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Katy Perry – Rise

Welcome back, friends, to another episode of The Gospel According to, where we connect the songs and stories we love best with Biblical truths and Scripture passages to deepen our faith and build a platform for sharing the Gospel. This week, I wanted to share a song I found several months ago after hearing it …

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Percy Jackson: The Last Olympian – the power of yielding

Hello, my friends, and welcome back to another episode of The Gospel According to, where we connect all the stories and songs we love with Biblical truths and themes. This week’s topic completely BLEW MY MIND and had me a little bit misty-eyed because of its beauty… and it came from a series about the …

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Fall Out Boy – The Phoenix

Greetings, friends, and welcome to the Gospel According to, where we connect all that is good, pure, noble, excellent, and praiseworthy in our favorite songs and stories with the ultimate source of goodness, purity, nobility, etc., etc. This week, I wanted to write about my newly discovered appreciation of Fall Out Boy and their song, …

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Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief – Guard your mind

Hello, friends, and welcome back to another episode of the Gospel According To, where we connect all the stories and songs we love with Biblical truths and themes that deepen our faith. This week, I wanted to share a quote from The Lightning Thief that completely blew my mind. What does a series about Greek …

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The Fault In Our Stars + Ray LaMontagne – “Without Words”

Hello, friends, and welcome back to another episode of The Gospel According to, where we use all the stories and songs we love as fan-people to magnify the Word of God and deepen our foundation of faith. This week, I was studying Psalm 19 and immediately thought of “Without Words” from The Fault in Our …

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Moana Bible Verses – The Believer’s Journey

Greetings, friends, and happy summer! Today I bring you a massive over-analysis of Disney’s Moana, comparing it to various aspects of our lives as believers (The Believer’s Journey, if you will 😜). Enjoy! Fandom: Disney’s Moana (the entire story arc) Verses: Psalm 119:10, 111; 1 thessalonians 2:11-12; jeremiah 6:16, isaiah 45:1-5, proverbs 17:17, 1 peter …

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Put it all on Me – “All You Need to Know” by Gryffin + SLANDER feat. Callie Lehmann

Hello friends, and welcome back to The Gospel According to, where we dig deep and overanalyze the best stories and songs that humanity creates to find the pieces of Biblical truth hidden inside. In honor of Mental Health Awareness month, I wanted to write about this song, “All You Need to Know,” by Gryffin and …

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Let Your Light Shine – 4 Practical Examples From Disney’s Tangled ✨

Hello, friends! I hope you’ve been enjoying the Tangled theme this month, which has been especially prevalent on Instagram. Rapunzel has always been the embodiment of “Let your light shine,” and I wanted to take some time to talk about that today. Enjoy!

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Owl City Cinematic – Be brave … Okay, I’ll be brave.

Welcome back to The Gospel According To, where we celebrate all things bright and beautiful in the human stories and songs we love, then look at them differently to find the undercurrent of grace beneath. This week, I was thinking about the season of life I’m in and how to find the strength to keep …

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Good Friday Bible Journaling & a free printable!!

Happy Easter, friends, and welcome to another year’s Good Friday edition of The Gospel According to! This week, I was reflecting on the events of Holy Week and the price that Jesus paid for our salvation… Which somehow led me to a Hunger Games quote?! Find out below, plus stay tuned for a free printable!

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Ed Sheeran – Altogether Perfect, Forever Flawless✨

Happy Fangirl Friday, friends, and welcome to another installment of The Gospel According to, where we listen for the harmony of God’s voice in the best of humanity’s melodies. This week, I was thinking about the song “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran and the fact that there are not one but Several different Bible verses that …

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My heart’s a stereo – Adam Levine + Gym Class Heroes

Welcome back to The Gospel According to, where I help you hear the harmony of God’s voice in the heart songs of the human race. This week’s feature is “Stereo Hearts,” an instant-nostalgia pop love song that you can’t help but sing along to, and I love what God has to teach us through it. …

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Whitney Houston – I have nothing (nothing, nothing) if I don’t have You

Fandom: Whitney Houston, “I Have Nothing” Verses: Psalm 73:16-17, 21-26, 28; John 6:37 CSB, Hebrews 13:8 ESV Nugget: Nothing is more valuable or more essential than the presence and love of God… And nothing is more constant or faithful.

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Owl City “Humbug” – The best gift I could give You is this heart inside of me 🎄🎁💖

It’s Chriiiiiiiistmaaaaaaas!!!!… Eve 😸 And I haven’t done one of these in a long time, so here’s another Gospel According to post, Christmas Edition. This year’s holiday special is none other but Adam Young, alias Owl City, serenading us with his angelically beautiful voice and skillful guitar riffs in “Humbug,” which is a lovely human …

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The Gospel According to the Hunger Games: No one can help but admire your Spirit.

“No one can help but admire your spirit.” At long last, welcome back to The Gospel According to, where we connect all the fandoms we already love with Bible verses and Gospel truths you might not have considered before. Not a believer? I encourage you to keep reading anyway; you never know what you might …

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The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Armor (of God)

Welcome back to another episode of The Gospel According To, where we interpret the meaning of impactful book, movie, and song quotes using Scripture. This week, I wanted to reflect on one specific description of Katniss’ Mockingjay armor that has always been one of my favorites, specifically because of the way it relates to the …

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Birdy – Keeping Your Head Up

Welcome to The Gospel According To at our new time, Monday afternoons! (WordPress said this was the most active time for my site, so it made sense :). This is a series of posts that highlight all the lovely things that make our hearts go pitter-patter in the Human World, then connect them to Bible …

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Anne With an E and Sleeping At Last – You are enough.

Welcome back to another episode of The Gospel According To, September Edition, where we connect our favorite mental-health-improving songs, books, and other lovelies with Biblical truth. This week’s focus is “You Are Enough” by sleeping At Last, which goes alongwith the theme of the netflix show Anne With an E. If you’re a fan of …

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Adele – “Remedy” and the Unfailing Love of God

Welcome back to The Gospel According to, where we connect all things bright and beautiful in this world with the ultimate source of light, beauty, and truth. This week, we’re focusing on “Remedy,” an Adele song that is very close to my heart. This is a beautiful song on its own terms, but it becomes …