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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

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

The Encouragement Of Story

The superhero film “Thor” encouraged me, a friend of mine said. How should great stories encourage us? What stories have encouraged you by echoing to you God, or our nature and response to Him, or the beauty of God’s world, or all three? · E. Stephen Burnett

Randy Alcorn on Story, Courage, and The New Earth, Part 2

Author Randy Alcorn explores how he wrote the contemporary novel “Courageous” (adapted from the new film), and how anticipating the physical New Heavens and New Earth can change a Christian’s life forever, starting now. · Randy Alcorn

Comic Books, Movies, And Novels – Where The Trine Meet

Recently former Writer’s Digest columnist Nancy Kress wrote a review of the movie Thor. In it she referred to the production as a “comic-book movie.” Whether or not you agree or disagree is beside the point (I haven’t see it, […] · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Thunders Of ‘Thor’ Echo Biblical Truths, Part 2

All truth is God’s truth, whether accidentally echoing in a pagan myth or a modern movie such as Marvel’s “Thor.” · E. Stephen Burnett

Speculative Stories Keep Coming

Supernatural stories on the little or big screen undoubtedly bode well for books. The two media seem inter-dependent. Some of the movies were born from previous print sources (books or comic books), and these movies will foster new works of a similar kind. The question is, where will the Christian writer fit into this explosion? · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Thunders Of ‘Thor’ Echo Biblical Truths, Part 1

Thor’s pagan myths remind us of Scripture’s truth, real worship, and longing for a good and noble King. · E. Stephen Burnett

What’s The Difference In ‘Inspirational’ Stories?

Replace “follow your dreams by believing in yourself” with “follow your dreams by believing in Jesus”; does that make a story Christian? · E. Stephen Burnett

$#@£₣! My Christian Fiction Doesn’t Say, Part 2

Is a designated Bad Word always bad, even if it’s used in Fictitious Cussing? Some arguments, both against and for. Against: “Why do we need the cussing?” For: “Cussing helps show the evil in our world.” And what does Scripture say? · E. Stephen Burnett

The Rise Of Steampunk

Ever been in one of those rare occasions when your job coincided with an alternate interest? That was me last week, seconds after I had name-dropped a certain term while interviewing someone for my day job. She was a bed-and-breakfast […] · E. Stephen Burnett

It’s Dawn

OK, it’s actually late afternoon here, but it is time for me to write my review of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, so I used a little chronometric license 😉 . I went to see the latest version—I say […] · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Defeating Man-Centered Monsters With Greater Stories

For the Christian, the choice seems easy between God-rejecting and God-centered stories. But if I had to choose between stories that ignore God and those that (despite frequent hints of God-centeredness) include Him wrongly, I must admit I would prefer the God-ignoring ones. · E. Stephen Burnett

Fighting Man-Centered Monsters In Christian Fantasy

Stories like “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” that make a Christ-figure a means to fulfilling one’s destiny are little better than atheism. · E. Stephen Burnett

How Do We Love A Fiction Legalist? Part 1

How can we best love and reason with Christian family members who fear the stories we enjoy? · E. Stephen Burnett
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