Christianpunk

I was trying to describe the look and feel of the comic I am working on. I came up with christianpunk. There are genres of cyberpunk and steampunk. So if I'm trying to coin a new term, I thought I would attempt to describe it:

What is christianpunk? 

Jesus (mostly Jesus) with a dash of top hats, beatnik, noir, recognition of the world but not in it, skate boards, motorcycles, bibles, guitars, dirty then washed clean, straight edge, bass guitar, humor, muscle, mistakes cured by salvation, christian grit marinated in Christ, misfits of society, bricks and rain, doughnuts, chocolate milk, brothers and sisters in spirit, not feeding sin but fighting it, Jesus freak, drums, trumpets, black ink, prophesies, prayer warrior and lots of humility.

Christianpunk 

The Darkness

I just had a thought as I skim “The Beautiful Outlaw” by John Eldredge. In the book, he talks about Jesus being behind enemy lines. And He was attacked by man and demon alike. 

I went to church this Sunday. I fought hard to get there. There is always something that comes up and keeps me away from the body of Christ. Not this Sunday! I was determined and stubborn. But after church, lustful temptations and spiritual attacks rained down on me, hard! 

I used to wonder about back in Jesus day when a lot of people were demon possessed. Was this common back then? Is it common now? I don’t recall any other section of the Bible discussing this topic as much as the Gospels. Then it hit me. There were more demonic activity, because the light of good was at its brightest (JESUS!). When I read my Bible, talk to my friends about salvation, go to church, set an example to my son and work on my comic book, I shine a light. A light the demonic wish to snuff out.

Of course there was more demonic activity in the days of Jesus. His light stirred up the darkness!

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Noah's Ark

 6-29-2024

I just want to inspire believers to be better, and nonbelievers to open their eyes. 

7-6-2024

Noah’s Ark

I bumped into a lady I know at the grocery store. She asked me if I still put bible tabs inside of bibles or if I knew someone in town that did. This irritated me. There is a back story to this. When I owned an art store here in Libby, Montana, people wanted everything from me except what I really did… Sell art supplies and teach classes. The week I was going to close my store forever, a guy came in and told me off for 45 minutes (I timed it). My distributor went out of business and my marriage was on the rocks. I called it quits, and here comes this guy. He schooled and scolded me on the poor selection of paints and canvases on my shelves. I just smiled at him. Everything he voiced about the materials, I already knew. But I could no longer restock my store, the dream was dead. Another lady last week called me telling me she needed me to scan in thousands of family photos and retrieve pictures she had on cds. It would be nice to have it all on dvd, set to music. My ex-wife has painting projects lined up for me. 

And then I started thinking about Noah. I feel like God is calling me to make this comic book. I wonder if when Noah was building the ark, neighbors from near by towns and villages came, seeing his work. And instead of asking why he is building a boat and getting an important message from his answer, they ask if he could build them a bench for their garden. Maybe someone asked for shelves also. Maybe someone else wanted a boat also, but not that big. Noah knows the rain is coming, and everyone needs him to spend time on things that will soon be underwater. 

Wow. I am not comparing the importance of my comic to the ark. And I feel it is important to have patience and give to others. I almost feel like  dark forces are trying to stop me, and the broken world can’t understand what I am doing. And so they want to distract me from my project. A project that is my sacrificial offering to the Lord, and my attempt at the great commission.