Epic Awesome Jesus

If there are two words in the English language that have become more insufferably overused than "epic" and "awesome", I don't know what they are. I've certainly been guilty of overusing the second one pretty regularly since age ten or so, probably in regards to the latest issue of Wolverine or something. And I can't promise I won't continue to occasionally overuse them, especially once the new Star Wars movies start coming out.

BUT.

The purpose of this blog is to reclaim and redeem these words to their proper use by applying them to the one thing, the one person, who unquestionably earns and owns them, by their original definitions, more than any other. Someone for whom redemption is actually kind of a specialty.
This blog is about Jesus Christ, who is not only the single most important person to me, but is also the single most important person in the history of the world. If you doubt that at all, just ponder for a moment why this is the year 2013, going on 2014, instead of any other number. It's because He was much, much, much more than an uneducated, unattractive carpenter from Nazareth.

He's also the most important person in the history of the galaxy, the universe, and eternity. He's also the most important person to you, even if you don't realize it. 
He's also the most important person to the people you love the most, the people you love the least, and every random stranger you've met or haven't met. Whether they realize it or not.
And He's also the eternal Son of God, the hope of the world.

My purpose for this blog is to not only explain why those overused words fit Him so perfectly, but explain why I believe in Him so much. I haven't done that sufficiently since I became a Christian at age 16, and I hope to rectify that.

Some other goals for the blog are:

- to challenge skeptics and non-believers to rethink their perceptions of Christ and Christianity
- to challenge Christians to think more deeply about Christ, the Bible, their faith, and the larger Christian world
- to encourage Christians to live lives of joy and grace in all circumstances
- to share my personal thoughts on a variety of scriptures and biblical topics
- to include lots of other neat stuff like book reviews, links to stuff by people smarter than me, and interviews with Christians I personally know who have diverse and interesting occupations and backgrounds, and can offer unique perspectives on things. 

I'm hoping to blog approximately once a week, and I'm hoping to provide a place on the internet that's unique, enjoyable, thought-provoking, up-building, and ultimately Christ glorifying. It's also coming from my personal perspective, a janitor slash comic book artist, so it might be a little goofy sometimes. But it will always ultimately center on the one for whom and by whom this incredible universe was made.

Next blog will be Monday, and I'll be talking about why the epic of Jesus is more epic than any other.

In His Awesome Grace,
Aaron