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hersheymallow · 10 months

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What episodes of BSD would you consider to be your favorites? Are there any specific scenes in them that you really like? :D

Ahh this is gonna be long so I'll just kinda slide in here and answer now- I've seen every English and Japanese release out as of now, as well as most episodes in Spanish and Russian. Can confirm they have picked perfect voice actors no matter which language you watch <3

Season One

Ep. 01 Fortune Is Unpredictable and Mutable

I gotta admit, I knew about BSD long before I started this episode, so this was hardly my introduction to the anime (Looking at pictures of Dazai Osamu online, more like. |D) But most likely like most BSD fans, I've seen this episode hundreds of times. Obsessively. I love the sunset and the moonlight. I hate I mean love Dazai's dumb ass hoppin around with his hands in his pockets like copying Chuuya. (But that gets revealed much later----) and just. This episode reminds me of finally seeing Mr. Suicide moving around for the first time. He was enchantingly stupid. When I watch this episode now, I notice always that it's amateur nature is blaringly loud. It's not even a little bit daunting. It's exactly how it was when I left it and I cry OMG itrdersergsergesrgsergg

Ep. 02 A Certain Bomb

I'm.... gonna be here for a while.

I just love Atsushi in this episode so much. I guess a lot of people have an issue with his character here being too afraidy to be the protagonist, but you know that if he was all Asta strong and brave immediately after being out of the abusive orphanage for the first time ever, that would have been stupid as shit. LOL Also, he threw himself over what he thought was an active bomb. lol Soooooooo (Also I love Junichiro's performance, seeing that soft boi being so harsh and cruel for just a moment- he did great <3 If I could stand Naomi I'd congratulate her, too LOLLLLL)

Ep. 03 Yokohama Gangster Paradise

Ah yes Akutagawa (<- That's all LMAOOO)

Ep. 04 The Tragedy of the Fatalist

This is such a good episode.,,, Atsushi finally is allowed to be alive somewhere, but it threatens the lives of the people who ARE allowing his life to exist. Full Atsushi style he tries to run away. To me, this is neither brave nor cowardly of him. He has such a complex thought process but to me he wasn't "running away from the problem" OR "protecting the Armed Detective Agency". He honestly didn't know what he was doing. And he was hesitant because he was throwing himself in harms way. Idk I just love Complexsushi. XD This is such a cool episode so yeeeeeea (This is also the introduction of the strange ongoing occurrence of Dazai's disappearance whenever something horrible happens, which is for obvious reasons but ye, they never address it)

I'm gonna just list the other S1 episodes I like without giving a list bc my asker hasn't finished S1 yet. brb just gonna bold the best of the best, and add some for the best out of those! <3

S1 E5 · Murder on D Street

S1 E6 · The Azure Messenger

S1 E7 · Love for the Disease Called Ideals

S1 E8 · Teaching Them to Kill; Then to Die

S1 E10 · Rashomon and the Tiger (!!!!!!!!! BIG BIG BIG FAV)

S1 E12 · Borne Back Ceaselessly Into the Past (!!!!!!!!! BIG BIG BIG FAV)

Obviously, two of those favorites are there because they introduce two of the best characters ever made <3

Season two

S2 E1 · The Dark Age (!!!!!!!!! BIG BIG BIG FAV)

S2 E2 · Nowhere to Return

S2 E3 · A Room Where We Can Someday See the Ocean

S2 E4 · Bungo Stray Dogs

S2 E5 · Three Companies Conflict

S2 E6 · The Strategy of Conflict

S2 E8 · Though the Mind May Be Wrong

S2 E9 · Double Black (!!!!!!!!! BIG BIG BIG FAV)

S2 E10 · "Poe and Rampo" and "Moby Dick, Swimming in the Sky"

S2 E11 · Rashoumon, the Tiger, and the Last Emperor

S2 E12 · If I May Shed Away My Burden Now

Season three

S3 E1 · Dazai, Chuuya, Fifteen Years Old (!!!!!!!!! BIG BIG BIG FAV)

S3 E2 · God of Fire (!!!!!!!!! BIG BIG BIG FAV)

S3 E3 · Only a Diamond Can Polish a Diamond (!!!!!!!!! BIG BIG BIG FAV)

