's a double feature with Pom Poko and Only Yesterday.
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This week we reminisce about the last eight years of the podcast.
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This week we continue our series of episodes where Caleb and Carly watch and discuss the collection of films produced by Studio Ghibli, this time with Porco Rosso.
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This week we continue our series of episodes where Caleb and Carly watch and discuss the collection of films produced by Studio Ghibli, this time with Kiki's Delivery Service.
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This week we continue our series of episodes where Caleb and Carly watch and discuss the collection of films produced by Studio Ghibli, this time with My Neighbor Totoro.
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This week we continue our series of episodes where Caleb and Carly watch and discuss the collection of films produced by Studio Ghibli, this time with Grave of the Fireflies.
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This week we continue our series of episodes where Caleb and Carly watch and discuss the collection of films produced by Studio Ghibli, this time with Castle in the Sky.
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This week we begin a series of episodes where Caleb and Carly watch and discuss the collection of films produced by Studio Ghibli, starting with Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind.
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This week we talk about horror--what it is, what it's not, and how Christians should interact with it.
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This week we talk with Steven Guglich about magic, the supernatural, myths and more! Check out his new series, live on Kickstarter now, and more at this link: https://stevenguglich.com/
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This week we continue our series on households and have Carly's dad Brian on to talk about using our resources wisely.
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This week we continue our series on households and talk about being independent from the government.
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This week Miki joins us to talk about marriage and a proper Christian understanding of the household.
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This week we have our friend Meg Davis on to brainstorm a story idea starting with a worldbuilding/setting prompt.
Meg writes short stories at http://StoriesOfAlberian.com and you can see the rest of her creativity at http://InverseDream.com.
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This week we have our friend A.J. Colwell on to brainstorm a new story idea: this one based off of famous actors and random job titles.
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This week we talk about the upcoming court decision and how it might affect (or not affect) the future.
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This week we (with the help of guest star David) help Connor brainstorm some ideas for the novel he wants to write!
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This week we record a short episode about some spicy current events.
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This week we return from our long hiatus (339 days) to chat with you about life, art, and the future.
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This week we return to our speculative fiction trilogy and brainstorm a story about vikings. Also, we have a guest star: our good friend Adam.
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This week we talk about how Christians should view disabilities and other afflictions.
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This week we talk with Carly about digital art v. traditional art, art commissions, and everything visual art!
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This week we talk about the commandment not to make graven images and what it might or might not actually mean.
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This week, we, along with several fun guests, talk about how Christians should treat college. Required? A good option? Something to avoid? We go through all the options and give you Christian principles to help you navigate the world after high school.
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This week, we talk about Christian education, and the responsibility of parents to provide it.
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This week, we take a look back at 2020, and then make an outline for the shows we want to make in 2021.
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This week, we talk about one of our favorite shows.
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This week, we talk with Carly's roommate Maria about biblical gender roles.
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This week, we talk with our good friend Zach Baierl about being a Christian and being funny at the same time.
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This week, we talk about the new churches we're going to (Connor and his wife are going to a new church in Janesville, and Caleb and Carly are now attending Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho, since they moved).
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This week, we have Ryan and Alyssa Albee of the Realationship Podcast on to talk about godly relationships. You can find their podcast here: https://soundcloud.com/realationships
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This week we talk with Joshua Jenkins about architecture and why it should matter to the Christian.
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This week Caleb and Carly talk about some fun new life updates.
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This week we talk with the Reformed Pokemon Professor (@ReformPokeProf) about bug magic and so much more.
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This week we have C.S. Johnson on to talk about Francis Schaeffer's Art and the Bible.
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This week we discuss politics and Christianity and how they intersect with Isaac Dorenkamp.
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This week we talk with guest Sean Brage about work and how we honor Christ as a regular person living a regular life.
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This week we talk with our good friend Thomas Carpenter about church camps. The good, the bad, and the ugly.
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This week we talk about God's Law.
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This week Caleb and Carly review a book about family that they recently read and loved.
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This week we talk about the current COVID-19 pandemic and what the Christian response to calamities should look like.
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This week we revisit an old favorite...roleplaying games.
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This week we talk about honoring God by using our time and energy productively.
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This week we talk about a controversial and often underemphasized doctrine of the Christian faith.
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This week we talk about our responsibility as Christians to use social media well and honor God with it.
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This week the cast helps Caleb worldbuild a mega-story and setting.
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This week we're talking about the value and worth of human beings, and whether humanity can be separated from personhood.
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This week Carly and I recap our experience at the G3 Conference this year and also give a very special announcement.
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This week we talk about our plans for the new year.
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This week, we review the book Before The Throne: Reflections on God's Holiness.
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This week, Caleb and Carly recap their NaNo experience, and Connor jumps in later on to tell us about how his November went!
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This week Caleb and Carly once more talk about their respective novels and the progress they're having with National Novel Writing Month.
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This week Caleb and Carly talk NaNo.
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This week we're talking about when normalizing "differences" is good and when it's not. What does that mean? Listen to the episode to find out!
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This week, Caleb and Carly talk about the art they've been consuming and creating...again!
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This week we're chatting with Emily Urban again about the image of God and what it means for as Christians and artists.
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This week we have our friend Emily Urban on to talk about how we sometimes idolize the idea of "callings" in the Christian community.
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I told myself I would edit this episode, but here we are. Nope. This one's a little all over the place, but important nonetheless. This week we're talking about a heavy topic: Suicide. We talk about the topic's relation with our justification as Christians, the Biblical view of sin, and other related subjects.
Also, because we keep forgetting to give the proper shout-outs when we're doing episodes, here's a written shout-out for Josh Vincent and Ethan Stoltzfus, two of my patrons who give monthly to help us do what we do here on The Christian Artist!
If you want to see/hear a much better written response to this issue, check out our friend Emily Urban's post on it here.
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Since we recorded this on Carly's eighteenth birthday, we thought it would be good to talk about growing up, getting older, and having responsibility, since it's been on all of our minds of late. Come join us for a slightly frazzled and technically difficult episode as we discuss what Scripture has to say about the youth, age, and sanctification.
Also, because we keep forgetting to give the proper shout-outs when we're doing episodes, here's a written shout-out for Josh Vincent and Ethan Stoltzfus, two of my patrons who give monthly to help us do what we do here on The Christian Artist!
