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For Me . . . Examining Our Focus

The question is: do any of the things we love become the thing we live for? · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Victory

Who wants to read about death, disability, disease, or defeat? Sure, we have stories that contain all those things, but the great thing about speculative literature is that it pits life, ability, strength, and victory against the things that ravage […] · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Cosplay 101 For The Critical Christian

Is cosplay only sexualized, villainous, or pointless? Can cosplay glorify our Creator? · Laura VanArendonk Baugh

Being a Geeky Christian in an Un-Christian Geek Culture

As Christians in a worldly geek culture, we’re going to face difficulties somewhere along the road. How can we enjoy our fandoms, even if they’re secular, and be in the world and not of it? · Zac Totah

Living In A Celebrity Culture

A few years back I attended a course at Mount Hermon Christian Writers’ Conference about promotion. One part of the class dealt with the hesitation many Christian writers feel toward self-promotion. The speaker gave what I believed to be an […] · Rebecca LuElla Miller

But You Just Can’t Dress Like Jesus After Labor Day

Christians who engage culture must also identify its trends, such as the new sexual moral majority. · E. Stephen Burnett

Guilt By Association?

Even faithful Christians, who love others in holiness and share the gospel, will be associated with sinners. · E. Stephen Burnett

Weirdness In Church? Or: The Adventure Of The Dancing Men

Should creative works, like ballet dancing or fantasy fiction, be seen in church worship services? · E. Stephen Burnett

Celebrate New Earth Day

Maybe Earth Day can show not just environmental care of the planet, but eternal hope for all God’s creation. · E. Stephen Burnett

On Giving Offense And Being Offensive

Christians are not to be offensive in the way we speak, but the Bible itself says the message of the gospel is offensive to those who are perishing. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

When Fandoms Attack

We all have our fandoms, and other people have theirs. · Shannon McDermott

Is Violence Biblical?

Brennan McPherson explores how violence in stories and Scripture compare with biblical commands. · Brennan S. McPherson

Eight Actions To Resurrect Christian Fiction

Christian fiction is dead. Long live Christian fiction. Yet it must be born again. · E. Stephen Burnett

The Nightmare Of Christmas

The idealized Western Christmas is a time of jingling bells, snow (unless you live in the South with Christmas temperatures regularly in the 50s and 60s), Christmas trees, lavishly decorated homes, presents spilling out into the hallway, and a seemingly endless barrage of Christmas parties. And of course, the stories. Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman, The Night Before Christmas, The Tin Soldier, A Christmas Carol, and many more. However, in many other countries, Christmas tales take quite a sinister turn. · Mark Carver

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

Prattle

Speaking of true and powerful fiction, Enclave Publishing just released their fall lineup of books. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

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
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