Hollywood Worldviews And Safe Fiction
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Jun 2, 2014
“It is not only true, honorable and right to proclaim that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life, but it is also true, honorable and right to proclaim that Satan is the father of lies”—Brian Godawa
Fiction Friday: Dream Treaders By Wayne Thomas Batson
Rebecca LuElla Miller, May 30, 2014
Something was behind him. In the pines. Something big enough to snap a tree trunk as if it were a twig. Archer knew there were only a few creatures in the area large enough and heavy enough to do that kind of damage
Toward A Better View Of ‘Icky Bits,’ Part 2
E. Stephen Burnett, May 29, 2014
Aim for God’s glory and you will also get better art and maybe even “icky bits” in fiction.
Biblical Discernment: Focus
R. L. Copple, May 27, 2014
It isn’t the presence of “icky, bad stuff” that we are to avoid thinking about, but rather discernment comes into play on what that stuff, icky or not, leads us to focus on, what truths it formulates in our minds.
Safe Fiction And The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz
Rebecca LuElla Miller, May 26, 2014
In western culture we have Man, clawing up behind Satan, trying to replace God. In part because of a piece of “safe” fiction.
Godzilla Is Not Dead
R. L. Copple, May 20, 2014
There is one thing God and Godzilla have in common. People keep thinking they’ve been killed off, only to watch them come back to life.
Safe Fiction – Discernment, Tim Downs, And First The Dead
Rebecca LuElla Miller, May 19, 2014
What I’m wondering … really, what I’m doubting … is if one person can make a determination for another that a particular work is “safe.”
Toward A Better View Of ‘Icky Bits,’ Part 1
E. Stephen Burnett, May 15, 2014
Yes, “icky bits” might improve Christian fiction, but not for the reasons some critics might assume.
Visual Impact
R. L. Copple, May 13, 2014
Have we been trained over the last few years by movies to only like certain styles of story-telling?
The Christian Writer And The Trends
Rebecca LuElla Miller, May 12, 2014
Students and teachers alike, apparently, are embracing “the role that the arts and education can play in galvanizing people around an issue.”
Fiction Friday: Numb By John Otte
Rebecca LuElla Miller, May 9, 2014
Crusader perched like a gargoyle on a second floor ledge across from the safe house’s entrance. He ignored the rain pouring down his face even though it blurred his vision. The weather didn’t matter. Neither did his posture. God created him to execute the Ministrix’s justice.
Readers Sound Off
Rebecca LuElla Miller, May 8, 2014
Readers never get heard. Writers are told to write to their audience, but who ever asks that audience what kind of books they want to read?
The Meaning Of Life
R. L. Copple, May 6, 2014
It is the readers who decide what is quality fiction. It is readers who decide what will be classics or not.
Getting The Most Out Of Conferences
Rebecca LuElla Miller, May 5, 2014
What makes the expense of traveling to a conference, paying for tuition and room and board, spending two or more days away from family and the regular routine of life, worth it?
Confessions Of A Spec-Fic Convert
Katie Morford, May 2, 2014
We all know it: The Look that magically appears when you try to explain your favorite fandom to your non-geek friends.
Keeping It Real
R. L. Copple, Apr 29, 2014
Too often, I suspect, the subject of sex and marriage is avoided rather than fleshed out in most Christian fiction. This is not an effective counter to secular values on the subject regularly plastered in mainstream speculative fiction.
What Brings God Glory?
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Apr 28, 2014
When believers say that the “chief end of man” is to “glorify God and enjoy Him forever,” I have to wonder if “glorify God” in that context means the default position—i.e., do nothing because your existence, as God created you, glorifies Him.
More Thoughts On Reviews
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Apr 28, 2014
Receiving reviews makes a huge difference in how wide an audience a book reaches.
Fiction Friday: Chorillan
Michelle Levigne, Apr 25, 2014
Chorillan may be purchased at Amazon and other fine book outlets. Chapter 1 is available as a free download at Michelle Levigne’s website.
But ‘Game Of Thrones’ Still Has Porn In It
E. Stephen Burnett, Apr 24, 2014
Do we just pretend the TV series doesn’t have live, actual naked porn? Is that how it is?
Marital Reality In Fiction
R. L. Copple, Apr 22, 2014
We don’t counter the excesses of secular morals about sex by ignoring sex, but by showing it in its proper context.
When Christians Review
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Apr 21, 2014
My fear is that we Christians are slipping down the same path the people of Israel took. They had a relationship with God and they had His Law, but they wanted so to be like the nations around them. So they began to compromise.
No More
E. Stephen Burnett, Apr 17, 2014
Christians have a hope beyond this sinful age of earth — and beyond even the present Heaven.
The Plowing Of Hades
R. L. Copple, Apr 15, 2014
When we speculate, it becomes a story. When God speculates, it becomes reality.
Why Don’t Christian Writers Speculate According To Scripture?
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Apr 14, 2014
We have an infallible, Spirit-inspired revelation of God’s work in the world from the beginning of creation. Why, then, don’t we Christian speculative writers more often take what we know from the Bible and speculate on what the world might look like?
On Raising A Family Of Nerds
Allan Reini, Apr 11, 2014
My wife and I grew up nerds but tried to raise our family differently — until our rules changed.
Agenda Fiction Is Alive and Well
R. L. Copple, Apr 8, 2014
The purpose of fiction is to experience the truth lived out in real life. Even if that real life is in the future, past, or a fantasy world.
Satan Is For Real, Or What Became Of The White Witch?
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Apr 7, 2014
Above all Satan wants people to shrink their view of God. That’s his great lie: God is not so great after all.
Fiction Friday: Captives By Jill Williamson
Jill Williamson, Apr 4, 2014
You may read the Prologue to Captives and the rest of Chapter 1 at Christianbook.com. You can obtain a copy from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Christianbook, or wherever books are sold.
2014 CSA Finalists
Rebecca LuElla Miller, Apr 1, 2014
It’s my pleasure to announce this year’s Clive Staples Award finalists.