S3 E4 · My Ill Deeds Are the Work of God

S3 E7 · Fitzgerald Rising (!!!!!!!!! BIG BIG BIG FAV)

OK BUT NO HOMO (FULL HOMO) THIS IS MY FAVORITE BUNGO STRAY DOGS Episode EVER!!!!!!!! MY BOY FRANCIS IS SO FUCKING CUTE WHAT THE FUCK it's SO cute seeing his be adorable AND totally silly after having him as the main villain until the end of season two. I would marry this episode. <3

S3 E9 · Cannibalism (Part One)

S3 E10 · Cannibalism (Part Two)

S3 E11 · Cannibalism (Part Three)

Season four

S4 E1 · The Lone Swordsman and the Famous Detective

S4 E2 · The Day Is a Dream, The Night Is Real

S4 E3 · The Secret Founding of the Detective Agency

S4 E4 · A Perfect Murder and Murderer (Part 1)

S4 E5 · A Perfect Murderer and Murderer (Part 2)

S4 E6 · Tragic Sunday

S4 E11 · Jailbreak

S4 E12 · Bungo Hound Dogs

S4 E13 · Skyfall

Season five

S5 E1 · The Strongest Man

S5 E2 · The Answer to Everything

S5 E3 · Hero vs Criminal

S5 E4 · Hero War, Gang War

S5 E5 · At the Port in the Sky (Part 1)

That's everything that's aired right now~ <3

Et. Cetera stuff!

Walking Alone OVA

Dead Apple film

BEAST live action film

Welcome to the Hot Springs (Armed Detective Agency) Drama CD

...And whichever future feature shows Fukuchi Ouchi's eventual death. That one was good too. UwU

Bungo Reservoir Dogs Abridged series (It's gone now, though.)

Stormbringer stage play

Obv all manga and light novels <3 HIGH recommend you read the manga on this one, it's far superior to the anime. <3

WAN!

S1 E2 · Let's Go Flower Gazing!; To the Baths!

S1 E3 · Operation Errand Run; Finders Kyouka's; Rampo-san's Day Well Spent

S1 E7 · Bungo Stray Dogs Preschool

S1 E8 · Hang in There, Higuchi-san!; And the Tracks Go On and On; Operation Body Double Nom Nom

S1 E10 · Oden with the White Tiger; Elevator Panic; The Armed Detective Agency Beats the Heat

S1 E11 · The Dark Era

OMG I feel like I attacked you with Bungo Stray Dogs episodes gomen gomen

#bsd #mine #.txt #holy fuck #i am so sorry #ask

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The original guide for watching Doctor Who, torchwood.& the Sarah Jane adventures is wrong. The episode titles in our dates don't lineup properly. So the episode titles and numbers don't match because the list was done in three separate columns. I have a better method that will get the perfect list for people who are old and new whovian's. Also this list is re-organized into one single column instead of three separate columns to make it easier for whovian 's to follow. This version of the list is modified for the USA.

