June 16, 2004
DLM Season 1 DVD Boxset
My wife and I have been watching a dvd boxset of the tv series Dead Like Me, which aired on Showtime. I wasn't sure I'd like it, but the synopsis sounded intriguing enough: "Georgia becomes a grim reaper after being killed by a falling (flaming) toilet seat from a Russian space station... She adapts as best she can..." (my paraphrase). Many of the anecdotes and the way the writers stage the various people's deaths are very humorous. Besides a very morbid subject, the sad way many people die, and the multiple profanity per episode; it's very entertaining and adds a lot of insight and thought into death and the afterlife.
"Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?" Paul had it figured out and he made some very graphic and visual metaphors about how very much Jesus accomplished through the cross and His resurrection. He made a public display of His enemies. He triumphed over them. While I don't think for a minute that He was pompous, arrogant, or showboat-y; but comparing what I've seen in competitive sports (like a player celebrating a touchdown, for example) helps me put into perspective the humiliating defeat that Satan took.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at June 16, 2004 10:02 PM