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A Crown of Chains
“A Crown of Chains creatively retells a biblical tale to explore themes of providence, racism, faith, and fidelity.”
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Lander’s Legacy
“Lander’s Legacy stacks modern thrills and complex characters on a foundation of biblical what-ifs.”
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Prince Caspian
“Pacing starts slow but creature lore grows in C. S. Lewis’s sequel, introducing practical tyrants and talking-beast politics into a Narnian resistance.”
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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    The Magician’s Nephew Taught Me Christ’s Compassion in the Midst of Grief
    Elijah David, Articles on Jan 26, 2023

    How Christians Can Discern Jesus Adaptations in ‘The Chosen’ and Other Stories
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    Superhero Tales are Turning Into ‘Deathworks’
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    How to Discern Moral Christian Fiction Without Expecting Sermons
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    Even If We Like Fantasy and Sci-Fi, We Can Still Practice Accidental Legalism
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    The Giver Quartet Compares Dystopian Control with Human Purpose
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    Yes, The Twilight Saga Vampires Are Scary—But For All the Wrong Reasons
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    Find Light in Darkness With These Six Christian Paranormal Thrillers
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    I’m No Horror Fan, But I’ve Grown to Love Bram Stoker’s Novel ‘Dracula’
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    Behold God’s Providence in ‘The Hobbit’
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    How I Masked My Mental Health with Costume Design
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    Three Fantastical Christian Stories To Help Your Kids Head Back to School
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    Christian-Made Fantasy Can Shine Light in the Grimdark
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    Shasta’s Meeting with Aslan in ‘The Horse and His Boy’ Helped Me Embrace God’s Sovereignty
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    How to Celebrate Christian Fiction Without Becoming Blind Supporters
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    How Spider-Man Saved My Marriage Before It Even Began
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    Found Family Stories Can Reflect Christ’s Redemption in Reality and Fiction
    H. L. Burke, Articles on Apr 28, 2022

    Sensual Scenes in Fiction Pose Unique Temptations for Women
    Marian Jacobs, Articles on Apr 21, 2022

    ‘Fast and Furious’ Movies Prove That Fantasy Can Become Propaganda
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    ‘Encanto’ Shows Legalism’s Ruin and God’s Gift of Grace
    Shannon Stewart, Articles on Apr 7, 2022

    ‘The Seventh Sun’ Reflects Our Need for Relatable Non-Christian Characters
    Josiah DeGraaf, Articles on Mar 3, 2022

    Amazon ‘Rings of Power’ Promos Threaten to Burn Middle-Earth in the Fires of Industry
    Mike Duran, Articles on Feb 28, 2022

    I Grieve for My Granny Yet Find Some Comfort in Our Love of Monster Movies
    Parker J. Cole, Articles on Feb 24, 2022

    God Used ‘Adventures in Odyssey’ to Shape My Life Beyond Childhood
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    Jill’s and Eustace’s Journey to ‘The Silver Chair’ Taught Me Faith and Obedience
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    Let’s Not Excuse Movie and TV Porn For the Sake of ‘Redemptive’ Stories
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    ‘West Side Story’ Shows a Fantastical World That Groans for Hope
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    How Fantasy Helps Us Fathom Human Suffering
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    Yes, Speculative Faith Is Closed, At Least For Now
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    C. S. Lewis Despised ‘Exmas’ Cards and Cosplays, But Loved Serious Celebration
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    Théoden King From ‘The Lord of the Rings’ Shows How We Live In A World of Loss
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    Duke Leto Also Shows How Christians Can Practice Shrewd Wisdom in a Hostile World
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    Duke Leto of ‘Dune’ Shows How Christians Can Live with Nobility in a Hostile World
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    When Christians Engage Creative Excellence, Some Secular Critics Will Hate Us Anyway
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    Joining Lewis’s ‘Voyage of the Dawn Treader’ Taught Me How to Sail for Aslan’s Country
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    Try These Three Practical Questions to Discern Fictional Magic
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    Great Books Were Not Meant to Be Read Alone
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    Don’t Let Halloween Flippancy Distract You From Real Horrors and Promises
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    How H. P. Lovecraft’s Cosmic Horrors Turn Cliché
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    Read My Eight Favorite Spooky Stories Suitable for Your Church’s Harvest Festival
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    Why ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Can’t Deliver Holiday Joys
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    Keep the Parallel World Speculations to Stories
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    Yes, Stories Should Help Heal You, the Reader
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    Why Boromir Failed Gondor, Yet Died a Hero
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    I Love Beholding the Old Stories Coming True in ‘Prince Caspian’
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    How Iron Man and Superman Won and Lost in Afghanistan
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    My Afghanistan Odyssey Makes Me Pray for These Embattled People
    Travis Perry, Articles on Aug 25, 2021