Order to Watch Doctor Who, Torchwood & The Sarah Jane Adventures

Doctor Who Season 19Th Doctor & Rose Tyler

S01 S1 Rose

S01 E2 The End Of The World

S01 E3 The Unquiet Dead

S01 E4 Aliens Of London

S01 E5 World War Three

S01 E6 Dalek

S01 E7 The Long Game

S01 E8 Father's Day

S01 E9 The Empty Child

S01 E10 The Doctor Dances

S01 E11 Boom Town

S01 E12 Bad Wolf

S01 E13 The Parting Of The Ways

14. Christmas Special 10Th Doctor & Rose Taylor The Christmas Invasion

Doctor Who Season 2 10Th Doctor & Rose Taylor

15. S02 E1 New Earth

16. S02 E2 Tooth And Claw

17. S02 E3 School Reunion

18. S02 E4 The Girl In The Fireplace

19. S02 E5 The Rise Of The Cybermen

20. S02 E6 The Age Of Steel

21. S02 E7 The Idiots Lantern

22. S02 E8 The Impossible Planet

23. S02 E9 The Satan Pet

24. S02 E10 Love And Monsters

25. S02 E11 Fear Her

26. S02 E12 Army Of Ghosts

27. S02 E13 Doomsday

Torchwood season1

28.S01 E1 Everything Changes

29. S01 E2 Day One

30. S01 E3 Ghost Machine

31. S01 E4 Cyberwoman

32. S01 E5 Small Worlds

33. S01 E6 Countryside

34. S01 E7 Greeks Bringing Gifts

35. S01 E8 They Keep Killing Susie

36. S01 E9 Random Shoes

37. S01 E10 Out Of Time

38. S01 E11 Combat

39Christmas Special 10Th Doctor & Donna Noble S02 E14 The Runaway Bride

40.The Sarah Jane Adventures new years eve special Invasion Of The Bane

41. S01 E12 Captain Jack Harkness

42. S01 E13 End Of Days

Doctor Who Season 3 10Th Doctor & Martha Jones

43. S03 E1 Smith and Jones

44. S03 E2 The Shakespeare Code

45. S03 E3 Gridlock

46. S03 E4 Daleks In Manhattan

47. S03 E5 Evolution Of The Daleks

48. S03 E6 The Lazarus Experiment

49. S03 E7 42

50. S03 E8 Human Nature

51. S03 E9 The Family Of Blood

52. S03 E10 Blink

53. S03 E11 Utopia

54. S03 E12 The Sound Of Drums

55. S03 E13 Last Of The Time Lourdes

The Sarah Jane adventures season 1

56. S01 E1 Revenge Of The Slitheen, pt.1

57. S01 E2 Revenge Of The Slitheen, pt.2

58. S01 E3 Eye Of The Gorgon, Pt.1

59. S01 E4 Eye Of The Gorgon, Pt.2

60. S01 E5 Warriors Of Kudlak, Pt.1

61. S01 E6 Warriors Of Kudlak, pt.2

62. S01 E7 Whatever Happened To Sarah Jane Smith?, Pt.1

63. S01 E8 Whatever Happened To Sarah Jane Smith?, pt.2

64. S01 E9 The Last Boy, Pt.1

65. S01 E10 The Last Boy, pt.2

66. Christmas special 10th Doctor S03 E14 voyage of the damned

Torchwood season 2

67. S02 E1 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

68. S02 E2 Sleeper

69. S02 E3 To The Last Man

70. S02 E4 Meat

71. S02 E5 Adam

72. S02 E6 Reset

73. S02 E7 Dead Man Walking

74. S02 E8 A Day In The Death

75. S02 E9 Something Borrowed

76. S02 E10 From Out Of The Rain

77. S02 E11 Adrift

78. S02 E12 Fragments

79. S02 E13 Exit Wounds

Doctor Who Season 4 10Th Doctor & Donna Noble

80. S04 E1 Partners In Crime

81. S04 E2 The Fires Of Pompeii

82. S04 E3 Planet Of The Ood

83. S04 E4 The Sontaran Stratagem

84. S04 E5 The Poison Sky

85. S04 E6 The Doctor’s Daughter

86. S04 E7 The Unicorn And The Wasp

87. S04 E8 Silence In The Library

88. S04 E9 Forest Of The Dead

89. S04 E10 Midnight

90. S04 E11 Turn Left

91. S04 E12 The Stolen Earth

92. S04 E13 Journeys End

This Sarah Jane adventures season 2

93. S02E1 The Last Sontaran, 0pt.1

94. S02 E2 The Last Sontaran, pt.2

95. S02 E3 The Day Of The Clown, Pt.1

96. S02 E4 the Day Of the Clown, pt.2

97. S02 E5 Secrets Of The Stairs, Pt.1

98. S02 E6 secrets of the stairs, pt.2

99. S02 E7 The Mark Of The Beserker, Pt.1

100. S02 E8 The Mark Of The Beserker, pt.2

101. S02 E9 The Temptation Of Sarah Jane Smith, pt.1

102. S02 E10 The Temptation Of Sarah Jane Smith, pt.2

103. S02 E11 Enemy Of The Bane, no pt.1

104. S02 E12 Enemy Of The Bane, pt.2

105. Christmas Special 10Th Doctor S04 E14 The Next Doctor

