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Is Doctor Strange Dangerous For Christians?

Will watching Doctor Strange open the door to the occult, to dangerous Eastern mysticism and New Age beliefs, to things Christians should never associate with? · Zac Totah

A Call For Deeply Real Christian Fiction

Now more than ever, as a minority in American culture, Biblical Christians need deeply Christian fiction. · E. Stephen Burnett

Jack Chick, This Was Your Life

Tract cartoonist Jack Chick left behind a legacy of wild and harmful Christian speculative fantasy. · E. Stephen Burnett

The Gospel According To Star Trek, Part 2

All goodness is God’s goodness. All truth is God’s truth. All beauty is God’s beauty. So we mustn’t shy away from something just because we see a philosophical difference in its makeup. If anything, it’s good for us to be in conversation with ideas with which we disagree. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The Fifty Shades Fantasy Vs. Abusive Reality

Jesus condemns sexual perversion and abuse, and “consent” under duress is a lie either in fantasy or reality. · Avily Jerome

The Gospel According To Star Trek, Part 1

Initially, the idea that we’re engaging in something philosophical, or even spiritual, by watching a sci-fi adventure show may seem strange, but Star Trek has always been philosophical in nature. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Who Vs. What

There is undoubtedly a cyclical and symbiotic relationship between character and plot. Who the character is determines what will happen in the story, and the events of the story shape who the character is, etc. They are both cogs that turn each other. From a writing craft perspective, this can be a very existential and convoluted discussion, so let’s take it to street level. · Mark Carver

Pushing (Your) Boundaries

Edginess in art is a matter of pushing boundaries, and consequently is relative to what, and whose, boundaries. · Shannon McDermott

Realism And Twenty-first Century Storytelling

I think there’s something else not particularly real in twenty-first century stories, no matter how real the computer generated characters might appear. We could chalk this up to “that’s just movies” if it weren’t for the fact that screen writing is beginning to dominate the way we write novels, too. I’ll characterize this unrealistic phenomenon as too much conflict. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Christian White Magic: Q and A, Part 3

Should an “Evangelical League Dark” rout demons in the evil places normal Christians fear to trod? · E. Stephen Burnett

Some Jokes Are Not Funny

The way I see it, the Joker is a very good allegory for the human soul and psyche stripped of God’s grace. Man’s fallen nature doesn’t just wallow in sin; it runs headlong into sin’s arms · Mark Carver

Christian White Magic: Q and A, Part 2

Does God want his people to prosper, or protect children from outside evil, or practice to hear his voice? · E. Stephen Burnett

Christian White Magic: Q and A, Part 1

In reality and not fiction, what is Christian white magic? Why is it sinful? What does Scripture say? · E. Stephen Burnett

Six Christian White Magic Spells Worse Than Fantasy Magic

When Christians get distracted by fears of magic in fantasy, what Christian white magic “spells” do we cast in reality? · E. Stephen Burnett

How Not To Promote Christian Speculative Stories

Want to keep Christian fantasy and science fiction from growing? Here are seven surefire methods. · E. Stephen Burnett

Poll: Do You Believe Christians Can Enjoy Fictional Magic?

I’m exploring fictional magic, witchcraft, sorcery, the occult, and Christians’ responses. Want to assist? · E. Stephen Burnett

It’s Good To Be Bad

The story world has always spun tales of lovable rogues. Robin Hood and his merry men. Riddick. Han and Chewy. Jack Sparrow. The Misfits. Motley Crue…wait, nevermind. Anyway, we love stories about surly tough guys who just want to look out for number one and end up doing good along the way. · Mark Carver

A Human Constant

One unrealistic element of modern fiction is the scarcity of prayer. · Shannon McDermott

Shut De Door, Keep Out De Devil…

Back in the day, the demon hordes would be banished by a holy relic or a vague verse from the Bible. Now it seems that the power holding evil at bay is increasingly being named for what it truly is: the power of Jesus Christ. · Mark Carver

Ten Challenges For Christian Pokémon Critics

Harmless, addictive, or worse? Let’s discern Pokemon GO with Scripture, not traditions. · E. Stephen Burnett
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