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This week we have our good friends Angel and Megan on to talk about how to evangelize outside of abortion mills, a vital ministry that the church needs to be involved in!
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This week we talk about dating from a biblical perspective.
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When the Powers brothers were visiting Carly and her family in Washington back in June, we recorded an episode together! We talked about the Sabbath and the concept of rest in general in Scripture.
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This week the Powers Brothers ask Carly about her trip and hear all about the fun things she did in Moscow, Idaho for the Called Conference!
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This week past Caleb gives a sermon on "thou shalt not steal."
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This week we talk about the Apostolic gifts, like the gifts of healing and prophecy and tongues, and discuss whether or not they are still a normative practice for Christians today.
Link to Caleb's new album
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This week we have a message from our (Caleb and Connor's) mother speaking to the youth on honoring your parents.
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This week we talk through some logical fallacies that are commonly made, especially in pro-abortion argumentation on the internet, and then Connor gives some general advice for having discussions on the internet.
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This week we listen through the second half of Caleb's upcoming hybrid orchestral/electronic album, Elysian Road! Connor and Carly (and others in chat) provide feedback for the last revision.
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This week we listen through the first half of Caleb's upcoming hybrid orchestral/electronic album, Elysian Road! Connor and Carly (and others in chat) provide feedback for the last revision.
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This week we review the capstone of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to date, Avengers: Endgame! We discuss the good, bad, and the very good (there was a lot of good in this movie).
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This week we continue our mini-series on the Christian life and the various ologies that are important to our walk with Christ. This particular episode is our conversation on doxology, our proper response to God.
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This week we continue our mini-series on the Christian life and the various ologies that are important to our walk with Christ. This particular episode is our conversation on theology proper, the study of God.
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This week we continue our mini-series on the Christian life and the various ologies that are important to our walk with Christ. This particular episode is our conversation on hamartiology, the study of sin.
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This week we continue our mini-series on the Christian life and the various ologies that are important to our walk with Christ. This particular episode is our conversation on anthropology: the study of mankind (and where they stand compared to God).
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This week we continue our mini-series on the Christian life and the various ologies that are important to our walk with Christ. This particular episode is the second part of our conversation on soteriology: the study of salvation.
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This week we continue our mini-series on the Christian life and the various ologies that are important to our walk with Christ. This particular episode is the first part of our conversation on soteriology: the study of salvation.
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This week we continue our mini-series on the Christian life and the various ologies that are important to our walk with Christ. This particular episode is a conversation on missiology: the study of missions.
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This week we continue our mini-series on the Christian life and the various ologies that are important to our walk with Christ. This particular episode is our continued conversation on ecclesiology, the study of the church and how it should function.
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This week, we're talking with our good friend Maddie about Harry Potter.
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This week we continue our mini-series on the Christian life and the various ologies that are important to our walk with Christ. This particular episode is on ecclesiology, the study of the church and how it should function. There's too much to go through in one episode, so this is going to be a two-parter, continued in the future!
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This week we begin a mini-series on the Christian life and the various ologies that are important to our walk with Christ. This particular episode is on epistemology, and how foundational it is to the Christian life and apologetic.
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This week Connor is giving a message on the Sabbath.
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This week we have our friend Ross on to talk about having a Christ-like tone in the art you create.
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This week we chat about what we accomplished in 2018 and what we hope to accomplish in 2019. Our friend AJ joins us for the evening as we count down to the new year!
We referenced several books during this week's episode:
Defying Discord
He Shall Have Dominion
Reformation Study Bible
Mere Christianity
Gay Girl, Good God
Holy Sexuality and the Gospel
The Forgotten Trinity
Letters to a Mormon Elder
The God Who Justifies
We also mentioned Psallos and their wonderful albums.
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This week our good friend AJ gives a message on not using the Lord's name in vain.
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This week Caleb brings a message about the Second Commandment.
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This week we have a special bonus episode featuring our father giving a message on the first commandment, putting no other gods before God.
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This week we do a recap on NaNo, discuss what we learned, and talk about next steps.
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This week we talk about our books and help each other work through roadblocks.
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This week we're helping Connor brainstorm some character ideas and giving each other advice on our stories!
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This week we talk about continue to talk about our novels-in-progress and help each other with hiccups we have in our writing!
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This week we talk about our novels-in-progress, share our first pages, and give feedback on each other's work!
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This week we help Connor brainstorm an idea for his #NaNoWriMo novel!
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This week we're talking about Bible study, note-taking, and highlighting!
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This week we're helping Carly brainstorm a story for NaNoWriMo!
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This week we review the anime My Hero Academia!
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This week we talk about the artist Tori Kelly and her two albums, as well as what it means to be a Christian making art that isn't explicitly Gospel-focused.
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This week we have a special bonus episode featuring Connor giving a message on the fulfillment of the law.
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This week we're going through a new poem of Carly's and helping her edit it.
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This week we're talking about social media, its pros and cons, and how you can use it to its fullest potential (while avoiding its pitfalls).
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We're back with The Christian Artist, after a month of craziness, and here with the first ever episode with Carly Pinch, our lovely co-host, with us in-person in the studio! We talk about learning new things and getting into new artistic endeavors, and what advice we have from doing that sort of thing ourselves.
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This week we're talking about instrumental music, and how we can use it to glorify God.
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This week we're talking questions from the listeners! We cover topics like Mormonism, backsliding Christians, the Sabbath, and more!
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This week, we wrap up the bonus episode series with Connor on 1 John.
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This week, Connor presents another sermon on 1 John.
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This week, we listen to some of Caleb's new music and Connor and Carly give Caleb feedback on how the recordings have come along so far.
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This week, Connor presents a sermon on 1 John.
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This week we have our friend Angel on to join us in a candid discussion of worship music.
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This week it's just Caleb and Carly! We talk about the art we've been consuming and the art we're making.
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This week we're talking about a difficult but incredibly important topic—abortion.
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This week we talk about the differences between public school and home school and make an argument for why our current political situation should encourage Christians to home school.
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This week we do fun trivia and reminisce on one hundred episodes of The Christian Artist.
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This week we talk about some things we've learned about theology over the years doing the podcast.
Here's the book Caleb recommended, He Shall Have Domion.
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This week we talk about how we started The Christian Artist, tips on podcasting, and our journey so far.
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This week we're talking about giving and receiving criticism, whether as an artist or as a Christian (or both).
