Anvil Ministries E5: Intro to Fight Club Series- Memento Mori
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Intro song: (Modified) “Medula Oblongata” by The Dust Brothers
Hello, and Welcome to the Anvil Podcast E5!
Last week we finished our series on Blacksmithing Idiums. If you havnt already – Check it out.
This week we are starting a new series based on the movie Fight Club.
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Intro- Lessons from the cult classic movie Fight Club.
Before we get into the topic for today and get into this new series I have a challenge for you. This is something we do in Anvil from time to time. I want to you focus on one thing for these next four weeks. One thing that you would like to change. One thing that is holding you back from living the life that God wants for you. Just one. If you have no idea what that one thing is, you should by the end of this show.
Focus on that over these next few weeks. Pray about it daily. Talk about it with others in your life. Just one thing. Don’t get distracted with more then one. Just pick one, and commit yourself to it.
With that lets get into it…
Topic-
Memento Mori
Live like you will die. Because you will.
Death is not something that is pleasent. It is not something that we usually think about, at least not in a healthy way. Fight Club takes a great stance on death, and our own mortality, and thats what we’ll be talking about today.
Before that-
If you have not seen FC-
1. Go see it or read it. 2. This series will ruin the movie/book for you. Like Darth is Luke’s father ruin it. Like Bruce Willis is dead in the 6th sense ruin it. Sorry if I ruined those for ya.
Anyhow, It is a very interesting movie, and book. Much of its content speaks to the core of masculinity(worldly), and contains critical parts of the masculine journey.
With that said it is rated R. It is by no means a Christian movie. If that bothers you, don’t see it or read it. One of my favorite things to do is take things from the world, things that have nothing to do with God, and use them for His glory. So that is what I’m doing here for those that are offended that I am praising/using a movie that is full of sin.
So, the part of FC that we are going to talk about today is something called “Memento Mori” and how to live like you will die.
Memento mori is Latin for “Remember death.” The phrase is believed to originate from an ancient Roman tradition in which a servant would be tasked with standing behind a victorious general as he paraded though town. As the general basked in the glory of the cheering crowds, the servant would whisper in the general’s ear: “Respice post te! Hominem te esse memento! Memento mori!” = “Look behind you! Remember that you are but a man! Remember that you will die!”
“Memento Mori” is a reflection of something that we all know, but rarely dwell on, or process in a healthy way. If used correctly, it can really help us move into the things that God wants us too. It can help us get off our butt and start doing knowing that our days are numbered.
This is a critical part of our story as men, in God’s much larger story. You see it was never God’s intention for us to die. One of the greatest gifts He gave us is the gift to choose. And we choose poorly. That is our reality now.