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Ten Challenges For Christian Pokémon Critics

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

Three More Problems With Religious Rating Systems

Part 2: Religious rating systems for stories can transmit traditions and preferences as biblical standards. · E. Stephen Burnett

Three Problems With Religious Rating Systems

Modern methods to rank stories by content can deny their humanity and clash with the gospel. · E. Stephen Burnett

Why We Don’t Need Christian Fantasy

We have good reasons for making fantastical stories by Christians, for Christians! Yet here are four reasons why we don’t. · E. Stephen Burnett

Christian Geek Central Brings SpecFaith To YouTube

Christian Geek Central’s first YouTube video based on a Speculative Faith article arrived this week, based on Zachary D. Totah’s Jan. 26 article Engaging Entertainment with Intention. · E. Stephen Burnett

Sex Scenes Clash With The Art Of ‘Jessica Jones’

The best parts of Marvel’s new superhero suspense story had nothing to do with frivolous nudity. · Frank Turk

Seven More Challenges For Christian Movie Critics and Fans

Christian movies—should we criticize them? If so, how? What are they for? Is a “subculture” bad? · E. Stephen Burnett

Seven Challenges For Christian Movie Critics and Fans

Christian movies—love them, hate them, ignore them? Here are seven challenges about them. · E. Stephen Burnett

‘I Heard Her Screaming’: Excerpt From Frank Peretti’s ‘Prophet’

“It’s not you or me she hates. She’s not fighting against us. It’s the Truth she hates. The Truth won’t let her alone, and she hates it.” · E. Stephen Burnett

Evangelical Vs. Progressivist Content Warnings 102

Let’s challenge our motives for adding “content warnings” to even mildly controversial stories. · E. Stephen Burnett

Amish Eye For The Sci-Fi Guy, Part 2

Who is raising the bestselling American evangelical fiction genre and what kinds of real-life problems does that bring? · Kerry Nietz

Horror Is Based on A Biblical Worldview, Part 2

Horror stories remind Christians that if we must think about truth, we must also not look away from true evil. · Mike Duran

Heaven Malarkey: Lifeway, Tyndale and The State Of Christian Publishing

Being a Christian means you act like Christ, whether you’re a plumber, author, publisher, or Malarkey. · Randy Streu

The Top Six Myths We Believe About Heaven

If you study God’s promises and imagine not only Heaven but New Earth, your faith will grow stronger. · E. Stephen Burnett

Retailer and Publisher Pull ‘The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven’

Folks named “Malarkey” wrote an I-went-to-heaven book. Now one author wants it pulled. True story. · E. Stephen Burnett

‘Jesus vs. Santa’ Notions Are Stuff and Nonsense

Why do some Christians insist on making Jesus fight Santa for the title of Christmas Hero? · E. Stephen Burnett

The Christian Problem With Magic, Part 1

Where, exactly, does this leeriness in the Christian community toward magic and fantasy come from? From the Bible. · Shannon McDermott

Re-imaging Villains

The idea in books like Wicked by Gregory Maguire and Iscariot and in movies like Maleficent is that there’s more to the villain of some well-known story, fact or myth, than people know. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

On CAPC: Exodus: Gods, Kings, and Evangelical Headcanon

When we react to Bible movies, do we confuse Scripture for our often-nostalgic memories of its details? · E. Stephen Burnett

Indie Novelist Mark Carver: How Dark Is Too Dark?

Are there limits as to how dark Christian fiction can be? Where is the line between reveling in the darkness and using it as a tool to turn readers towards the light? · Mark Carver
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