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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 […] · Yvonne Anderson

‘The Hobbit’ Story Group 9: Barrels Out Of Bond

You’ll see Bilbo and the Dwarves escape in the new film version, yet Tolkien’s escape is much less visible. · E. Stephen Burnett

God From The Story

Any author who has God as a character is always in danger of alienating readers by what God does or doesn’t do or say. · R. L. Copple

The Importance Of Reading: A Biased Opinion

Bias doesn’t mean you’re wrong, as Neil Gaiman shows in a (London) Guardian interview. · Yvonne Anderson

‘The Hobbit’ Story Group 7: Queer Lodgings

Tolkien introduces Beorn the non-“were-bear,” a creature of vague loyalties and mixed methods. · E. Stephen Burnett

A Moral Imperative

“You can’t legislate morality.” . . . the statement as written is categorically false. · R. L. Copple

Finding Books

Most of us don’t choose our stories based on what’s good for us. That smacks too much like taking our medicine or eating our vegetables. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Winners Don’t Do Witchcraft

What pagan practices do Scriptures like Deut. 18 actually forbid and why? How can Christians guard against false divination in their own lives? · E. Stephen Burnett

Redeeming Zombies

Dive deep into zombie lit and film — the symbols and spirituality behind this uniquely modern monster craze. · A. T. Ross

Mere Morality: A Critique Of ‘Wholesome’ Books For Kids

“Wholesome” fiction can be lazy literature that only tells us what we want to hear, not truths we must imagine. · Jeri Massi

Better Proselytization Through Imagination

Critics confuse the goal of an Answers in Genesis billboard, but could artful “subcreation” improve this outreach? · E. Stephen Burnett

About That Kingdom… Come Again?

Two weeks ago, I shared my thoughts about the dual nature (spiritual and physical) of Christ’s Kingdom and how this worldview is not often reflected in fiction. One reader took objection, and I’m glad he question my assertions, as it’s […] · Yvonne Anderson

Better Sanctification Through Imagination

A recent Desiring God article reinforces an unhelpful view of how fiction helps our holiness. · E. Stephen Burnett

Do We Need Books?

Speculative fiction has moved to visual media in a big way. And not just stories devoid of spiritual truth. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

‘Nothing But A Black Puerility’

An evil explored in C.S. Lewis’s Perelandra explains politicians’ fits and challenges Disney “backstory” attempts. · E. Stephen Burnett

Kingdom Come

Humans desire an ideal kingdom, a longing that Scripture promises to fulfill both spiritually and physically. · Yvonne Anderson

Not So Sleepy After All

“Sleepy Hollow” left John W. Otte a little sleepy. And a little angry. Find out why in today’s post. · John Otte

Because God Says So

In some small part, I think Christian writers have the responsibility to dispel the objection that says says “reality” doesn’t verify belief in the “fairy tale” ending, and to demonstrate the way the world really works. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

This Is Fiction Freedom

The solution to fiction legalism is not more rules, grittiness, or evangelism. · E. Stephen Burnett
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