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This week we review the show RWBY and talk about all the amazing things it does and why you should watch it.
If you want to find out more information about the documentary The Riot and the Dance, that we talked about at the beginning of the episode, you can find it here.
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This week we talk about love songs and romance.
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This week we interview Carly on her experiences and thoughts as a visual artist.
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This week we finish out our return to the Speculative Fiction trilogy! We talk about making stories, this time centered around plot.
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This week, it's the second part of our return to the Speculative Fiction trilogy! We're brainstorming stories, this time starting from a character perspective.
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This week, it's the first part of our return to the Speculative Fiction trilogy! We're brainstorming stories, this time starting from a setting perspective.
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This week we're revisiting our musical-in-progress, A Novel Idea, and coming up with a clear outline for the direction of the show and what we want the main story points to be. Connor isn't here today, but Hannah is back!
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This week, we have our good friend Carly Pinch on the podcast to talk about poetry and help her edit her poem, and have a fantastic time in the process.
Disclaimer: The audio is a little messed up on this one. Caleb's been having some problems with the microphones recently, and the backup recordings we always make ended up not working this time, and so we had to use the audio from the original stream. We'll try to make sure this doesn't happen again!
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In this episode, Caleb and Connor talk about the quote: "Art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed."
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This week Caleb and Connor go through one of Caleb's old short stories that he's never quite gotten around to finishing, on account of him not being sure what the ending should be. We read the short story as is all the way through, and then Caleb and Connor brainstorm an ending. Content Warning: The story is a tad on the violent side, so be warned. It was originally being written for an anthology about scoundrels, so if that's any indication...
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This week, we renew our statement of faith, talking about why we make this podcast and why we view art as a Gospel issue.
The episodes of Apologia Radio we mention can be found at the following links: Episode 188 and Episode 221.
The book we mention, Million Dollar Outlines, can be found here.
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THE CHRISTIAN ARTIST RETURNS! We're back with regular episodes of ye ol' podcast, where we strive to honor Christ through creativity, and talk about where art and Christianity intersect. In this episode, we talk about the juxtaposition of mental health and Christianity, and some of the things a Biblical look at mental illness needs to address.
One new thing with the return of The Christian Artist is that we've begun recording these live with video over Twitch (the link to which you can find at the bottom of this description), and posting the videos over to YouTube! So please be patient with us as we work out the kinks, but the audio quality for those listening to just the audio podcast should be about the same as always. If you ever want to tune in, though, and ask us questions or comment on the episode LIVE, then come join us on Twitch at 8pm CST every Monday night.
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This week we review Ruelle's new EP, Rival, and talk about the artist and general and why we love her music so much. If you liked our review on Les Friction, check this one out. Or if you just like music in general.
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Caleb is here with a solo episode of the Christian Artist, since Connor is in Kentucky! He talks about the recent anime binge he had and all the shows he watched during it, and why you should watch them too. Check it out!
Masamune-kun's Revenge
Fruits Basket
Noragami
ReLIFE
Fuuka
Your Name
Orange
Your Lie in April
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This week we attempt to do a review of the themes present in Dan Wells' John Cleaver series (which we've talked about before on the podcast), and indeed do that, but also end up having discussions about all sorts of other things, including abortion, liberterianism, and the psychology of killing. It's a weird but fun episode here on The Christian Artist.
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This week on The Christian Artist, we dig into the good and the bad of DC's new Wonder Woman movie. We both really enjoyed it, but there are definitely things to pick apart, and that's what we do best. Come listen to us be nerds and talk shop about stories.
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We have Hannah back, and we talk about our favorite movie of 2016 (which we just saw in 2017), La La Land! It's a movie that could have a whole semester-long course dedicated to it, so we had a blast picking it apart and talking about why it works so well.
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This week Caleb has a conversation with his old friend Seth about how emotion and creativity relate, whether it be how to use your art to vent emotion or how not to use negative emotional experiences to influence your art. And maybe I convince Seth to dive headlong into orthodox Christianity... or maybe not XD Either way, it's fun, it's artsy, and maybe a little angsty here on The Christian Artist.
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This week, Caleb and Hannah give you some tips on surviving and thriving in college (or generally adulting beyond high school). It may or may not be a therapy session for us to rant about our college troubles...
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This week on the podcast, HANNAH'S BACK! And we continue the saga of writing our musical, A Novel Idea. We write lyrics, music, and lines for a song with the tentative title "Rain", and we have a blast doing so. Enjoy!
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This week we take a break from our regular format and share with you a talk that Connor had the privelege of giving in a breakout session of a conference our church was hosting this weekend. I (Caleb) think it was fantastic and hard-hitting, and since we were too busy this weekend to record a proper episode anyway (with the conference), I also thought it'd be fun to post this as an episode. We hope you enjoy! :)
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This week, we're back! And to start off the third season of The Christian Artist, we're going to talk about writing and dig into some line-by-line editing of Connor's first two pages of his novel. It's going to be a good time.
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This week on the podcast, HANNAH'S BACK! And we continue the saga of writing our musical, A Novel Idea. We write lyrics, music, and lines for the opening sequence of the production, and we have a blast doing so. Enjoy!
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This week we have a discussion about the sovereingty of God, the doctrines of grace, and the morality of suffering. It's a theology heavy podcast today!
The link to the video recorded during the episode is here: https://youtu.be/voFtCI9hfHs (It might not be ready to view, depending on when you read this).
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This week on the podcast, HANNAH'S BACK! And we brainstorm ideas for a musical, one that we'll hopefully continue shaping throughout the podcast. We've always wanted to create a musical, and we think we've really struck something cool here with this brainstorming session. Check it out!
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This week it's just Caleb, giving you an update as to what's been going on with The Christian Artist and his life in general lately. He also gets into some thoughts on creating art as a Christian that he's been pondering recently, and digs into what it means for God to be a part of the creative process. He also talks about role-playing games, because he's obsessed like that.
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This week we review the Western action-adventure movie we just saw! "The Magnificent Seven" was an absolutely phenomenal film, and we're so excited to talk about it. Also, if you like role-playing games, you will love this movie. So, seriously, go see it, and if you're not convinced you should watch it, listen to the first part of the episode and listen to us pitch it for you :)
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This week we keep discussing (and arguing) about Connor's book and do worldbuilding and stuff. We dig into the culture and magic of the River Kingdoms and come up with some super cool stuff (in our humble opinion).
