Being a part of the Christian community, and from the experience and time I have spent in the church, I believe that it is the Christian community’s job to uplift and support gospel artists as they start and continue their journey in the gospel genre of music.

“ministration of the good news in songs,” as quoted in the “Then Sings My Soul” article from the USC Gospel Music History archive

(John 15:12)? And God does not discriminate. Are we not called to pray for our “enemies” or those who perhaps we deem as too dissimilar to us (Luke 6:27-28)?

I must admit, even I was taken aback when I discovered West’s intention of releasing a gospel album.

might include: Lecrae, Andy Mineo, Tedashii, Trip lee, and Kanye West.

Ephesians 5:19, Psalm 95:2, and Psalm 100:2 simply state to “worship the Lord with song,” and to “make music in our hearts for the Lord.”

In games, like Night in the Woods,

Still, for games that have the ambition to combine game mechanics and storytelling, the environment is a super duper importante tool.

In contrast with the bustle of the park trails, this area encourages a quiet moment of reflection, and players might feel a sense of engaged curiosity and immersion. So a game designer might ask themself what past they want to imply with their game’s environment, and what feelings they want to evoke with that past.

Both perspectives are emotional reactions to the ideas the Village’s architectural style represents.

As a student in USC’s Games program, I’ve observed many game designers eagerly jump into character design, fleshing out their personalities and their backstories, but often they overlook the design of the environment - possibly because it is easier to become attached to human characters than to a building.

The washed out brick of newer buildings, intentionally treated to appear older, also communicate USC’s desire to appear as an old and wisened institution.

ollege campuses built as both educationally and community-driven environments, like the University of Southern California, provide some interesting examples that we can use to demonstrate the types of things that a game designer might want to look out for.

The journals acted as a precursor to Valdimir Lenin, future leader of the Soviet Union, who utilized their techniques and gained power by appealing to the masses, specifically the women, instead of the bourgeoisie. 

Many question whether or not they were alone in these beliefs, however, I believe they were not alone.

the journals also provided elaborate illustrations by new artists on the scene that would not only supplement the articles but also provide a visual aid for the changing aesthetics of culture

His actions would lead to an influx of revolutionary papers and newspapers being published throughout the Russian empire. 

The journals were a bi-product of the humiliation Russia faced when they lost in the Russo-Japanese War. The Russian people expressed their anger and their wounded pride by revolting and demanding for more representation in the government.

Now let’s go back to the beginning and see where it all started. 

The Russian satirical journals were a set of revolutionary newspapers published in the period of 1905 to 1907. They were a representation of the political, social, and cultural upheaval that would take place at this time during a period of great turmoil.

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The depiction of women as fighters signals to the country that this fight is of such significance that every able bodied person must take up arms. It acts as a call for unity, that the peoples of Mozambique and Vietnam can no longer remain divided, that they must come together as a nation and fight.

Arguably more interesting is that these women seem to be serving in combat roles.

I’ve included American propaganda from the second world war for some interesting parallels and hopefully relatable subject matter.

These images might seem like relics of a bygone era but it’s important to know what propaganda meant to them and what it said.

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The Merriam Webster dictionary defines propaganda as: ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause.

Because we are now part of the new covenant and not the old, there are natural questions that arise regarding how exactly the Christian should relate to specific old covenant instruction. Nevertheless,

Failing to declare ‘the whole counsel of God’ can put us in danger before the Lord.

It’s important to note here that, while the age of the old covenant has come to an end (Rom. 6:14–15; 1 Cor. 9:20–21; Gal. 5:18; cf. Luke 16:16), the OT itself maintains lasting relevance for us in the way it displays the character of God (e.g., Rom. 7:12),

Jesus came not to destroy the Law and the Prophets but to fulfill them.

Within the old covenant, love was what the Lord called Israel to do (Deut. 6:5; 10:19); all the other commandments simply clarified how to do it. This was part of Jesus’s point when he stressed that all the OT hangs on the call to love God and neighbor:

However,

Reading the OT, therefore, is one of God’s given ways for us to better grasp and delight in the gospel (see also Heb. 4:2).

Thus God is just as wrathful in the NT as he is in the OT.

But the LORD was gracious to them and had compassion on them, and he turned toward them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, nor has he cast them from his presence until now. (2 Kings 13:23) For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and your children will find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him. (2 Chron. 30:9) Many years you bore with them and warned them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet they would not give ear. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God. (Neh. 9:30–31)

Now, you may ask, “But isn’t the OT’s God one of wrath and burden, whereas the God of the NT is about grace and freedom?” Let’s consider some texts, first from the OT and then from the New.

In the NT we find literally hundreds of OT quotations, allusions, and echoes, none of which we’ll fully grasp apart from saturating ourselves in Jesus’s Bible.

Where else can we go other than the OT to rightly understand sacred space and the temple?

Further,

Accordingly, the OT narrative builds anticipation for a better king, a blessed people, and a broader land. The OT creates the problem and includes promises that the NT answers and fulfills.

The OT was the only Bible of Jesus and the earliest church (e.g., Matt. 5:17; Luke 24:44; Acts 24:14; 2 Tim. 3:15), and it’s a major part of our Scriptures.

If Christians are part of the new covenant, why should we seek to understand and apply the Old Testament (OT)?