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Will Fiction Last Forever? Part 2

Christians have three main views about the afterlife, all within Gospel faith. But should we even bother with studying and anticipating Heaven? What do we and don’t we know about Heaven from the Bible? Should we speculate about that world? · E. Stephen Burnett

Will Fiction Last Forever? Part 1

“Your job and your hobbies have no eternal value.” Why do many Christians suspect that belief is true? · E. Stephen Burnett

Magic Realism, Part 1

One speculative fiction genre points us to what truly matters, by refusing to draw a solid line between the everyday and the fantastical. Welcome to the world of magic realism. · C.L. Dyck

Beyond Story Battles 2: Anticipating The After-world

Great stories do more than help us fight shallowness and false “safety” in the Church and society. They point us to reflections of God’s truth and beauty, on this old Earth, and even more on the coming New Heavens and New Earth. · E. Stephen Burnett

Dark Is The Stain: Hallow’s Eve

I began this series because I wanted to explore the dark themes of Christian fiction. I don’t want to just discuss it; I want to touch it. I want light so bright that anything dark distracts, and darkness so black […] · Kaci Hill

Heroes

Given the collective angst from the Christian community every year over Halloween, it seems odd to me how little attention is given to November 1. · Fred Warren

Why I Wrote The DarkTrench Saga

Now that I’m done writing The DarkTrench Saga (from Marcher Lord Press), I’ll talk about it. The three-volume futuristic series has had some interesting criticisms, but surprisingly, the strongest reproaches have come from the Christian community. · Kerry Nietz

Shooting At Halloween Pumpkins

At Halloween, do demons really run wild over neighborhoods and souls? Or might Christians “demonize” decorations, to the glee of the actual Devil? This former pumpkin-“killer” explores our actual worst enemies, and the One Who defeated them. · E. Stephen Burnett

Interacting With Culture

Are giving in to our culture as traitors or fighting against it as a lover of what is right and true our only two choices? Is there no intersection in which we who know the truth can show it to our society rather than running from the assault or turning to fight? · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Beyond Story Battles 1: Living For The Fight?

Christian visionary stories are not merely a means of fighting Christian novels with shallow themes, or without cusswords, violence, or dungeons and dragons. They are a means of worship, to praise and personally enjoy our Creator. · E. Stephen Burnett

Dark Is The Stain: Chiaroscuro

Delving into Darkness Welcome to the new series! Church brat points to whoever knows which song “Dark is the Stain” comes from. I decided, in honor of the season, to go with a dark speculation of story. As Brian Godawa’s […] · Kaci Hill

An Open Letter To Truly ‘Courageous’ Storytellers

Christians should hate it when people base church services on entertainment. They should also dislike when people base entertainment on church services. · E. Stephen Burnett

Human Nature 2: The Greatest Battle Lies Within

Stories often like to make the real enemy a surprise. But they’re usually external, missing the worst enemy of all: our own sinful flesh. · E. Stephen Burnett

‘Harry Potter’ and How We Learn To Discern

Whether you enjoy ‘Harry Potter,’ or believe it’s dangerous witchcraft, or try to find Christian parallels in the stories … 14 questions to ask. · E. Stephen Burnett

Human Nature 1: On The Enemies List

No good story is complete without some evil, and storytellers like to draw from at least ten common bad-guy standbys. But how do they try to throw in “surprise twist” enemies? And what enemy isn’t on the list of usual suspects? · E. Stephen Burnett

Renewing Our Wonder

Renewing our wonder is perhaps the real gift of all speculative fiction, which points to the ultimate source of all wonder: God Himself. · L.B. Graham
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