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This week the Powers brothers do some brainstorming. Connor has a book he's been wanting to write for ages, and Caleb helps him do some worldbuilding to figure out the right setting for the book. We talk a lot about sciencey things such as axial tilt, hemispheres, moons, and all sorts of stuff that Caleb knows just enough about to pretend he's smart (but probably gets half-wrong anyway). Where this week we focus on the very macroscopic, the world/planet-sized setting details, next week we'll zoom in a bit and focus on cultures and kingdoms. And then we'll probably zoom in further. It should be a fun couple weeks ahead!
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This week we're reviewing the movie that was made based off of the first book in the John Cleaver series by Dan Wells. It was a fantastic watch, and though we give it a bit of a content warning (some dark themes, violence, and language), it's definitely worth checking out if you like the books the movie is based off of. Oh, and this time our good friend Miki comes on to the podcast to help us with the review (she watched the movie as well)! If you want to listen to the episode we did reviewing the book series, check out this link.
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This week, Connor and I talk about the morality of swearing as a Christian, and if you should put swearing in the art you create.
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We reach the end of our in-depth review of Relient K's new album, going from the track Marigold to the last track Heartache. You can find the lyrics to the songs here. Please support the artist by buying the album, and thank you all for listening to us ramble on about music for four weeks. We'll be back next week with something new!
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This week we reach the third part of our in-depth review of Relient K's Air For Free. Please give the album a listen and support the artist by buying the music! We go from the track Mountaintop to the track Flower. You can read the lyrics to the songs here.
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We continue our in-depth review of Relient K's new album, Air For Free this week, going from the track Man to Elephant Parade. Check it out, and follow along with the lyrics here.
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This week on The Christian Artist: We begin an in-depth review of Relient K's new album, Air For Free, four tracks at a time. This is part one, going from Bummin' to Cat, and the Powers Brothers talk about what they like and what they don't about the new direction Relient K is taking. All in all, though, this is a positive review, and we definitely recommend the album. You can find the album at any online music retailer, and if you want to read along with the lyrics as we do, check out the lyrics for the songs here at genius.com.
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This week we talk about one of our favorite series: the John Cleaver series written by Dan Wells. In the series, you are introduced to a teenage sociopath who may be more monstrous than the monsters he is trying to kill. Absolutely recommended by both the Powers Brothers, and we hope you check it out. No spoilers in this review (at least, not really), so feel free to give it a listen and then go read the series! We also end up talking about a lot of moral and philosophical issues that the series touches on, so this episode is a mix of a review and a talk about deep topics.
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This week, the Powers Brothers have a discussion about music and the effect it has had on them and what it means to humanity as a whole. It's quite philosophical and fun, so we hope you enjoy it.
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This week we talk about our pet peeves in the Christian world: phrases that don't sit right or verses taken out of context. And we also do a Mix n' Match!
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We're reviewing another movie this week! This one gave us a pleasant surprise, and we're excited to talk about it. Unfortuantely, we only had about twenty minutes to record, so it's a bit of a condensed episode, but that just means all the fat is cut out and we can get to the good stuff. Enjoy!
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This week the Powers brothers discuss The Reckoners series by Brandon Sanderson--we talk about what it did right, what it did awesomely, and what it may not have done so well. This is a spoiler-heavy episode, so be warned! We do give a spoiler-free review of the series as a whole during the first several minutes of the episode, and we give you a warning when we're moving into spoilers, but be careful with the episode if you haven't read the series yet. And if you haven't...you should go do that! And then come back and listen.
You can find a link to the series on Brandon's website, here.
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This week we talk about personality typing and how it can help you understand yourself and the art you consume and create. We discuss our own personality types based on the MBTI personality theory and the strengths and weaknesses that we identify with and how we deal with them in our day-to-day life and the art we make and the art we enjoy. If you want to take a free test to discover what your MBTI personality type is, check out this website here.
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This week we talk about the art we used to make as younger people and what we learned from those experiences. From writing to music to drawing and everything in between, Caleb, Connor, and Hannah discuss how it has changed them and what advice they would offer to younger people in similar situations. During the course of the podcast, Hannah plugs the book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. And we plug Carly Pinch's YouTube channel again, which you can find here. We like to make jokes about the listenership of this podcast, but we really are thankful for everyone who takes the time to listen to the show and give us feedback. We love you all!
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This week, Caleb is all by himself. But there will be a Christian Artist episode for every week, so the podcast rolls on! Caleb talks about the various projects he's been working on, shares tips on how to keep productive, and answers a controversial listener question! If you want to check out the old YouTube channel my friend Dale and I had, you can find that here. If you want to check out the episode of the When We Understand The Text podcast on swearing, you can find that here.
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In this episode, Caleb, Connor, and Hannah have our first Hodgepodgecast! A new little series of episodes that will probably appear when we are at a lack for concrete episode ideas, Hodgepodgecasts include lots of talking about anything and everything related to Christianity and/or art. This week we end up discussing various deep theological topics, such as hell, faith, the path of salvation, and (answering a listener question) speaking in tongues.
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This week we review the hip-hop/alternative artist NF and two of his songs: Mansion and Therapy Session. We dig into the lyrics and the music and talk about what we like and don't like. But I'm sure y'all know the drill. Enjoy!
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This week we answer a listener question on characters in fiction, go on dozens of tangents, and lament on our lack of pithiness. Oh, and our favorite Hannah Laatsch is back on the podcast! We reference a few things in this podcast, some of which I have already forgotten by the writing of these liner notes, but I totally remembered to put the link to the personality type website, so you can find it here.
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For our 50th episode extravaganza, we review the new Captain America film (or Avengers 3, you might say) and talk about what it did right and what it did wrong. Yeah, there's not a whole lot on the "did wrong" side. Enjoy the episode!
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This week the Powers brothers talk about the art we've been consuming lately. Connor's been watching the anime Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, and so we end up discussing the differences between that show and its predecessor (alternate reality counterpart?), simply Fullmetal Alchemist. Caleb's almost finished with the second Percy Jackson series, Heroes of Olympus, so we also talk about some of the things both series of books did right and wrong. Along the way we talk about how to structure a story, how to avoid bloat in your story, and when to kill the thing you love most in the story you've written. We also plug our very good friend Carly's YouTube channel, which you can find at this link.
