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E. Stephen Burnett
E. Stephen Burnett
creates sci-fi novels as well as nonfiction, exploring fantastical stories for Godâs glory as publisher of
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Less Screaming, More Swashbuckling
Christian ministries and parents: letâs have less âtheyâre coming after our children!â screaming and more faith-based Godly swashbuckling.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Incarnation, Part 3: Conception
How did Jesus experience the incarnation? Did He sense an existence-shattering perception shift as He âstepped into timeâ? How else can we, based on Godâs Word, speculate on the incarnation?
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E. Stephen Burnett
âThe Hobbitâ Story Group 6: Out Of The Frying-Pan Into The Fire
(How) do you plan to see âThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journeyâ? Be prepared for the film to climax with an expanded version of the bookâs chapter 6, âOut of the Frying Pan Into the Fire.â
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E. Stephen Burnett
Incarnation, Part 2: Hero In The Flesh
Some stories rebel against Godâs order of salvation; yet others do echo or even celebrate the Heroâs incarnation. Why does incarnation truth captivate us, and how does it inspire real and imaginative worlds?
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E. Stephen Burnett
âThe Hobbitâ Story Group 5: Riddles In The Dark
âThe Hobbitâ chapter 5, âRiddles in the Dark,â marks a turning point in the careers of not only Bilbo Baggins, but J.R.R. Tolkien.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Incarnation, Part 1: Eternal Entity
Science fiction and false religions often insist that humans must change from physical to spiritual beings. But God the Son did the exact opposite.
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E. Stephen Burnett
âThe Hobbitâ Story Group 4: Over Hill and Under Hill
Reviewers, publishers, and readers keep making up Middle-earth myths, including the notion that it canât have âstone-giants,â as mentioned in âThe Hobbitâ chapter 4.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Christmas: The Gritty Reboot
First it was a simple, cozy, possibly golden-glowing A-frame stable, then a slightly dirtier cave-stable, and then worse overnight lodging for poor Mary and Joseph. Why do people keep gritty-rebooting the first Christmas?
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E. Stephen Burnett
âThe Superlative Streamâ: Same Song, New âVerse
Some novels start like high-concept spacecraft. They launch into orbit all shiny, then crash. Iâm glad to say this one glides with very few glitches.
âA Willingness To Be Enchantedâ
More people are saying self-distraction and materialism donât bring real happiness. Thatâs true, but moralistic rules cannot fix this idolatry; only a willingness to submit to Christ, and submit to Godly enchantment.
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E. Stephen Burnett
âThe Hobbitâ Story Group 3: A Short Rest
Do your fantasy-world Elves sing âtra-la-la-lallyâ from treetops? J.R.R. Tolkienâs do. And he entreats us to meet these unique Middle-earth residents in âThe Hobbit,â chapter 3.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Reading Is Worship 12: Desiring God As Fantasy Fans
As we come to the end(?) of this series, Iâm curious: How is your God-glorifying, worshipful, speculative-story âsingingâ voice? What fantastic fiction have you read, seen, or heard that moved you to worship the Author?
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E. Stephen Burnett
âThe Hobbitâ Story Group 2: Roast Mutton
In chapter 2, Bilbo Baggins, the reluctant member of Thorin Oakenshieldâs Dwarf-company, first tries to put his âburglarâ skills to the test.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Reading Is Worship 11: Glory Spectrum Of Stories
If Godâs multihued glories shine in all of reality, how do we find such glories in stories and be moved to worship Him?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Redeeming Culture In Stories and Politics
The Church is not anti-culture or pro-culture, but a gracious proclaimer of the Biblical Story, and what in culture reflects Godâs truth or does not. This applies to stories, speculative and otherwise. And this applies to politics, the governance of culture.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Reading Is Worship 10: Glory Spectrum Of Reality
Before seeing how God glorifies Himself across a glory spectrum in many kinds of stories, often without their authors knowing, we must explore how He glorifies Himself in Scripture and in peopleâs real-life choices.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Halloween, Horrors, and âStar Warsâ
Do you âobserveâ or not observe Halloween? Have you changed from one view to another? Share your thoughts on that, or on the âStar Warsâ empire assimilation, the horror genre, or that evidently heresy-flooded âNoahâ movie.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Reading Is Worship 9: Spectrum Of Glories
All this talk of Godâs glory, and enjoying fantastic stories for His glory. Yet what is His glory? How do we often imagine it as shades of white when itâs really a dazzling rainbow?
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E. Stephen Burnett
What Makes Novels Mediocre?
