“Redemption” Articles

Part of what makes the Cobra Kai series so great is how it shows Johnny and Kreese’s transition into heroes.

These stories of redeeming transformation are ultimately stories of uprooting, as their characters are inaugurated into a new life.

These memories could make holidays without my daughter miserable. But the opposite is true. Remembrance makes Christmas all the more precious.

Our value is inherent no matter how we perform.

Goodness takes time, so why not live with hopeful ambiguity instead of bitter snap judgement?

Alexander is redeemed, not because he deserves it, but because Eliza grants redemption to him.

Through love, we weather the worst of our decisions and become more human. 

We ask ourselves what we might need to do to seek reconciliation with those we have hurt, and we don’t like the answers we find.

Our apathy toward racial injustice is partially rooted in an insufficient understanding of the family of God.

Why do I feel a jot of sadness when I drive past the cornfield that now occupies the space where my childhood home once stood?

A world that can produce an Ebenezer Scrooge without a merciful God to save and bless us would be a very dark place indeed.

In striving to move forward and figure out who he is, Thor feels the need to atone for his past failures.

Our worship should teach us to long for more than our individual salvation, but to long for the redemption of the whole world.

Daredevil season 3 is a warning against the devil that lies within us all, the prowling lion that seeks to destroy. It is a proclamation that life and death are spiritual matters. But it is also a promise of redemption for those who seek.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are a testimony to the power of love to redeem all things, even the most difficult and painful of histories.

Horizon Zero Dawn is a story about creation, fall, redemption, and restoration, but one in which technology is the true religion and artificial intelligence the ultimate god.