The Musings Of The Consensus

In case anyone wants to know exactly what I or any other reviewer of games and other media does at ChristCenteredGamer , here's a brief overview: 1. We get to pick, if we don't have a huge backlog of review keys, whatever we'd like to review, especially if we are volunteer reviewers. I'm a volunteer reviewer, but if we have a lot of review keys we need to check out, those go to the top of the pile. As for paid reviewers (regular employees who draw a fee for what they write, which is not a lot since CCG is a nonprofit), they generally handle the review keys first and foremost, but if they manage to get some free time, they can cover their own projects. Note: All reviewers must do at least two reviews of two games of their own choosing prior to getting any regular requests to do game reviews, this is so CCG can get an idea of your competence and writing ability in general. 2. If we use a review key, we have to sign a contract prior (only the first time) stating we...

Note; I dedicate this post to Jason and Cheryl Gress of ChristCenteredGamer, whose bravery and candor in their ministry for Christ has inspired me to be brave in my own life, and I owe both an immeasurable debt of gratitude for giving me the courage to say what is said below. For those who have not realized I write for the website ChristCenteredGamer  under my real name, I am named, in real life, Daniel Cullen. I commonly go by GethN7 on most sites, Arcane or Arcane21 on Wikimedia wikis. I have decided to quit hiding my real name for a few reasons I want to share, with both friends and enemies alike. 1. I'm at the point I refuse to be afraid of people trying to dox me. When I decided to have an internet presence, I knew it was a risk I'd run into, and for the longest time I was paranoid, especially because some malicious parties once tried to dox me with the intent of causing me all sorts of harm. More recently, some of them have threatened to dox me just to scare ...

https://www.christcenteredgamer.com/index.php/reviews/pc-mac/7096-dragon-quest-heroes-the-world-tree-s-woe-and-the-blight-below-pc Writing this post to confirm that I do indeed write for ChristCenteredGamer, a fact I'm very proud of, as both a gamer and servant of God. For the record, I want to get a few things out there for both my new employers and anyone else interested. 1. I admit I'm a sinner, unworthy to look up towards Heaven, but as someone who wants to glorify God, I will do my best to write work that does just that. 2. As a gamer, I've long bemoaned the horrible state of gamer journalism, and I have now become one (at one of the more honorable outlets for it from where I'm sitting) in the hopes of reversing the trend. It is my intention to be honest and honorable in this regard. 3. I will sublimate my personal moral opinions for the sake of CCG's standards, which are effectively neutral towards all Christian denominations and still strive to pr...

This post will be dedicated to discussing the original Passover festival as detailed in the Book of Exodus, and the Eucharist (the "Lord's Supper") as detailed in the New Testament Gospels. The latter is derived from the former and shares some interesting differences with it in both meaning and history, so below I will cover both and any trivia associated with both. Passover: Alternatively called "Pesach", it is a spring festival to celebrate the liberation of the Jewish people from their bondage in Egypt as depicted in the Book of Exodus. The rite was originally celebrated in the month of Abib, which would correspond to the month of March on the contemporary Gregorian calendar used in most countries as of the writing of this post. The month of Abib was to be the first month of the Jewish year, meaning, much like in Islam, which begin the first year of it's calendar based on the migration of the Prophet Muhammad to city of Medina, the Jewish calende...

The biblical book of Deuteronomy (which means "second law") contains a recap of most of Leviticus and Numbers, but ti also includes some new laws and expansions on older ones those books do not cover. The new material will be covered in this post, with any specific historical trivia not explained in the original text noted. One Place of Worship: The Israelites were commanded to worship only at the place designated by God, all other places were to be destroyed, especially those where sacrifices to other gods were made. It further notes God would designate a suitable place in the lands of each tribe. Prophets: Anyone who claimed to be a prophet who advocated worship of any god other than God was to be killed by stoning by the whole community. Prophet whom God ordained would be the only ones authorized to perform supernatural feats, and then only on God's behalf. Idoltary: Any place or city encouraging idol worship was to be burnt to the ground as a...

See here for Part 1; https://gethn7.blogspot.com/2019/05/biblical-weights-and-measures-guide.html Lengths: Measures of width and distance. Finger: About 8/10ths an inch, or the width of a finger measured horizontally. Handbreathth: About 3 inches, or the measure of 4 fingers horizontally. (minus the thumb) Span: 9 inches. Cubit: 18 inches. Would have been the ancient equivalent to the American foot of 12 inches. Long Cubit: 20 inches: A rarely used measurement mentioned in the Book of Ezekiel. Fathom: 6 feet. Would have been used most often as a nautical measure. Note: Survived to see more modern usage. Mark Twain's pen name is derived from the term "Twain", which would have been four fathoms, or 24 feet. Reed: 8 cubits, around 9 feet (rounded up) Furlong: 1/8th mile/650 feet. A measure of distance mentioned in Revelation, relating to a span of distance crossable by horses. Stadion: Around 700 feet. Alternatively used with furlong in some cases....

The Bible often makes references to various weights and measures in common use at the time it depicts, but little or none of them are used today. Most Bibles contain a summarized conversion table in their index pages of the ones mentioned in the text, but this can still be confusing to modern readers. The Old Testament period was set during the Bronze Age, before the common usage of currency in Mediterranean societies and thus instead of using a standardized currency based on coinage, items such as gold and silver were given value as established by their weight. This system sufficed until the Classical Era, which takes place post Babylonian captivity and through the rest of the Old Testament, when early forms of currency emerged. The New Testament takes place around the time of pre-modern societies, like the Roman Empire, which had long promulgated standardized currency to replace assessing value as was done in the pre-currency days, though some weights and measures were still us...

I wrote a previous post on the book of Leviticus and the laws of the Israelites, this post shall cover the laws in Numbers, many of which elaborate or clarify those mentioned in Leviticus. Portions related to the "story" will be skipped, this is merely a summarized version of the laws and their details. I have also skipped specific offerings that were non repeated and done for specific individual events at the time, unless otherwise noted. Unclean People: Anyone who had a bodily discharge, was a leper (had any kind of disease), or was defiled by a dead body had to live outside the main camp so to not defile the main camp with impurity. Restitution for Sin: Those who wronged another had to make it right had to make a sacrfice equivalent to the sin in question (as documented in Leviticus), had to add an extra fifth of the value of the original sacrifice, then it had to be given to the wronged party, but if that person was unavailable and a close relative could not be f...