106. Easter Special 10Th Doctor S04 E15 Planet Of The Dead

Torchwood Season 3 : Children Of Earth mini-seriesOf five episodes titled

107. S03 E1 Day One

108. S03 E2 Day Two

109. S03 E3 Day Three

110. S03 E4 Day Four

111. S03 E5 Day Five

The Sarah Jane Adventures Season 3

112. S03 E1 Prisoner Of The Judoon, pt.1

113. S03 E2 Prisoner Of The Judoon, pt.2

114. S03 E3 The Mad Woman In The Attic, pt.1

115. S03 E4 The Mad Woman In The Attic, pt.2

116. S03 E5 The Wedding Of Sarah Jane Smith, pt.1

117. S03 E6 The Wedding Of Sarah Jane Smith, pt.2

118. S03 E7 The Eternity Trap, Pt.1

119. S03 E8 The Eternity Trap, pt.2

120. S03 E9 Mona Lisa's revenge, pt.1

121. S03 E10 Mona Lisa's revenge, pt.2

122. Autumn Special 10Th Doctor S04 E16 The Waters Of Mars

123. S03 E11 The Gift, pt.1

124. S03 E12 The Gift, pt.2

125. Christmas Special 10Th Doctor S04 E17 The End Of Time, Pt.1

126. New Year's Day Special 10Th Doctor S04 E18 The End Of Time, pt.2

Doctor Who season 5 11th doctor & Amy pond

127. S05 E1 The Eleventh Hour

128. S05 E2 The Beast Below

129. S05 E3 Victory Of The Daleks

130. S05 E4 The Time Of Angels

131. S05 E5 Flash And Stone

132. S05 E6 The Vampires Of Venice

133. S05 E7 Amy's Choice

134. S05 E8 The Hungry Earth

135. S05 E9 Cold Blood

136. S05 E10 Vincent and The Doctor

137. S05 E11 The Larger

138. S05 E12 The Pandorica Opens

139. S05 E13 The Big Bang

The Sarah Jane adventures season 4

140. S04 E1 The Nightmare Man, Pt.1

141. S04 E2 The Nightmare Man, pt.2

142. S04 E3 The Vault Of Secrets, pt.1

143. S04 E4 The Vault Of Secrets, pt.2

144. S04 E5 Death Of The Doctor, pt.1

145. S04 E6 Death Of The Doctor, pt.2

146. S04 E7 The Empty Planet, pt.1

147. S04 E8 The Empty Planet, pt.2

148. S04 E9 Lost In Time, pt.1

149. S04 E10 Lost In Time, pt.2

150. S04 E11 Goodbye Sarah Jane Smith, pt.1

151. S04 E12 Goodbye Sarah Jane Smith, pt.2

152. Christmas Special 11Th Doctor & Amy Pond S05 E14 A Christmas Carol

Doctor Who season 6 Pt.1 11th doctor & Amy Pond

153. S06 E0 Prequel To S06 E1 The Impossible Astronaut

154. S06 E1 The Impossible Astronaut

155. S06 E2 Day Of The Moon

156. Prequel To S06 E3 The Curse Of The Black Spot

157. S06 E3 The Curse Of The Black Spot

158. S06 E4 The Doctor's Wife

159. S06 E5 The Rebel Flash

160. S06 E6 The Almost People

161. Prequel To S06 E7 A Good Man Goes To War

162. S06 E7 A Good Man Goes To War

Torchwood season 4 : Miracle Day

163. S04 E1 The New World

164. S04 E2 Rendition

165. S04 E3 Dead Of Night

166. S04 E4 Escape To LA

167. S04 E5 The Categories Of Life

168. S04 E6 The Middle Man

169. S04 E7 Immortal Sins

170. S04 E8 End Of The Road

171. S04 E9 The Gathering

172. S04 E10 The Blood Line

Torchwood Season 5 Web Of Lies

173. S05 E1 Torchwood motion comic web of lies

174. S05 E2 Part 1

175. S05 E3 Part 2

Doctor Who season 6 Pt.2 11th doctor & Amy pond

176. Prequel To S06 E8 Let's Kill Hitler

177. S06 E8 Let's Kill Hitler

178. S06 E9 Night Terrors

179. S06 E10 The Girl Who Waited

180. S06 E11 The God Complex

181. S06 E12 Closing Time

182. Prequel To S06 E13 The Wedding Of River Song

183. S06 E13 The Wedding Of River Song

The Sarah Jane Adventures Season 5

184. S05 E1 Sky, pt.1

185. S05 E2 Sky, pt.2

186. S05 E3 The Curse Of Clyde Langer, pt.1

187. S05 E4 The Curse Of Clyde Langer, pt.2

188. S05 E5 The Man Who Never Was, pt.1

189. S05 E6 the Man Who Never was, pt.2

190. Christmas Special 11Th Doctor S06 E14 The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe

Doctor Who Season 7 Part 1 11Th Doctor & Amy Pond

191. S07E0 pound life

192. Prequel To S07 E1 Asylum Of Thedaleks

193. S07 E1 Asylum Of The Daleks

194. S07 E2 Dinosaurs On A Spaceship

195. Prequel To S07 E3 A Town Called Mercy

