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“Let the words of my mouth & the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.”
Psalm 19:14


‘Project Hail Mary’: Full of Grace, Courage, & Friendship
Andy Weir gets friendship absolutely right—and it’s not because of anything remotely to do with the naturalism or evolution espoused by many characters throughout the novel. Indeed, Project Hail Mary speaks with a distinctly Christian accent on the topics of love and friendship in ways that evolutionary biology can only lisp and blabber about incomprehensibly. In a purely naturalistic worldview, no such things as love, grace, courage, or friendship exist.
Joshua Budimlic
Apr 310 min read


Stranger Than Fiction: Aliens, Christianity, & That Age to Come
Do you believe in aliens? Perhaps “believe” is too strong a word. Let’s try phrasing the question another way: Do you think that aliens exist?
Joshua Budimlic
Mar 3017 min read


Ships Passing in the Night: My Friendship with C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien
This article marks my hundredth post on Iotas in Eternity. While one-hundred posts may not seem like very much when stood up against other writers whose output seems limitless, both quantitatively and qualitatively, it feels like a milestone for me all the same.
Joshua Budimlic
Mar 236 min read


‘The Chosen’: A Tale of Two Christs?
With another Easter just around the bend, there seems no better time than the present to have a much-needed—though, heretofore much-neglected—conversation about The Chosen.
Joshua Budimlic
Mar 1326 min read


The Him Hymnal
The Bible is many things. It is the world’s best-selling book, year after year, with no signs of waning popularity despite what culture would have us believe; it is a historical document, chronicling the creation, rebellion, and redemption of the human race; the Bible is also a book of prophecy, outlining not only that which was, but that which will surely come to pass; and, the Bible is a love letter, penned across generations and continents to an adopted people in Christ wh
Joshua Budimlic
Mar 66 min read


Counting the Cost
Whether I’m driving to church, work, the gym, or our weekly Bible study, the first leg of my route always remains the same.
Joshua Budimlic
Mar 16 min read


Tending to the Temple
No sooner had I learned that my wife and I were expecting a son, than did another revelation flit across my mind: “I’m having a boy... I’m having a son!—Hmm, I really need to get back into shape.
Joshua Budimlic
Feb 2510 min read


A Story Within a Story
Time. Christopher Nolan’s 2010 film, Inception, much like Nolan himself, is chiefly concerned with time.
Joshua Budimlic
Feb 229 min read


Heaven: Home or Holiday?
When I’m on vacation, I so often find it difficult to do that very thing for which vacation was made—rest.
Joshua Budimlic
Feb 188 min read
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