Recent content by ChrisTillinen

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    Christian Metal

    I wrote the lyrics, slightly pushed the music creation AI software to the right direction, and also made the video, so I guess this counts as "my" song.
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    The King and His Victory

    Here's a song version of this poem. Probably not everyone's cup of tea, but personally, I see no real problem in combining this style and these lyrics.
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    Two Adams

    Here's the poem turned into a song.
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    trinity is controversial?

    I didn't read the entire thread, so I am perhaps missing some important context here, but the verb "εὐχαριστήσας" is in 1 Corinthians 11:24 in a passage that is specifically about Lord's supper (it's used when mentioning that Jesus had given thanks). It also occurs in various forms in the New...
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    Secular Music

    Some of Leonard Cohen's songs seemed to have their decent spiritual moments, even though they'd definitely qualify as secular music, and he wasn't even a Christian. A case in point. These lyrics would require only relatively small modifications to pass as solidly Christian:
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    Worlds Best Arguers

    Ben Shapiro is smart and talks really fast. Add to that the tendency to defend rather commonsensical views about society, politics, etc and it's understandable that he does well in debates. He's an orthodox Jew, so there's some common ground but also significant disagreement that I'd have with...
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    Sweet Sleep and Joyous Awakening

    Here's a song version of the poem:
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    Arctic Signs of the Seasons

    Hmm, is it mispronounced? After you pointed it out, I thought so first as well. However, it gets a bit tricky. The context is the phrase "just deserts". It's entirely possible (perhaps even likely) that I had a sort of double entendre in mind when I wrote that part, but still, it's primarily not...
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    The Problem With Grace

    I think there's biblical justification for the idea that apart from being in Christ, the consequences of various sins are ultimately the same (though that may be more nuanced due to the possibility of degrees of punishment) as well as the idea that no one deserves forgiveness. What's far less...
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    Can Christians have a sense of humour?

    Sure, this is probably the correct explanation for the nickname. And it's interesting that the gospel that mentions this name (Gospel of Mark) doesn't mention the episode where the disciples wanted to call down fire (that's from Luke). So it seems like an incidental confirmation of its...
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    Dad jokes

    For a few years, a python had received a monthly salary from the zoo for being the biggest attraction of the reptile house. But then he became an independent constrictor.
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    Arctic Signs of the Seasons

    Here's a new song version of this poem:
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    The Coin and The Image

    This is somewhat based on my earlier poem by the same name, but the differences are large enough that I thought it would make more sense to post it in a new thread. They came with questions, trying to confound, Their words like arrows, seeking to astound. But a teacher stood there, calm and...
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    My Child, Get Up!

    Here's a lyric music video based on this poem:
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    Once Blind

    Unlike many of my poems, this was made to be song lyrics from the start, so perhaps the proper place to star is to watch this lyric music video: Once blind, in the shadows I dwelled, Life's colors and lights withheld. Voices familiar, faces remained unseen, In solitude, through darkness I've...