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This week we indulge in a thought experiment and pretend that we're in the process of building a new church from the ground up. How would we run it? What would our statement of faith look like? How would we do communion and baptism and ministries? Who would we hire for the different positions? We have a blast thinking about what this ideal church would look like, and we hope you a blast listening to it. Oh, and our great friend Miki joins us and adds some random commentary at opportune moments. Everyone should start a petition to get her on the podcast more (and to actually say things). I know I tend to say that I'll put things in the liner notes and then I don't...but this time I'm actually doing it! Below is a list of things that were mentioned in the episode that you might want to check out:
The Evidence Bible The Evangelical Free Churches of America "What We Believe" Page (Note: We do actually disagree with one word in this: premillenial. The EFCA believes that Christ will have a literal thousand-year reign on Earth, which we disagree with. But we have an unpopular eschatology. Maybe we'll talk about it at some point.)
The WWUTT video about women in the church
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We finish out our little mini-series on Emery songs with one last one about self-righteousness and what it does to a person. We dig into that theological concept further and talk about its consequences.
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This week, following our episode on legalism, we'll be talking about the opposite side of the coin: Christian liberty. We'll listen to an Emery song on the topic, review it, and then delve into the things that can go wrong when you take your Christian freedom for granted.
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This week we review a song by Emery and talk about the theological points behind it. It's the first episode of a three episodes series, so look forward to more of the same in the coming two weeks. We talk about the consequences of focusing too much on the justice and wrath attributes of God, and what too much legalism can do to your state of mind. Enjoy!
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This week we review the new "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" film, analyzing it as a story and as a think-piece. We also end up talking about all sorts of other movies, TV shows, and the definition of sociopathy, so climb aboard! It should be fun. We do a lot of comparing of the film to the series Death Note, which shares a lot of the same tonal and thematic elements. If you're interested, check out Caleb's blog post on the show here, and maybe give it a watch. We both highly recommend it.
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On this delayed episode, we talk about the awesome game we just finished playing and how good of a story it had. We also talk about accountability some more and go further into the "iron sharpens iron" mentality.
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Hannah's back! And we talk about the importance of Biblical friendship; not only so that you can have accountability to someone, but also for the simple fact that the community of the body of Christ is supposed to reflect the community that God has with the three persons of the Trinity. We also do a Mix 'n Match and go on plenty of tangents, so enjoy!
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This week we attempt to answer a listener question and instead end up going a little off-topic and answering tangential things that may or may not help our listener. Sorry, Carly. We'll answer your question in detail soon. We also reference Caleb's favorite podcast, Writing Excuses, which we absolutely recommend for all the advice you could ever want on brainstorming, writing, editing/revising, and publishing speculative fiction. Seriously, go check out this podcast.
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We introduce a new segment to the show: Mix 'n Match, where we ask each other questions, mix together the answers, and make up story ideas, worldbuilding tidbits, or any number of other things.
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This week we talk about parenting again! And we apologize for our rambling in this episode, we're a bit out of it from the weekend. You can find the book Caleb mentioned, Young and in Love, here.
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This week on the podcast we review the band Red and talk about the difference between metal and rock as music genres. You know, I just realized how those names are related... Rock... Metal... Huh. Anyway, we talk about Red and then listen to one of their classic songs and then talk about Red some more. And we talk about plenty of other things too. Lots of rambling in this episode. Just like this description. I'll stop now.
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This week we've mismanaged our time, which means that we have twenty minutes to record an episode, which means that we're just going to talk about whatever random thing comes to our minds!
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This week we give you some tips on how to go about parenting your children. Or, barring you actually being a parent at this time of your life, some tips to prepare you for being a parent. We're talking to ourselves here too, and most of these tips come from our own observations of parenting and of being parented. In the process, we also end up talking about cats for some reason.
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This week we talk about law and order! No, not the TV show (or rather, the numerous TV shows in the franchise), but rather various topics having to do with government and laws and how we deal with them as Christians and artists. We start by going through some of the silliest and weirdest laws that exist in the United States, then talk about the laws of the Israelites, the role of governments in God's plan, capital punishment in America, and end up talking quite a bit about random story ideas and government and laws in the context of fiction. Enjoy!
I know I always say I'll put things in the liner notes and then never do... I apologize. But Google is your friend, I promise. And this episode is going up late because we recorded late and I didn't edit anything.
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This week we have a condensed episode, but one with all the works! We do a review on a song and the artist that made it, talk about role-playing games and the consumer response to your art, and give you advice on character vs. plot...all in under thirty minutes. It's our best shortest episode yet.
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This week Caleb is ashamed. For he did not check the settings on the recording program before the start of the episode despite a history of audio problems caused by not checking the settings before the start of an episode. And so this week, you have an unedited episode recorded with a laptop microphone. We apologize profusely. But, because we liked the episode so much, we didn't want to scrap it completely, so we decided to release it anyway. We really like what we talk about, and we hope you do too.We're talking about role-playing games and how much we love them and why you should be playing them. A quick google search can lead you to any of the role-playing game systems we mention, so we'll leave you to it if you're interested. Have a great week!
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This week, the Powers brothers review two songs about the new year, one from an optimistic point of view and the other from a more pessimistic one. On our roster is Sleeping At Last's "January White" and Emery's "Cutthroat Collapse". We hope you enjoy the songs, our reviews, and this new season of the podcast. Happy New Year!
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This week, our last episode of 2015, we review the new installment in the cultural phenomenon known as Star Wars. We talk about what worked, what didn't, and what we want from the next movie. We also reference Avatar: The Last Airbender.
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This week, we listen to two (technically, three) tracks from the 2007 album Conquering the Fear of Flight from the band Wavorly and review those songs and the band as a whole. We talk about why their music is so great and what we as Christian artists can do to make our music great as well. Caleb somewhat embarasses himself with his lack of knowledge of proper musical terminology.
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This week the Powers brothers answer a listener question about making characters and plot more interesting in your writing. We give you some concrete tips that might help make your story more engaging and then go into the theory of why that stuff works. In the process, we reference the MBTI personality theory.
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This week, the Powers Brothers talk about Martin Luther and his Ninety-Five Theses. We discuss the importance of being a good leader, the proper time to cause "division" in a church, and some of the problems with the Roman Catholic church in the 1500's. We also reference the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson. If you want to learn more about Martin Luther, check out the Wikipedia article here and then look at the citations to find some academic sources to do some extra reading. Yes, that's write, we're implying that you should do some homework.
