A weekly gaming devotional. Where gaming meets the Gospel. Every Sunday, Gary Smith takes a video game and finds the scripture hiding inside it.
In *Dark Souls*, death is inevitable, but giving up doesn't have to be. As the Chosen Undead struggles through a dying world, the bonfires offer a place to rest before facing the darkness again. This week's Sunday Sermon explores James 1:2–5, Matthew 11:28, and what Scripture teaches us about perseverance, wisdom, and finding rest in God.
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Thalia kept her promise not to publish Spook-n-Boobtacular on Sunday. Unfortunately, posting a horror review at 11:59 PM Saturday has sent Theia into a fury! And Titan has one very timely reminder for her.
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With Thalia's Spook-n-Boobtacular taking over the Halls, Theia makes one reasonable request: keep the sleazy horror movies away from the Sunday Sermon. Gary agrees, but Titan isn't convinced peace will last.
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In *Resident Evil 4*, Leon Kennedy travels to Spain to rescue the President's daughter, only to discover that a parasite threatens to take control of his own body. This week's Sunday Sermon explores Las Plagas, Romans 6:16–18, and the difference between living freely and allowing something destructive to become your master.
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James Sunderland comes to Silent Hill looking for his dead wife, but what he finds is a nightmare built around guilt, punishment and a terrible truth he refuses to face. This week's Sunday Sermon explores *Silent Hill 2*, Romans 6:23 and why forgiveness offers something that endless suffering never can.
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In Bloodborne, gaining Insight allows you to see horrors that were always there, hidden just beyond human perception. Ecclesiastes warns that with greater wisdom comes greater sorrow, but Yharnam's downfall suggests an even darker question: What happens when humanity refuses to accept that some limits exist for a reason?
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Harry Du Bois wakes up with no memory of who he was and gets the chance to decide who he'll become. Disco Elysium offers a strange picture of the fresh start many of us wish we could have—but 2 Corinthians 5:17 promises something better than forgetting the past.
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Sekiro isn't just about a man who keeps getting back up. It's about what he's willing to die for. The Sunday Sermon looks at Wolf's story through John 15:13 and what real faithfulness actually costs.
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Kratos spent four big games being consumed by rage. God of War 2018 is about what happens when that man tries to raise a son. The Sunday Sermon looks at it through Ezekiel 18:20.
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The Red Dead Redemption 2 epilogue has John Marston building a ranch we know he won't get to keep. The Sunday Sermon looks at what Matthew 25 and the parable of the talents says about what he was really doing.
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Dutch van der Linde wasn't evil. He was sincere. The Sunday Sermon looks at what 1 John 5:21 says about a man who made his own vision into a god and couldn't see it from the inside.
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Arthur Morgan got tuberculosis doing the worst version of himself. What came after is one of gaming's greatest stories. The Sunday Sermon looks at it through 2 Corinthians 12:9.
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A Tips and Tricks magazine guide in 2000 introduced me to Harvest Moon 64 and I never fully recovered. The Sunday Sermon looks at what Ecclesiastes 3 has to say about a game built entirely on seasons.
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Hades is a game about dying over and over. The Sunday Sermon looks at what Zagreus's story says about Romans 5:3-4 and what happens when you refuse to stay down.
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The Last of Us giraffe scene stopped me cold the first time I played it in 2013. Twelve years and a dozen playthroughs later it still does. The Sunday Sermon looks at why through Ecclesiastes 3:11.
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Ellie has been waiting to die since the night Riley turned. The Sunday Sermon looks at The Last of Us Ellie survivor guilt and what Psalm 22 says about the unanswerable question
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Joel killed everyone in that hospital and lied about it. The Sunday Sermon looks at what he did, why he did it, and what Romans 5 has to say about a man who chose love over the world.
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Three weeks on Red Dead Redemption ends with the character who holds the whole story together. Abigail Marston and 1 Corinthians 13 on love that keeps no record of wrongs.
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The Strange Man in Red Dead Redemption knows things he shouldn't. Week 2 of the Sunday Sermon looks at what he represents and what Hebrews 9:27 has to say about it.
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Every Sunday, the Sunday Sermon takes a video game and finds the scripture inside it. First up: Red Dead Redemption and the Parable of the Prodigal Son.
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