196. S07 E3 A Town Called Mercy

197. S07 E4 The Power Of Three

198. S07 E5 The Angels Take Manhattan

199. Christmas Special 11Th Doctor S07 E6 The Snowman

Doctor Who Season 7 Heart 2 11Th Doctor & Clara

200. S07 E6 The Bells Of Saint John

201. S07 E7 The Rings of Akhaten

202. S07 E8 Cold War

203. S07 E9 Hide

204. S07 E10 Journey To The Center Of The TARDIS

205. S07 E11 The Crimson Horror

206.S07 E12 Nightmare In Silver

207. S07 E13 The Name Of The Doctor

208. 50Th Anniversary Special S07 E14 The Night Of The Doctor

209. 50Th Anniversary Special S07 E15 The Day Of The Doctor

210. Christmas Special 11Th Doctor & Clara S07 E16 The Time Of The Doctor

Doctor Who season 8 12th doctor & Clara

211. S08 E1 Deep Breath

212. S08 E2 Into The Dalek

213. S08 E3 Robot Of Sherwood

224. S08 E4 Listen

225. S08 E5 Time Heist

226. S08 E6 The Caretaker

227. S08 E7 Kill The Moon

228. S08 E8 Mommy On The Orient Express

229. S08 E9 Flatline

230. S08 E10 In The Forest Of The Night

231. S08 E11 Dark Water

232. S08 E12 Death In Heaven

233. Christmas Special 12Th Doctor & Clara S08 E13 Last Christmas

Doctor Who Season 9 12Th Doctor & Clara

234. S09 E1 The Magicians Apprentice

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My media this week (5 Sep-11 Sep 2021)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😍 From This Day On (BrighteyedJill, hobbitdragon) - 43K, The Witcher: Eskel/Geralt - lots of good, chewy emotions - I think most of the Witcher fics I have read are more on the tv show side of Geralt so this was a different characterization (to me) since I don’t consume any of the source materials. I quite liked it.

😍 Til The End Of Time (fandomfluffandfuck) - 66K, Stucky; 1 Steve, 2 Buckys - 🔥💦🔥💦

😍 Mixing It Up - 40K, Zimbits - baker!Bitty AU - never tired of baker!Bitty/NHL’er Jack AUs. Give me all of them.

😍 Blue Scales (chaya) - 52K, mer!Steve AU - labelled 'crack treated seriously' and it's seriously good - loved the worldbuilding details and the 'everyone-lives-in-the-tower (and-raises-merbabies)' found family vibe - *chef's kiss*

plus 120K of shorter fic so shorter work shout out:

The Way To A Man's Heart (HaniTrash, art by kocuria-visuals (kocuria)) - MCU: shrinkyclinks, 11K - absolutely delighted that someone has written the fic where pre-serum Steve is basically Dylan Hollis. adored this.

You Like What's in My Head (dontcallmebree, art by kocuria-visuals (kocuria)) - MCU: shrunkyclunks, 15K - 100% always here for the ‘Accidental Sugar Baby Acquisition’ tag

Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered (mardia) - Ted Lasso (TV): Trent/Ted, 22K - really thought that a kind of dwell and welcome was gonna be a one-off fic in this pairing for me but here we are again because these writers just keep delivering the absolute fucking BEST. [side note: my headcanon ted lasso is not really a cat guy but i absolutely accepted it for fic reasons]

Folie à quatre (Ark) - Les Mis: Enjoltaire & MCU: Stucky, 3K - a lovely little fic that points up the similarities in these pairings. My fave line: “[Grantaire] winks at Bucky. Then he gets up to shake Steve Rogers’ hand, which is an experience. Steve has an iron grip and a dazzling smile, and the sort of blue, blue eyes that say trust me, I’m here to save your life. It’s hard not to fall right into those fathomless depths. Grantaire feels great sympathy for Bucky Barnes. He only has to handle Enjolras and his gaze that reads trust me, I’m here to blow everything up.” 😂😂😂

AND ALSO THESE ESSAYS/ARTICLES I REALLY LIKED

NPR’s Linda Holmes’ Ted Lasso recaps - astute observations, excellent writing

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Ted Lasso - s1, e2-6 -- successfully got my dad & bonusmom hooked on TL, so go me.