    Christians Can Grow in Faith By Studying, Not Cancelling, Secular Stories
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    How to Terraform the Internet For God’s Glory
    Zackary Russell, Articles on Aug 16, 2021

    Christians Can’t Consistently Blame Leftist Fiction While Pushing Our Own Propaganda
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    Christian Publisher Bethany House Defends ‘At Love’s Command’ From Outraged Critics
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    In Sixth Grade, I Learned the Secret Meaning Behind ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’
    Elijah David, Articles on Aug 5, 2021

    Paranormal Romance Can Reflect Man’s Evil and God’s Grace
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    ‘The Green Knight’ Film May Not Outmatch the Original Poem’s Challenge of Human Virtue
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    Artificial Intelligence Could Never Gain A God-Given Conscience
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    In Appreciation of Christian Supernatural Fiction Trailblazer Frank Peretti
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    Beware the Real Danger of Entertainment
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    Christians, Let’s Stop Condemning Countries and Patriotism Until We Know Their Purpose
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    New Intelligence Report Exposes Shocking Alien Phenomena: Human Humility
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    Perfect Characters Don’t Have to Be Boring
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    ‘Thor’ Hammers Home the Story of Two Prodigal Norse Gods
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    Flagging the Cheap Grace of Marvel’s ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’
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    Let’s Train Our Kids, and Each Other, to Enjoy and Discern Biblical Fiction for God’s Glory
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    Stories Disciple Your Child’s Moral Imagination
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    Sometimes Unbelievers Help Make Fantastic Biblical Fiction, So Let’s Thank God for Them
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    Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall: Did Snow White Consent After All?
    Marian Jacobs, Articles on May 19, 2021

    How Great Biblical Fiction Adds Extra-Biblical Images Yet Honors God’s Word
    E. Stephen Burnett, Articles on May 17, 2021

    ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ Explores Flawed Themes in a Gorgeous World
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    Marvel with Me at the Internet’s Origin Story
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    Biblical Fiction Isn’t Inspired by God, But It Can Inspire Our Imaginations
    E. Stephen Burnett, Articles on May 10, 2021

    Why ‘The Horse and His Boy’ is the Best of Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia
    Daniel Whyte IV, Articles on May 5, 2021

    Behold the Fantastic Purposes of ‘The Chosen’ and Other Great Biblical Fiction
    E. Stephen Burnett, Articles on May 3, 2021

    Pixar’s ‘Onward’ Wears the Symbolism of Pants
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    How Fantasy Books Help Us Recover Reality
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    I Can’t Wait to Borrow Books from New Earth’s Library
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    How Reading Epic Fantasy Helps Me Be Brave
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    To Help Kids Learn Pop Culture Engagement, Parents Must Work Together
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    Why We Long for Movies to Match Their Books
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    Meet Your Family’s Next Favorite Film: Kiki’s Delivery Service
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    Why Our Dreams May Tell Stories As We Sleep
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    No, Stories Should Not ‘Wreck You, the Reader’
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    My Novel ‘The Mermaid’s Sister’ Arose from True Depths of Mourning
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    My Screenwriter Mom Introduced Me to Fantastic Sci-Fi in the 1960s
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    The Death and Rebirth of Magic in Children’s Fantasy
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    Fictional Magic Systems Can Go Beyond Rules and Reveal Deeper Characters
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    How God Uses Story Villains for Our Good
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    How A Year Without Superhero Films Rebooted Our Universe
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    Militant Secularism Could Force Christians to Create New Subcultures
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    ‘One Piece’ Manga Reaches Chapter 1000: How Did This Pirate Become King?
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    To Shape a Story is to Shape a Soul
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    How Political Punditry Has Taken Over Christian Popular Subcultures
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    Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ Collides with Itself
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    Why ‘The Wild Swans’ Has Captivated Me Since Childhood
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    Wonder Woman 1984 v. Disneyfied Imagination: A Spoiler-Filled Defense
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