Show Your Hand

Beliefs about God, the universe, and right and wrong have a way of becoming apparent, even when left unspoken. —Shannon McDermott in June 2018

The Car-Universe Without A Motor, part 9: Boltzmann Brain Matrix

The multiverse + anthropic principle blows itself up. It doesn’t give us the universe we see, because starting with randomness leads to Bolztmann brains, to a self-generated Matrix. —Travis Perry in June 2018

Creating Literature that Leaps the Spiritual Divide

Sci-fi novelist Gray Rinehart: “What does it take to cross the spiritual divide effectively in a literary or artistic work?” —Gray Rinehart in June 2018

The Car-Universe Without A Motor, part 8: Multiverse

The multiverse, though fodder for great speculative fiction stories, is based on a desire to explain wild improbabilities seen in the formation of the universe that should lead a person to realize there must be a Creator. —Travis Perry in June 2018

God’s Mistake?

Death is not a mistake. Death is not wrong or evil. For those who are saved, death is a gift. —Mark Carver in May 2018

Let’s Talk About Sex

Authors shouldn’t fear writing about sex any more than they should fear writing about violence or the occult. There is a place for all of those things in fiction. —Jon Del Arroz in May 2018

The Metaphysics of Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War

Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War isn’t preachy about any particular worldview, but still reflects a near-ubiquitous belief in a self-generating universe, a universe with no God in control. —Travis Perry in May 2018

Sonrise

Numerous movies and TV shows have a “savior” character who clearly parallels Jesus Christ, but perhaps none more so than Neo from The Matrix Trilogy. —Mark Carver in April 2018

There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow

Has technology lived up to its promise? —Mark Carver in March 2018

Stephen Hawking’s Death: One Christian’s Reaction

Stephen Hawking’s public atheism grew during his lifetime, but we can hope he knew the God he often wrote about. —Travis Perry in March 2018

What’s a Body to Do?

Just how important is an intact body? —Mark Carver in March 2018

In Praise of Short Stories

While stories grow longer and longer, I want to speak a word in praise of short stories. —Shannon McDermott in February 2018

What Aliens Teach Us About God, part 7: Tamed Transcendence

When humans substitute meeting aliens for the transcendence of God, we create a tamed version of what we long for. —Travis Perry in February 2018

What Aliens Teach Us About God, part 6: Aliens as Substitute for Knowing God

Human beings may long for fellowship with intelligent aliens, yet truly need relationship with the transcendent God. —Travis Perry in February 2018

What Aliens Teach Us About God, part 5: The UFO Alien Phenomenon

Do aliens secretly visit Earth or ghosts haunt people? These stories likely have the same cause: dark spiritual forces. —Travis Perry in February 2018

What Aliens Teach Us About God, part 4: ‘Ancient Aliens’ Fall Short

Aliens imagined to have visited us in the past are generally seen just like humans—nothing like the God of the Bible. —Travis Perry in January 2018

Robots and Religion

What if a robot decided to go to church? —Mark Carver in January 2018

What Aliens Teach Us About God, part 3: In The Image of God, Darkly

The human race is made in God’s image. But unlike David and his creator from “Alien: Covenant,” that does not mean God looks like us physically. —Travis Perry in January 2018

What Aliens Teach Us About God, part 2: ‘Alien’ Aliens

If we think of God as somehow “alien,” does this help us understand his transcendent nature? —Travis Perry in January 2018

In a Mirror Dimly

What would Christianity and a highly-digitized church look like in the future? —Mark Carver in January 2018
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