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Start Your Engines: The End Is Nigh!
“Mad Max: Fury Road” is the latest in a long journey of post-apocalyptic stories that go straight back to the Bible.
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Mark Carver in May 2015
Villains: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Where do villains come from? What causes a person or a being to go down that dark path? And do they realize what theyâve become?
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Morgan Busse in April 2015
Why Materialist Magicians and Sour Stepmothers Are Cruel To âCinderellaâ
Some âchild expertsâ and critics refuse to believe fairy tales can sing, and insist they fit into a narrow-waisted agenda.
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E. Stephen Burnett in March 2015
Horror â One Size Fits All
Is horror literature inherently anti-Christian?
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R. L. Copple in February 2015
Exploring âThe Hobbitâ Chapter 18: The Return Journey
Tolkienâs term âeucatastropheâ describes despairâs turn to joy, but The Hobbitâs ending is only partly joyful.
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E. Stephen Burnett in December 2014
Exploring âThe Hobbitâ Chapter 17: The Clouds Burst
Smaug is dead in the water. But the dragon is back and he brings war.
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E. Stephen Burnett in December 2014
Exploring âThe Hobbitâ Chapter 16: A Thief In The Night
Whatâs a good Hobbit to do when the returned king becomes a new dragon?
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E. Stephen Burnett in December 2014
The Blame Game
Who’s to blame? Does it matter?
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R. L. Copple in November 2014
Re-imaging Villains
The idea in books like
Wicked
by Gregory Maguire and
Iscariot
and in movies like
Maleficent
is that there’s more to the villain of some well-known story, fact or myth, than people know.
—
Rebecca LuElla Miller in September 2014
Avatars Of Forgiveness, Part 3: Aangâs Avenging
Avatar Aang bends the energy of mercy and justice by respecting life yet punishing the worldâs enemy.
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E. Stephen Burnett in August 2014
Indie Novelist Mark Carver: How Dark Is Too Dark?
Are there limits as to how dark Christian fiction can be? Where is the line between reveling in the darkness and using it as a tool to turn readers towards the light?
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Mark Carver in August 2014
Dragons, Maleficent, and Echoes Of Groaning Earth
Do stories such as âMaleficentâ and âHow to Train Your Dragonâ say âman is evil, nature is goodâ?
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E. Stephen Burnett in June 2014
Slenderman: Requiem For Responsibility
Okay, so yeah, I know that I’ve been gone for a while. Real life has intruded (and in a severe way just recently). But something happened recently that’s so bizarre, so surreal, that it’s prompted me to come out of […]
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John Otte in June 2014
The Fear Factor
Evil is scary. But God is scarier.
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R. L. Copple in January 2014
For The Love Of God
I met the Lord the summer I was sixteen. A November or two later, I visited a local Baptist church for a Thanksgiving Eve service. That was forty years ago, and I no longer remember how I came to be […]
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Yvonne Anderson in November 2013
âThe Hobbitâ Story Group 8: Flies and Spiders
In which the Dwarvesâ company enters a fantasy forest corrupted by evil.
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E. Stephen Burnett in November 2013
âThe Hobbitâ Story Group 7: Queer Lodgings
Tolkien introduces Beorn the non-âwere-bear,â a creature of vague loyalties and mixed methods.
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E. Stephen Burnett in November 2013
Redeeming Zombies
Dive deep into zombie lit and film â the symbols and spirituality behind this uniquely modern monster craze.
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A. T. Ross in October 2013
About That Kingdom… Come Again?
Two weeks ago, I shared my thoughts about the dual nature (spiritual and physical) of Christâs Kingdom and how this worldview is not often reflected in fiction. One reader took objection, and Iâm glad he question my assertions, as it’s […]
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Yvonne Anderson in October 2013
On Christ and Pop Culture: Doctor Whoâs Doctrine
CAPCâs 12-part series is exploring the deeper beauties and truths of the fantastic sci-fi stories.
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E. Stephen Burnett in October 2013
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