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A Look At Fatalism and a Killer Virus in Twelve Monkeys

This posts dives into the film and TV series Twelve Monkeys and its predecessors and asks what we can learn from this story and the Bible about pandemics and fate. · Travis Perry

Live from the Lockdown

How would fictional characters fare in these uncertain times? Let’s check in on some of them. · Mark Carver

The Virus Thing

Little did I realize that The Virus Thing would soon have an effect here and around the globe in a way that feels like it came from the pages of Williamson’s Thirst. · Rebecca LuElla Miller

The False Virtues of Anti-Love, Anti-Faith, and Anti-Hope

Do anti-love, anti-faith, and anti-hope form an “unholy trinity” of “anti-theological” virtues? What could these be and what should we do about them? · Travis Perry

Worth the Risk?

Someone would argue that the powder keg of emotion is worth the risk because it gives life a spark, even though it may turn into a raging fire. · Mark Carver

Fantastical Truth Travels Back to the Times We First Discovered Fantasy

On our latest Fantastical Truth podcast episode, we share some of your stories about how you first discovered amazing fiction. · 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

The Season When Kings Go off to War

The Bible references kings going off to war in the spring–why then? And what impact could a season for warfare have on your speculative fiction story? · Travis Perry

Hard Time

As with any real life/entertainment contrast, the real world of incarceration doesn’t quite match up with what we see on screen when it comes to prisons and jails. · Mark Carver

On Our New Podcast Episode: We Didn’t Watch ‘The Witcher’ So We Hired a Friend Who Did

We interviewed Jason Morehead, who had some concerns about Netflix’s “mature” fantasy drama “The Witcher.” · E. Stephen Burnett

My Time in Calormen

I wind up talking about personal experience in the Middle East–and partially defending how C.S. Lewis portrayed Calormen. · Travis Perry

Not Always Popular

Today we are going to discuss three distinctly Christian subgenres of speculative fiction and why they are not always popular. · Shannon McDermott

The Joker in Film: A Case Study in Evil

Joker, the movie, has 11 Oscar nominations. How does it compare with other portrayals of the Joker in film? Which is a “greater evil” and what real-world evil people are they most like? · Travis Perry

Pestilence and Plague

It’s impossible not to think about the fictionalized treatment of epidemics when we are bombarded by hourly news updates about the real thing. · Mark Carver

Didn’t Like That Halftime Show? Our New Podcast Episode Explores the Purpose of Dance

In our new Fantastical Truth episode, we explore Sharon Hinck’s novel Hidden Current, in which powerful people have twisted God’s creative gifts. · E. Stephen Burnett

Another Few Highlights

These are highlights – flash reviews, book recommendations if you want them – of speculative fiction. · Shannon McDermott

Do You Believe?

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

How Does #ReleaseTheSnyderCut Reveal Fandom’s Grace and Idolatry?

On the Pop Culture Coram Deo podcast, E. Stephen Burnett suggests we reboot our expectations of what stories are meant to do. · E. Stephen Burnett
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