Beyond Story Battles 2: Anticipating The After-world

Great stories do more than help us fight shallowness and false “safety” in the Church and society. They point us to reflections of God’s truth and beauty, on this old Earth, and even more on the coming New Heavens and New Earth.
— E. Stephen Burnett in November 2011 —

Beyond Story Battles 1: Living For The Fight?

Christian visionary stories are not merely a means of fighting Christian novels with shallow themes, or without cusswords, violence, or dungeons and dragons. They are a means of worship, to praise and personally enjoy our Creator.
— E. Stephen Burnett in October 2011 —

Dark Is The Stain: Chiaroscuro

Delving into Darkness Welcome to the new series! Church brat points to whoever knows which song “Dark is the Stain” comes from. I decided, in honor of the season, to go with a dark speculation of story. As Brian Godawa’s […]
— Kaci Hill in October 2011 —

Speculative Love, Part 4: Alien Love

The issue was bound to come up once people started writing science fiction stories. You’ve got humans, you’ve got aliens, you’ve got robots–put them together in a dark room without parental supervision and you get… Eww. It’s revolting, it’s fascinating, it’s gooey, it’s radioactive…It’s alien love!
— Fred Warren in October 2011 —

Human Nature 2: The Greatest Battle Lies Within

Stories often like to make the real enemy a surprise. But they’re usually external, missing the worst enemy of all: our own sinful flesh.
— E. Stephen Burnett in September 2011 —

Renewing Our Wonder

Renewing our wonder is perhaps the real gift of all speculative fiction, which points to the ultimate source of all wonder: God Himself.
— L.B. Graham in September 2011 —

Randy Alcorn on Story, Courage, and The New Earth, Part 2

Author Randy Alcorn explores how he wrote the contemporary novel “Courageous” (adapted from the new film), and how anticipating the physical New Heavens and New Earth can change a Christian’s life forever, starting now.
— Randy Alcorn in September 2011 —

Randy Alcorn on Story, Courage, and The New Earth, Part 1

Author Randy Alcorn shares how he came to love God-honoring sci-fi and fantasy stories, how such stories point us toward eternity, and why some Christians still tend to avoid visionary novels.
— Randy Alcorn in August 2011 —

Why We Should Write Fiction For Christians, Part 1

Many voices encourage Christian novelists to aim for secular audiences, and that is surely a worthy calling. Yet less frequently do we urge storytellers to explore the Gospel more directly in fiction that is by Christians, for Christians.
— E. Stephen Burnett in August 2011 —

Escaping To Inspiration

I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord. Be strong and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for the Lord. […]
— Rebecca LuElla Miller in July 2011 —

Imagination: For God’s Glory and Others’ Good, Part 2

People out there still say they believe “all fiction is untruth; therefore telling stories dishonors God.” How does the Bible address that notion? What is the foundational Theology of Things we see throughout Scripture? Part 2 of the series.
— E. Stephen Burnett in June 2011 —

Thunders Of ‘Thor’ Echo Biblical Truths, Part 2

All truth is God’s truth, whether accidentally echoing in a pagan myth or a modern movie such as Marvel’s “Thor.”
— E. Stephen Burnett in May 2011 —

Exploring Doctrine Through Fiction, With Kathy Tyers

Author Kathy Tyers, pioneer in Christian futuristic fiction, discusses how theology informs her storytelling.
— Kathy Tyers in April 2011 —

Critiquing Critics Of Christian Fiction, Part 1

You’ve likely heard this: “Christians novels aren’t edgy enough. They don’t show what the world is really like. They make everything cleaned-up and black-and-white.” But perhaps we critics should give thought to these questions.
— E. Stephen Burnett in April 2011 —
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