Star Trek: Discovery - s1, e1-4

Wicked In Concert - this was all entertaining but Amber Riley was 100% the standout here

Off-Script with Sohla - How to Make Any Kind of Pound Cake

New British Canon - Before Riot Grrrl: X-Ray Spex & "Oh Bondage Up Yours!"

Ted Lasso - s2, e8 [3x]

Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy - s1, e1

Hacks - s1, e1

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

This is Good for You - Ep 15: Running Is Good For You

Big Gay Fiction Podcast - High Seas Adventure with Author C.B. Lee

Pop Culture Sociologist - The Best Queer Pairing You'll Never Watch: Root/Shaw on Person of Interest

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Arecibo Observatory

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Milo Bitters

Ologies with Alie Ward - Maritime Archaeology (SHIPWRECKS) with Chanelle Zaphiropoulos

Films To Be Buried With with Brett Goldstein - Hannah Waddingham

Strong Songs - "Mr. Blue Sky" by Electric Light Orchestra

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Atlas Obscura 101

Twenty Thousand Hertz - The Wilhelm Scream

Pop Culture Boner - Fixing Fandoms ft. Ngozi Ukazu

Pop Culture Sociologist - Is there a right way to write a matriarchy?

99% Invisible - 457- Model Organism

Ologies with Alie Ward - Eudemonology (HAPPINESS) with Laurie Santos

Song Exploder - Mustafa "Air Forces"

Strong Songs - Clave, Chorus & "Careless Whisper"

Twenty Thousand Hertz - Sonic Bubbles

Films To Be Buried With with Brett Goldstein - Toheeb Jimoh

Twenty Thousand Hertz - ASMR

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Million Dollar Point

Strong Songs - "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen

Twenty Thousand Hertz - Spooky Sounds

Films To Be Buried With with Brett Goldstein - Nick Mohammed

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - World’s Loneliest Tree

Films To Be Buried With with Brett Goldstein - Brendan Hunt

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Big Bertha Drum

Twenty Thousand Hertz - The Windsor Hum

Ologies with Alie Ward - Oceanology (THE OCEAN) with Ayana Johnson: Encore Presentation

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Magical Summer Memories Vol. 1

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Instrumental Soul Grooves

The Wrecking Crew

Easy Street, Fat City

Classical Focus

My Supermix

Reggae Runners

Throwback Workout

Eric Bittle's Pregame Playlist

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filthyfundie · 4 years

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THWH S1 E2

Title: The Imago Dei

Description: We are here to humbly discuss recent events, the death of George Floyd, and how we as Christians should be reacting. What does true compassion look like? Does Jesus understand our pain? Is there an offer of change that is big enough, strong enough, to save us from hatred, abuse, racism…to save us from sin? Join us in a reflective perspective of what a biblical, hopeful response might look like.

*Due to the topic of this episode I have chosen not to provide a summary or review on this original post. Rather I have provided a (subpar,flawed) transcript of the episode.

Jinger: Hey we're Jinger and Jeremy Vuolo and this is The Hope We Hold Podcast. Jeremy: Where we have weekly conversations around our family table to share the hope of Jesus.

Jinger: These are dark days we're living in and we've been grieving as individuals, as a nation, over the events from last week and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN. Jeremy and I, as we watched the video, we watched with shock and horror and sorrow and it's just too much to bear emotionally. And I know many of you are feeling the same as we should. because God has made us as people with minds, intellects and emotions and we grieve. Jesus himself wept and we weep because of the brokenness of this world.

Jeremy: Yeah to think of Jesus one of the descriptions of Christ was that he was a man of sorrows. Of all the ways he was and could have been described he was described as a man of sorrows. Here”the creator of the universe descended into the world he made and he wept”. So today we want to discuss how a Christian world view ought to shape our response to what we see going on around us. The hatred, the violence, really the effects of sin in this life.

