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Horror Is Based on A Biblical Worldview, Part 2
Novelist Mike Duran continues a two-part conversation to share the stories and themes of his new nonfiction work about Christians-exploring-horror, Christian Horror. (Read part 1.) ESB: Often I hear...
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Amish Eye For The Sci-Fi Guy, Part 2
Last time I talked about how my research into the Amish led to my friendship with Dutch Wolfe, a bona fide Amish romance writer. I touched on the lucrativeness of his genre and its aversion to sex,...
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Seven Challenges For Christian Movie Critics and Fans
Do you like Christian movies pretty much as they are now and think we should have more? Do you dislike Christian movies as-is and wish they would either grow up or go away? Do you generally ignore...
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Seven More Challenges For Christian Movie Critics and Fans
We are getting more movies similar to Fireproof and God’s Not Dead—Christian-made movies that shake up our assumptions about Christianity and pop culture. We are also hearing more written criticisms...
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Should Christian Stories Evangelize? Chapter 1
Should Christian stories evangelize? This is a crucial issue for anyone who loves stories but loves Jesus more, and wants to glorify Jesus through our enjoyment of stories or our making of stories....
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R. J. Anderson on Story Evangelism
Should Christian fiction evangelize? It's a good question, but it depends what we mean by asking it. If we mean "Should fiction written by Christian authors illustrate and reflect Biblical truth in...
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Story Evangelism: The Gospel Has Power In Realistic Fiction
From Story Evangelism: Top Myths About Christian Novels, E. Stephen Burnett: The first myth may be that Christian stories spend all or most of their time John 3:16-ing the reader. No, they don’t....
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Receive Fantastical Stories With Thanksgiving
This year my wife and I spent most of our meals also enjoying stories. Our thank-you prayers for food, which is a long tradition among Christians, have begun to blend with a tradition that is not so...
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Why We Don’t Need Christian Fantasy
We’ve explored answers to the question Why Do We Need Christian Fantasy? Now let’s look at reasons why we don’t need Christian fantasy—that is, any fantastical story (fantasy, science fiction,...
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Six Christian White Magic Spells Worse Than Fantasy Magic
Recently a Facebook friend shared an example of Christian white magic in the real world. [caption id="attachment_3189" align="alignright" width="154"] You'll never guess what magic book it...
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