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Free Original Story World Ideas, Part 3: Agent Angel

What if an angel had a deep undercover mission infiltrating a demonic horde? This post explains the idea and the Bible passage that inspired it. · Travis Perry

Lorehaven’s Newest Issue and Podcast Celebrate The Best of Christian Fantasy

Lorehaven’s spring 2020 issue reviews the best of Christian fantasy, and our new podcast episode explores a classic spiritual warfare thriller. · E. Stephen Burnett

Spiritual Placebos

Do Christians sometimes engage in spiritual practices they see as powerful, but aren’t commanded in the Bible? Are these things like spiritual placebos? · Travis Perry

What’s the Deal with the Devil: Conclusion and a Call to Action

What’s the conclusion of this series? The spiritual war is real; it’s about ideas; it’s in our entertainment. And I say we need to fight! · Travis Perry

The Spiritual War Through Culture: Modern Entertainment

Does modern entertainment, including speculative fiction, have any connection to the messages Satan is trying to sell to our culture? If so, what should we do about it? · Travis Perry

Do You Believe?

what kind of miracle would it take for people these days to truly believe? · Mark Carver

The Danger of Anti-Pearl-Clutching: What Would Satan Do?

So if pearl-clutching has you reacting knee-jerk opposite, what’s the danger in that? And WWSD? · Travis Perry

The Spiritual War Through Culture: Bible Times

Spiritual war includes the Devil influencing cultural beliefs according to the Bible. But how does the Bible show believers reacting to unbelieving culture? · Travis Perry

How to Face the Devil in Combat Extra: Personal Doubts and Emotions

Last week’s post mentioned how doubts can be part of the Devil’s attacks in spiritual warfare. This week expands on how personal doubts and emotions can be used by the enemy. · Travis Perry

How to Face the Devil in Combat, Part 1

How do we fight the Devil? The first part of the answer to that question focuses on the “armor of God” and obedient Christian living. · Travis Perry

What Kind of War Does the Devil Fight?

When compared to human warfare, what is spiritual warfare like? Is it like hand-to-hand combat? Cyber war? Information operations? · Travis Perry

What Does the Devil Want?

In discussing any kind of warfare, it’s important to understand the objectives of the enemy. Concerning Satan, what are his goals? What does the Devil want? · Travis Perry

What Harm Could Come from Fictional Magic?

Is it actually possible for a fictional portrayal of magic to do harm? Should “harm” be our primary focus in the first place–or honoring God? · Travis Perry

From the Archives: How Dark is Too Dark?

How dark is too dark? Is it permissible to include horrific and explicit elements in a story intended for the Christian market? · Mark Carver

Children Don’t Need Magic: A Response to Joshua Gibbs

Magic is fun in fiction, but children don’t actually need magic to experience the awe of the Creator. · Mark Carver

Ghosts and UFOs: What Are They Anyway?

How do we, as believers, deal with the phenomenon of ghost and abduction claims? · Jim O'Shea

Bad Seed

Why are the origins of evil so fascinating? Why do we crave stories about corruption? · Mark Carver

Sharper than Any Double-Edged Sword

Do you get a thrill out of seeing images of darkness or sinful acts in a story? Where does this enjoyment come from? · Mark Carver

Bird Box: Here’s Lookin’ at You, Kid

Is the only way to survive life’s brutal realities to willfully blind oneself to the truth, as in “Bird Box”? · Mark Carver

The Nature of the Beast

How does the idea of monsters fit into the Christian walk? · Mark Carver
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