Jinger: It's difficult but God has given us some clues about why what is happening is so painful to deal with and I think we need to start where the bible starts, at creation. And we read this in Genesis 1 26-28 "Then God said 'Let us make man in our image after our likeness. So god created man in his own image and the image of God he created him, male and female he created them and God blessed them". That's pretty amazing just to think about that, that we are made in the image of God.

Jeremy: Yeah it's what theologians have called "the imago dei" which is just the Latin phrase for the image of God.

Jinger: Mm yeah and it gives us dignity to every single person which is why what we witness this last week was so horrific.

Jeremy: Yeah.

Jinger: Yeah so the image of God on man becomes even more incredible when we understand just how majestic and holy and powerful and beautiful God is. For him to care enough about us to make us in his image is truly remarkable.

Jeremy: Yeah it is and it's exactly what king David felt when he wrote Pslams 8. He's writing this Pslams and it's set in the evening time when David, without the modern city lights to fade the sky, was staring into the sky and he sees the majesty of the celestial beings, the stars. And in Pslams 8 King David just writes, astounded about the beauty and glory of God, he says "Oh Lord, our Lord how majestic is your name in the earth, you have set the glory above the heavens" and you can picture him there, looking up. Perhaps you've seen in the dark night sky, the glittering stars and David sees that as the glory of God. And he says in verse 3 "When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars which you have set in place" he's absolutely astounded by who God is. And then in comparison David was astounded that God made us to reflect that glory. He says "What is man that you are mindful of him and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor." that's pretty astonishing. So we know this, that as we see the beauty of humanity, the creativity, the ingenuity, persistence and perseverance, the intricacies of the body and the mind, even the love that people have for one another and for community, these are reflections of our maker in us.It's the imago dei, it's the reflection of the one who made us. But we also see something else when we look at humanity and sadly we see the marring of this beauty don't we?

Jinger: Yeah it's um what we're seeing headlines every single day and it's what we witnessed last week in Minneapolis and something has happened to God’s creation that has messed it up.

Jeremy: Yeah it's called sin *laughs* soon after gods original creation, humanity sinned, ushering pain and death into this world. And this sin takes all forms. You see it in hatred, violence, racism, division, abuse, immorality, on and on. The well of humanity, you could say, has been poisoned. And though we still see the reflections of God in us and in his creations, it's definitely not 100%. Our hearts, bodies, our entire existence, has been effected by sin.

Jinger: So many headlines, like what we saw in The New York times just a few days ago "8 Minutes and 46 Seconds, How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody" become tragically normal and it just makes your heart so sick. And it's not supposed to be that way and we feel that, we feel how unnatural this is. Murder is unnatural, injustice is unnatural and death itself is unnatural.

Jeremy: Yeah it is. And so as Christians living in this sin plagued world, how are we supposed to respond?

Jinger: We weep. I think the first thing we need to say is we should weep with those who weep. People are hurting and we need to stand with them and weep. But we also need to weep at the brokenness around us and it's not just the black community crying out over the death of George Floyd, humanity ought to cry out. It's just so heartbreaking to see this. And George was a man made in the image of God and he was fellow image barer like me, like all of us. And so to see his life taken is such a tragedy.