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This week we break form yet again to try something a little different--we're gathering with our friends in the living room of a little cottage to record a Bible study where we go through the first chapter of Galatians and talk about what God is speaking through Paul to the Galatians...and to us. Hannah is back from college to record with us this week, and we are joined by many other friends as well--some that you may recognize from references in previous episodes. Thanks for listening, y'all!
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This week Connor helps Caleb brainstorm a short story for his creative writing class based off of the Aesop's Fable, "The Man and the Lion." Connor is a weird mood, so lots of random things get said, and we go back and forth for quite a while as to what this story is actually about...but hopefully it's helpful to you in your own process of brainstorming.
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This week on the Christian Artist, the Powers brothers take a nostalgic backwards glance at all they've accomplished with the show so far... So, basically, a bunch of dumb inside jokes and lots of complaining about no one listening to said dumb inside jokes. But, hey! We sure had fun. But seriously, though, this week Caleb poses twenty-five questions to Connor in an epic game of trivia that will decided the fate of the world. Or at least the next twenty-five episodes of the show. Or maybe not any of those things. Maybe it's just for bragging rights.I'm in a weird mood as I write this description, I apologize. But yes...enjoy! And feel free to play along with the trivia and comment with your scores :)
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This week, the Powers Brothers host the most schizophrenic episode of The Christian Artist to date! We talk about anything and everything, and in particular order, even though our initial plan for this episode was to explain the idea and talk about examples of concept albums. We definitely do that (and in the process, end up brainstorming a general idea for our own concept album that we'll be writing over the next few months), but we also end up taking a listener question and ranting about random topics that have nothing to do with Halloween or anything else. We hope you enjoy!
We reference a WWUTT video talking about Halloween, The Classic Crime, Sleeping At Last, Mae, Emery, the random nudist in the Garden of Gethsemane, and Kevin McCreary's reviews of Christian movies.
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This week Caleb and David talk about the novels they are writing--how they arrived at the initial concept, how the writing has been so far, and what their plans are for finishing it. We also get into many side conversations about other stories we've been working on, ways to give good feedback to writers who want you to read their book, and anything else that pops into our heads. Through it all, we reference Brandon Sanderson, his new book Shadows of Self, NaNoWriMo, and Caleb's website, where you can read along chapter-by-chapter with the novel he's writing.
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This week, the Powers Brothers are joined by their new semi-permanent co-host: David Ludens! A good friend of Caleb and Connor, David knows a lot about art and loves talking about it, and so give him a round of applause for his debut episode! In this episode, we talk about cultural influences on stories--those social issues that are important when a story was written that make it into the book. We talk about how cultural influences of the past have been used to make good stories, how we can use the cultural influences of today to make good stories, and what you might want to stay away from when drawing on influences from your book. One of the main things we dig into is the superhero mythos--what were the cultural influences that created that genre and why does it work? What does that mean for us as Christian artists and how can we use that today?
Oh, and we reference our favorite podcast, Writing Excuses, quite a bit. Warning: There is a fan in the background for most of the episode. We apologize.
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This week we finish our mini-series on speculative fiction, tackling story creation from a purely plot perspective, rather than a character or setting perspective. We use two different plotting methods: the Seven Point Story Structure and Orson Scott Card's MICE Quotient, to build the outline of an urban fantasy story. In the process, we come up with some great character and setting elements that support the plot's goal--a mystery/political intrigue enveloped within an underdog sports story enveloped within an urban fantasy setting involving a hierarchy of music gods that might want to take over the world.
In the process, we talk about Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist, and BBC's Robin Hood. Oh, and if you're wondering more about the eschatology we hit on in the last part of the podcast, check out books by either Gary DeMar or Kenneth Gentry.
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This week, the Powers Brothers do a quick review on the movie War Room and what they think it did well (which is a lot of things). We also talk about how the Christian film industry is lackluster (check out Kevin McCreary's review of God's Not Dead if you're not convinced of that) and about how awesome the "When We Understand The Text" podcast is.
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Continuing with our mini-series, this week we're talking about how to build characters in a speculative fiction setting. We explore several different approaches to character creation, including basing a character off of the MBTI personality theory, a single driving characteristic, a specific character arc or journey that the character has to undertake internally, or just off of the fact that they are very different from your own experience, rather than being an extension of you (as most characters undoubtedly will be). In the process, we come up with a really interesting story that involves all four of the characters we make (plus one more that came as a natural result of the story creation) in some very dynamic ways.
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We're back! This week, the Powers Brothers tackle one of their favorite subjects: Worldbuilding for speculative fiction settings. We're going to go through some theory on the process of worldbuilding itself and how to go about it, and then show you how we do worldbuilding by actually making up ideas on the podcast for a new fantasy world. We focus mainly on magic systems/macroscopic world ideas in this podcast, but those kinds of changes tend to inspire smaller bits of worldbuilding pretty easily, and as you'll see if you listen all the way through, we end up coming up with a few story ideas by the end of it.
Next week, we'll be focusing on characters, and doing the same sort of thing that we did here, but starting with intimate character struggles and then moving outward to world and story.
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This week the Powers brothers tackle one of the biggest film franchises ever in a galaxy far, far away. That's right, we're talking about Star Wars. Oh, and our good friend Becca Harper joins us with a clever (or not so clever, depending on your viewpoint) comment every once in a while. We love Becca, but she didn't have much of an idea of what we were talking about since she has never seen all the Star Wars films.
But Connor and I always make mistakes and take the podcast onto dozens of rabbit trails, so Becca can be excused of her ignorance. We critique both the original trilogy and the prequel trilogy of space opera science-fiction that make up the complete Star Wars franchise, and then go on to explain the Expanded Universe--the games and novels that were created within the same setting and fill in much of the rest of the universe that is Star Wars. We also talk through the topic of worldviews influencing movies, and what we should be filling ourselves up with as Christians.
For those wondering about why the Star Wars films were numbered the way they were: the original film was just entitled Star Wars (later Star Wars: A New Hope) and it wasn't until the release of Empire Strikes Back that the roman numerals were added to indicate where these films were in sequence. Apparently, George Lucas had planned for a while to go back and make a prequel trilogy. Also, here is the link to the webcomic Caleb talks about.
