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Crossing the Galaxy: How Star Wars Can Help Us Better Understand the Bible

Oct 2, 20235 min read

Crossing the Galaxy: How Star Wars Can Help Us Better Understand the Bible

Bringing Christianity into the Mainstream The Judeo-Christian worldview is the foundation upon which western civilization has been built....

Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover: The Spiritual Deception of the Greatest Salesman in the World

Atlas Porter

Oct 22, 20227 min read

Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover: The Spiritual Deception of the Greatest Salesman in the World

“Wealth, my son, should never be your goal in life…True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse” (19). We have all heard the old adage:...

Atlas Porter

Dec 5, 202119 min read

The Neuroses of Dr. Paper

“Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity.” ~Sigmund Freud PROLOGUE — “The Bookend” — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Peering over her...

Atlas Porter

Sep 29, 202123 min read

Day Trader

“Though man loved his fellow [man], yet man is a money-making animal, which propensity too often interferes with his benevolence.” ~...

The War to Be Heard: A (Short) Epic About Writing

Atlas Porter

Aug 15, 20218 min read

The War to Be Heard: A (Short) Epic About Writing

Prologue A writer’s life is a lonely one — so much time is spent in solitude — apart from the outside world. Hours are consumed by days,...

Atlas Porter

Jun 23, 202134 min read

Professor R. Guile's Class

“Okay, Professor! We’re coming down!” I heard a student shout from the second floor window, just above me, as I was entering the Hamilton...

The Jesus Secret: A Commentary on the Gospel of Mark

Atlas Porter

Jun 15, 202130 min read

The Jesus Secret: A Commentary on the Gospel of Mark

The Gospel of Mark shows us that secrecy and fear are inextricably linked. After all, it was under the cloak of darkness, that the...

A Depth that's Hard to Fathom: The Old Man and the Sea as a Story About the Craft of Writing

Atlas Porter

Jun 15, 20215 min read

A Depth that's Hard to Fathom: The Old Man and the Sea as a Story About the Craft of Writing

[*SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't read The Old Man and the Sea, and do not wish to have the ending revealed, please do not continue.] The...

Begging For Change: A Short Story About Misreading the Signs of Poverty

Atlas Porter

May 26, 20213 min read

Begging For Change: A Short Story About Misreading the Signs of Poverty

Were his teeth missing or were they just stained? If it was the latter, they were the darkest brown imaginable. It was also difficult to...

Not Yet Awake: A Short Story About Dreaming

Atlas Porter

May 24, 20215 min read

Not Yet Awake: A Short Story About Dreaming

I am up, but I am not yet awake. The sun has yet to rise; the night still lurks in the shadows. If it weren’t for the bird chirping in...

The Greatest Literary Enigma of All Time: The Synoptic Problem & A Possible Solution

Atlas Porter

May 21, 202157 min read

The Greatest Literary Enigma of All Time: The Synoptic Problem & A Possible Solution

[*Article also appears on www.thegodofabraham.com] Part I: A Literary Enigma Leading biblical scholar Mark Goodacre describes the...

A Commentary on St. James: His Letter & His Legacy

Atlas Porter

May 3, 202133 min read

A Commentary on St. James: His Letter & His Legacy

Embarrassing Family Members In the Gospel of Matthew we read: While [Jesus] was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his...

"In the Year of the Lord": 4 Reasons to Believe Jesus Historically Existed

Atlas Porter

Apr 3, 202122 min read

"In the Year of the Lord": 4 Reasons to Believe Jesus Historically Existed

Time is an interesting concept. How we understand time, shapes our existence in more ways than we often care to acknowledge. If I were to...

Digital Alchemy: Who Invented the Internet & the Supernatural Basis Behind It

Atlas Porter

Mar 10, 20218 min read

Digital Alchemy: Who Invented the Internet & the Supernatural Basis Behind It

If I asked you: who invented the airplane? You would likely say the Wright Brothers. If I asked you: who invented the telephone? You...

In God We Trust: What the Bible Says About Money

Atlas Porter

Jan 10, 202111 min read

In God We Trust: What the Bible Says About Money

After man sinned against God in the Garden of Eden, God punished man. God said to Adam, “Cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you...

The Bad Tenants: A Parable About Jesus's Death & the Dangers of Greed

Atlas Porter

Nov 28, 20206 min read

The Bad Tenants: A Parable About Jesus's Death & the Dangers of Greed

And he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to tenants, and went into another country for a...

Psalm 22: 5 Prophecies of David Fulfilled by Jesus

Atlas Porter

Nov 14, 20207 min read

Psalm 22: 5 Prophecies of David Fulfilled by Jesus

"Then he said to them, 'These are my words which I have spoke to you, while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the...

The Song of Songs: The Book of the Mystics

Atlas Porter

Oct 13, 20208 min read

The Song of Songs: The Book of the Mystics

What is a mystic? And what does mysticism have to do with the Song of Songs? According to Bernard McGinn, the preeminent scholar of...

The Tipping Point: 3 Reasons Why Leaving a Tip Has Got to Go

Atlas Porter

Nov 16, 201910 min read

The Tipping Point: 3 Reasons Why Leaving a Tip Has Got to Go

When you read the title of this post, you might think: Wow, this guy is against tipping, what a cheapskate. You are right, I am against...

The 5 Most Common Arguments Against Student Debt Forgiveness (& Why They Are All Wrong)

Atlas Porter

Oct 14, 201911 min read

The 5 Most Common Arguments Against Student Debt Forgiveness (& Why They Are All Wrong)

"And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors" (Matthew 6:12). The 1.5 trillion dollar student loan crisis is...