Jeremy: Yeah that's right. We ourselves grieve and we also grieve with those who are grieving. Jesus wept at the death of his friend Lazarus. He felt the pain of those he loved and yet Jesus knew what he has about to do when it comes to Lazarus, he was about to raise him from the dead. And it's here that I think we need to focus just a moment. As your grieving, facing injustice or death or pain of any sort we need to know that there is one who knows, he truly knows, Jesus knows your pain and he cares about your pain. Jesus Christ is compassionate and compassion is to care. We can look at a headline and say "Oh that's really sad" and move on with our day, but that's not true compassion. True compassion does something, true compassion reacts. And so we see Jesus wept at the death of Lazarus and then he raised him from the dead. And there is one Jesus Christ who demonstrates the greatest compassion imaginable. Jesus Christ came into this world and wept. He read the headlines, he lived the headlines, Christ created this world in harmony and unity but sin decimated peace. It brought bloodshed. But instead of just sitting in heaven Jesus entered earth. He came among us, and moved on his compassion, he actually did something. And we need to pay attention to what he did because what he did is the only ultimate answer to our pain and suffering. So when we think about compassion, and Jing you say 'How do we respond as Christians to the events of last week' and you say 'Well we weep we ourselves weep, we weep with those who weep' but compassion moves beyond the feeling of pain or sympathy in to the realm of action, of doing something. And we look at Christ. He wept, we need to weep but he didn't only weep, he then moved and did something. And this is what Jesus did, listen to the beautiful words of the prophet Isiah, this is Isiah 53, speaking of Jesus, says "He was despised and rejected by man. A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief and as one of whom man hide their faces, he was despised. And we esteemed him not. Surely he has born our griefs and carried our sorrows, yet we esteemed him stricken, smited by God and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our inequities upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace and with his wounds we are healed. All we, like sheep, have gone astray. We have turned every one to his own way and the lord has laid on him the inequity of us all. He was oppressed and He was afflicted yet He opened not his mouth, like a lamb that is lead to the slaughter and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so opened not his mouth. By oppression and judgement He was taken away and as for his generation, who considered that was cut off of the land of the living, stricken for the transgressions of my people." So we read that and we think "OK what did Jesus do?" well he came to earth to be oppressed, he came to be maligned, he came to be murdered. Why? So that his compassion was not merely a thought but his compassion was action that rescues. Jesus Christ took on sin itself to rescue us from sin. And not just the sin of others impacting us, which is prevalent, but the sin our own hearts. So Jesus Christ can relate to your pain, he can relate to your tears, he can relate to your feelings of anguish. But more than putting an arm on your shoulder and weeping beside you, he actually has accomplished the great salvation by which you and I can be rescued from sin itself and all the effects of sin.

Jinger: Yeah it makes me think of the verses in Titus that you often bring up.

Jeremy: That describes the brokenness of this world and then show the beauty of Jesus's salvation. Yeah I bring them up so often because they’re so spot on and succinct in describing the brokenness of humanity and, like you said, the beauty of Jesus. So those verses, from Titus 3, beginning of verse 3 where the apostle Paul says "We ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, lead astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God, our savior, appeared, he saved us. Not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the spirit whom he poured down on us richly through Jesus Christ our savior so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life." What Paul is saying is that we were broken, we were sin committers, we were committing sin but we were also effected by sin, we were hating others and hated by others, we were slaves to our lust, but something happened but the goodness and loving kindness of god our savior appeared to save us. so that no longer would we be bound by the enslavement of sin and the effects of sin but that we would be rescued. and notice what I just read "that we become heirs according to the hope of eternal life." That there would be this hope that there is beyond the pain of this life. And so Jesus Christ, he knows our pain but he doesn't only empathize helplessly he empathizes yes, but then he enters this world and rescues us.

Jinger: Yeah and for those who are rescued by turning to Jesus in repentance and faith an amazing glory awaits in heaven. A glory where black, white and brown, rich and poor, strong and weak, American, African, Asian, European, where we will all sing in a unified voice to the one who showed true compassion and rescued us.

Jeremy: Yeah. Baby why don't you read that passage that you're talking about from revelation?

Jinger: Yeah it's revelation 5, 9 and 10 and it says "And they sang a new song saying 'worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people in nation and you have made them a kingdom and priest to our god and they shall reign on the earth”.

Jeremy: Yeah it's incredible to see the nations gathered. The, like you said, black, brown, white, African, American, European, all these beautiful nations, all these beautiful people that God has made. You know that's something I think about often in that verse is that there is distinction among us isn't there? And there's beautiful distinction. From the color of our skin to the cultural homes we come from. The languages we share. There’s beautiful distinction in people. And we see that beauty don’t we? And the hope of heaven is that one day we will be joined together. All those who have put their faith and trust in Christ will sing a unified song, in a unified voice, praising Jesus Christ, who came to rescue them from sin, to rescue them from death itself. And so these are dark day we're living in, and we're grieving, but we do not need to grieve as those without hope. Christian, preach the gospel, preach this gospel. Only Jesus offers the change that is big enough, strong enough to save us from hatred, abuse, racism, to save us from sin.

Jinger: That's right.

Jeremy: Well thanks for joining us today for The Hope We Hold podcast. We trust that you were encouraged. Jinger: And it is our hope that your hope will be in Christ alone.

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