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Today on the podcast, Caleb interviews Anthony "AJ" Weisensel, a good friend of the podcast and a Christian artist in his own right, on his graphic design work and the ways he uses his talent to honor Christ. The questions he asks AJ are written out below, but you'll have to listen to the episode to get the answers:
- How do you maintain integrity as an artist while still remaining relevant to the culture?
- What are ways that you personally experience other visual art?
- Do you know of any examples of visual art in the Bible that you can share?
- Can you elaborate on some of your own personal moral boundaries with visual art?
- What are some of your favorite mediums to cross-over with visual art?
- Who is your favorite character in the Bible and how do you relate to him?
- As a graphic designer, what are some things you notice/like about film?
- What are your plans for the future, specifically in your career and work with graphic design?
We also answer some more general listener questions about anything and everything, and the during the course of that, we reference James 1:14-15.
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We are back after our long hiatus, fully recovered from the busyness of the last month and ready to record more episodes! Today we have a guest back on the show after a long crop of episodes with just the Powers brothers--Hannah Laatsch is back, just in time for us to send her off to college. Today we talk about music once again, another song review episode, this time dealing with songs about transitions.
The first song we review, Caleb's pick, is "Hourglass" by Sleeping At Last, which is about the transition you make when someone you love passes on. How do you deal with death? How is anything ever the same?
Connor's song is Rise Against's "This Is Letting Go", which talks about the transition of letting go of a relationship. The difference between trying to solve something and just being okay with what has transpired.
Last, but certainly not least, is Hannah's song "Hopeless Wanderer" by Mumford & Sons. Hopeless Wanderer is about someone who leaves home and tries to discover who they are, which is one of the biggest transitions we all have to make.
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Today on the podcast, the Powers Brothers distill three bands to their essences and talk about the pros and cons about their art. We listen to one of the band's songs that most describes their own personal philosophies and the message they're trying to get across, and then critique that message. Oh, and we apologize for the fan that is in the background for some of this episode--due to some extraneous circumstances, there was nothing we could do about that.
Emery is up first, with their song "Listening To Freddie Mercury" which perfectly captures the empathy and struggle that they convey through their songs. We also reference their podcast, which you can find here.
Next up is Rise Against, and their song "A Gentlemen's Coup", which brings to life their desire for social change and never backing down. Right after is The Collection, with "Garden", talking about the way Christians act and the things the band finds wrong with the concepts of Christian inactivity and violence. The Collection is passionate about mercy and grace and calling out various Christian inconsistencies in a subtle way.
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Today the Powers brothers answer two very important listener questions. Do you have to be judgemental if you disagree with someone, and does God hate people? We don't have time to go into a really elongated answer with both questions, but we give them a quick synopsis. Feel free to comment on the episode and tell us what you think about the conversation!
Psalm 5:5 is the verse Jesse Knopp referenced with his question. And though we cut out a little bit of the audio when we looked up the actual Hebrew translation of the verse, suffice it to say that the word hate is the literal word for hate in this verse.
2 Timothy 3:16 was the verse Connor was trying to remember pertaining to all scripture being divinely inspired.
Acts 4:25 is the verse Caleb was talking about confirming that the Psalms were God-breathed, and though it's not Jesus saying it, it still speaks of the Holy Spirit speaking through David.
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Connor and I tackle the almost nine minute-long song "Fin" by Anberlin and end up rambling about lots of other things as well. The lyrics to the song and the writer's meaning behind it can be found here. And here's the link to the page with all of the song meanings. We also referenced our third episode, which you might want to check out if you haven't already. Oh, and here's Caleb's favorite book and his website.
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The Powers brothers tackle the wildly popular movie, Jurassic World, and talk about how much they loved it. We go into a lot of detail about various topics related to the movie and then analyze the film as a story. Warning: The latter part of this episode is very spoilery. We talk about the way the movie treated evolutionary theory, the amount of violence in the film and some parental suggestions, the greatness of the "monster movie" plot the movie followed, and the various human stories that may or may not have subtracted from the other plot elements. Feel free to leave comments below on what your favorite (or least favorite) parts of the movie were!
Several other people have done great reviews on the movie, such as Answers in Genesis and Howard Tayler.
Also, we talked about the fantastic monster movie Godzilla, which is what Jurassic World is second to in our opinion in term of monster movies.
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This week on the show: The Powers brothers answer all of your questions, go on random tangents that have nothing to do with your questions, and have a blast while doing both. We talk about everything from what our favorite places to read are to advice for a mother of teenage boys. Welcome back to the podcast--we've missed it, and we're excited for you to listen in to another weird conversation from teenage Christian boys talking about art.
The Verse We Thought Was In Romans: It's actually in 1st Timothy, but that's okay. It's still a great verse, and you should look at it.
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It's just Caleb today, because of a crazy week and a last-minute recording session, but that won't stop an episode of the Christian Artist! Caleb talks about King David and the way he wrote music, and shares some parallels from his own life. He also listens and talks about a song about David performed by Chris Tomlin.We apologize for the popping sound you're undoubtedly going to hear throughout this episode--Caleb had a momentary lapse of judgement and recorded the entire episode without a pop filter. Facepalm. Facepalm, indeed.
The Story: An abridged, chronological Bible that reads like a novel. Caleb hasn't read it himself, but has heard a lot of good things about it. Check it out!
Music Inspired By The Story: A fantastic album filled with songs performed by many different Christian artists. Caleb loves it. Definitely give it a listen.
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It's just the Powers Brothers again this week, excited to talk about some of our favorite songs. We go through each song, explain some things about it and the artist that wrote it, and then play the song for your listening enjoyment. Then we review it, talk about what we liked musically and lyrically about each song, and delve into the theme across all four songs--relationships gone wrong. We hope you enjoy the ride!
From End To End: Our first song is a masterpiece from one of our favorite bands: Relient K. The title of this note has the link to the lyrics, but if you want to know anything about what we think about this song, listen to the episode!
To Start A Fire: If you follow the link, it will take you to not only the lyrics, but also the explanation given by Reese Roper that Caleb mentioned in the podcast. And here's the link to the home page of Five Iron Frenzy's website.
Hard Times: Our third song is one of Emery's new songs, from their most recent album that Connor has really been enjoying.