How does sin influence our mediocre expectations? What makes reading novels a duty rather than a delight â or even makes you put down the book and refuse to read further?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Reading Is Worship 8: Source Of All Stories
Scripture is the source of all stories â the story of reality, the smaller âstoriesâ of us as real people, and the stories we subcreate. We must recall that truth when weâre discussing how our stories glorify God.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Anonymizing Novel Reviews
Would Christian speculative novel reviews be more useful, even honest, if they were written anonymously? And at least for some novels, would you prefer writing reviews anonymously?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Reading Is Worship 7: More Than A Story
Do you suspect that claiming a story must have higher âpurposeâ somehow cheapens its quality? Or do you agree this actually makes stories more truthful and beautiful?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Reading Is Worship 6: Curing Weirdness-Idolatry
How can we fight inclinations to idolize âbeing weirdâ for its own sake? We must see fantasy âweirdnessâ as normal in the Bible (and even in our culture), ask God to help us reach out to critics, and remember why we love fantastic stories.
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E. Stephen Burnett
âChanging The Future; Itâs Called Marriage,â Part 2
In
Doctor Who
, some people hated Roryâs and Amyâs relationship. Maybe people dislike seeing a stable relationship. Maybe, similar to the Doctor himself, they canât stand committed, heroic, happy endings to a love story.
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E. Stephen Burnett
âChanging The Future; Itâs Called Marriage,â Part 1
After
Doctor Who
âs midseason finale, you may owe the British sci-fi seriesâ writers an apology if you believe the program pushed other agendas besides love, sacrifice, and God-given marriage.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Reading Is Worship 5: Identifying Weirdness-Idolatry
Brothers and sisters: loving speculative stories is not about you. Or us. Or the genre. Or, especially, Being Weird. Thatâs especially vital to recall after last weekendâs controversy over cosplay at the ACFW awards banquet.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Share Your Crazy Conference Stories
Here at Speculative Faith, weâre reader-centric. But for those who have attended writersâ conferences such as ACFW, what crazy stories might you share?
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E. Stephen Burnett
âThe Hobbitâ Story Group 1: An Unexpected Party
One great way to explore âThe Hobbitâ is by reading it yourself. Yet if reading stories is worship, we should also read and discuss this classic together.
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E. Stephen Burnett
âHobbitâ Film Hopes: An Unexpected Journey
Much has changed since my last âThe Hobbitâ update after the teaser released in December. Now with the new trailerâs release, what are your thoughts, hopes, and predictions for âThe Hobbitâ film series?
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E. Stephen Burnett
âDoctor Whoâ: When Justice Seasons âMercyâ
The âDoctor Whoâ episode âA Town Called Mercyâ asked viewers to wrestle with the question: who decides who lives or dies? The answer is hidden in plain sight.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Reading Is Worship 4: Craft-Idolatry
Before discussing industry changes, editors, and manuscript proposals, we must love Godâs Story and great stories more than their craft. Otherwise we may be vulnerable to other story-related idolatries.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Entering The âAsylumâ
âDoctor Whoâ series 7 began with an explosive opener last Saturday, raising questions about great battles versus personal ones, and particularly what true kind of love the greatest stories celebrate.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Reading Is Worship 2: Experience-Worship
Itâs easy to break into othersâ idol factories. But for most readers, including myself, the worst potential idol in enjoying speculative stories may be experience. How is this self-defeating? What is the Biblical cure?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Reading Is Worship 1: Foreword
Whatever story weâre reading, seeing, or hearing, weâre not simply critiquing or being entertained. Weâre worshiping. So what is Biblical worship? When you read epic stories, what or who do you worship, by intention or accident?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Lewis and Literature In The Library
Work continues to collect all published, Christian speculative stories in one place â the Speculative Faith Library. This effort also helps reveal a few things about the Christian-spec story field and classic authors that you may not know.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Shallow Reasons To Support âNarniaâ 2
Why do some force shallow, over-âspiritualâ allegories on the âNarniaâ stories â to the extent of claiming Aslanâs tent equals the Tabernacle, the Professorâs house equals the church, or the wardrobe equals the Bible?
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E. Stephen Burnett
âOxygenâ Still Leaves Readers Breathless
As this review is published, in an alternate-world version of Aug. 14, 2012, Christian and scientist Valkerie Jansen is about to join the first manned Mars mission.
Reviewing Speculative Faith Reviews
Writing more blog entries lamenting the lack of good Christian sci-fi and fantasy novels doesnât correct this problem. Instead, read Christian SF novels and write reviews. Not just for The Cause, but to help others worship God.
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E. Stephen Burnett
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