God, Drugs, & Sex: Our final song probably has you scratching your head. "What kind of title is that?" you might be asking. Well, bear with us. It's a great song. And here's Anberlin's website.
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It's just Connor and I today in the Room of Podcasting, having a conversation about morality. We discuss the concepts of good, evil, neutrality, and everything in between, and detail what we think about the "black and white" versus "shades of grey" argument among Christians. Just a heads up, we take a dive into a completely Christian-oriented topic today--not much about art in this episode. But that's mainly because we were very pressed for time in the recording of this episode. We'll do a second part on this where we talk about morality in art sometime in the future!
Verses: We referenced lots of verses today, such as Matthew 12:30, Romans 14, 1 Corinthians 7, Isaiah 64:6, Isaiah 5:20, Proverbs 1:7, Romans 6:1-4, and Romans 7:7-12, The Networking of Differences That Make A Difference: An awesome article on the unity of the church written by a Lutheran theologian by the name of Guillermo Hansen.
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This week, Hannah and AJ are back with us to turn the tables and talk about God as the artist and what that means for our own creative endeavors. We also answer some listener questions!
Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends: Caleb and Connor recommend this fun, clean, and really silly cartoon. Yes, it's definitely quite weird, and some people might say a little too weird, but we don't really mind those accusations since we're really weird as well.
Mormon Artists: One thing I think we as Christians get too hung up on, is the consumption of art made by people who don't share our beliefs. We should be aware of the art we consume, of course, but that doesn't mean we can't or shouldn't seek out novels, music, or films with different worldviews than your own. That being said, here are several Mormon artists that I really enjoy: Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Howard Tayler, The Piano Guys, and Lindsey Stirling.
Verses: We referenced a few verses in this episode, but there are also several others we didn't get to that go well with the subject matter. Here they are! Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:27, Psalm 8:3-4, Philippians 1:6, and Romans 1:25.
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We have a full house on the podcast this week--Kirsten is back, along with our friends Emily and Hannah (and AJ sneaks back into the podcast in the middle of the episode)! It gets a little crazy, but we have a lot of fun, and we hope you do too. Our conversation this week centers around music, the emotions that surround it, and how we experience them. We share our music tastes, plus what we listen to when we're in specific moods or are doing specific things.
We mentioned lots and lots of cool musical artists on this episode, including Emery, The Classic Crime, Rise Against, and Sleeping At Last.
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AJ is back! And we talk about awesome stuff. Namely, the way Jesus told stories, the way we should tell stories, and somehow in the middle of it all we get into a conversation about open-air preaching and traveling the country and sharing the Gospel. After that, we do a segment where we take a parable Jesus told, and create an entire outline for a genre-fiction novel out of it! Buckle up, folks, it's time to dig into stories.
Note: I apologize for the quiet volume of some of the audio in this one. We didn't realize that Connor and AJ weren't close enough to the microphone until afterward. The Purpose of Parables: Here is the section that Connor read that explained the purpose of parables.
Luke 6:45: Here's the reference for that verse we were trying to find!
The Evidence Bible: One of the best study Bibles we've ever come across. Absolutely full of quotes, studies, and footnotes and that are invaluable for understanding the Word of God and how to share it, defend it, and live it.
The Parable of the Wedding Feast: The parable we use to structure the story is found at the beginning of Matthew 22. Check it out!
Numerous Christian artists were mentioned in the last segment of this episode, such as Michaelangelo, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Lecrae, Propaganda, and Leeland.
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We have a conversation with our friend Kirsten about the fine line between edginess and integrity when you are creating art as a Christian, and in the middle of it all we end up talking about many other tangential topics, which is mainly the reason for the length of this episode. We also share a bit about what the Christian response to tattoos and piercings should be (one of Kirsten's favorite topics), cause, you know, body art.
We also referenced a lot of things in this episode, so bear with me...
God’s Not Dead: We talked a bit about this movie and the fact that it really wasn't all that great, but we didn't get into the specifics because someone already did that for us (and he did a much better job then we could have). So check out this video!
Son of God: We talked about this movie. And we don't recommend seeing it. But just in case you wanted to know more about it...
Exodus: Gods and Kings: We also don't recommend seeing this movie. At least if you get angry at horrible inaccurate movies about Biblical events.
Noah: Or this one.
Noah Score: But if you like film scores (like Caleb), you should check out this.
Oh, and just for reference, the story about the woman staking the man's temple is found in Judges 4: 21. Just in case you wanted to know...
Thou Shalt Not Judge?: Here's a fantastic video explaining the Bible's actual views on judging.
Us guys are joined by our good friend Becca Harper to talk about vulnerability, both in art and in life in general. We start off with Connor giving us the juicy details of the dream he had the morning of us recording the podcast, and that sparks a very interesting discussion on vulnerability and using personal experiences in art.
Shadow of the Colossus: This is arguably mine and Connor's favorite childhood game. With an amazing story, beautiful art, and heart-stopping gameplay, this is definitely a game worth checking out.
Emery: One of Connor’s favorite songs, that he references in the podcast, is “I Never Got To See The West Coast” by Emery. He wants you to check it out.
Relient K: We talked about some of our favorite Relient K songs, and as we said in the podcast, the fantastic song “Let It All Out” really fits with our topic, so we thought we’d put it in the liner notes.
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And so begins the show! Caleb, Connor, and AJ talk about creativity--why we’re creative, ways to be creative, and how we can honor Christ with that creativity. A very general overview this week, but as the show continues, we’ll expound on this topic and many others like it. We also talk about the famous quote “preach the gospel, and when necessary use words” and whether or not that’s Biblical. Oh, and we also answer a “question” from a friend of the podcast.
Writing Excuses: Caleb’s favorite podcast, hosted by four of his favorite authors, and covering all sorts of tips and tricks in storytelling/creative writing. You’ll probably be hearing a lot of references to this podcast during the course of the show.
St. Francis of Assissi: Yes, we’re aware that Connor kept saying “Sir” Francis. And we’re also aware that it is “Saint” Francis.
WWUTT: One of our favorite YouTube channels, “When We Understand The Text”. Seriously, guys, they’re great, their theology is great, and their videos are ninety seconds long. You have no excuse to not check them out.
The Collection: One of Caleb’s favorite bands. You’ll hear more about them in the future. They have lots of free music on Noisetrade, so check them out! And if you like their music, buy their album “Ars Moriendi”. Caleb highly recommends it.
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