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Shallow Reasons To Support âNarniaâ 1
Flawed, over-âspiritualâ defenses of the âNarniaâ series are not only annoying, but ignore the storiesâs central beauties and childlike wonder. Even worse, such approaches ultimately make readers worship God less.
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E. Stephen Burnett
âWhy Did(nât) You Like That Story?â
What films, series, and novels do you enjoy that others despise, and which stories do you dislike that others near-unanimously praise? What possible factors lead to such differences?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Speculative Faith Reading Group 9: From Defeat, Final Victory
Even among the greatest stories, the finale of LWW is unique. Here are echoes of Resurrection, eternal joy, and the truth that Christâs people will reign physically over the New Heavens and New Earth.
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E. Stephen Burnett
âA Star Curiously Singingâ Shines In A Dark, Droning World
To finish this first âDarkTrench Sagaâ novel by Kerry Nietz, I stayed up late. A fictitious robot wasnât the only high note in this original science-fiction tale.
Speculative Faith Reading Group 8: The Stone Table
In âThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,â how has Aslanâs death affected you, and how does it affect you now? How do other storiesâ heroesâ deaths remind you of Christâs ultimate death?
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E. Stephen Burnett
The Spiritual Villain
Bane vs. The Joker: in stories, the scariest villains are not the ones who kill the most, leer the most, or have the worst weapons. Instead the scariest villains have spiritual impact on the main characters, or we as readers and viewers.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Speculative Faith Reading Group 7: Aslan Springs Forth
In these two chapters, watch for this contrast: of the wrong sort of âseriousnessâ â the manipulative, duty-driven dominance of the Witch â versus the joyful, holy, righteous seriousness that Aslan brings.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Shining Light In âThe Dark Knightâ
âYouâll hunt me; youâll condemn me,â Batman says at the end of The Dark Knight. âThatâs what needs to happen.â Some Christians cried: âNo itâs not! Heroes donât lie!” They miss the point.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Speculative Faith Reading Group 6: Greed and Gifts
In these two chapters of âThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobeâ we see good and evil even more clearly â along with God-exalting, reality-reflecting truths of what really causes evil, and the seriousness of fighting it.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Challenging The Indie Imagination
For this epic-story reader, itâs hard to keep track of all the new independent Christian-speculative publishers. Wouldnât it better to combine some of them, at least for marketing? Several indie press-runners have already joined this conversation.
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E. Stephen Burnett
âKönigâs Fireâ Blazes With Dark Beauties and Truths
âDeus et natua non faciunt frusta.â âGod and nature do not work together in vain.â Neither do the history and paranormal, and evil and good of this superb thriller.
Speculative Faith Reading Group 5: Enter The Lion
Who is Aslan? Is he the same as Jesus Christ? An âallegoryâ for Him? Or something else entirely? Who would we ask? Also, what about that strange âLilithâ explanation for the White Witch, from âThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobeâ?
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E. Stephen Burnett
The Strange Case Of Nicheolas Bartleby
He loves speculative stories. But deep down he doesnât much care for actually sharing the joy in the best ways possible.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Speculative Faith Reading Group 4: Reality and Narnia
Why did C.S. Lewis write about four children coming into the magical land of Narnia? Why not two, or three, or even one, in order to write a simpler story with a more-focused cast of characters?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Speculative Faith Reading Group 3: Enter The Witch
For the real-life Speculative Faith Reading Group for LWW, this week weâll pick up the pace. It helps that chapters 3 and 4 are short and follow one vital story development â Edmund meeting the White Witch.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Sex In The Story 7: Patri-Archetypes
Why do you believe speculative stories, in particular, are so apt to explore issues of fathers and children? Which father-oriented stories have you enjoyed and why? Which ones havenât done so well?
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E. Stephen Burnett
âA Wrinkle In âŠâ Truth?
Despite its classic status, Madeleine LâEngleâs âA Wrinkle in Timeâ is kind of boring me. But are the authorâs apparently universalist beliefs even more concerning?
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E. Stephen Burnett
âHero, Second Classâ Haves At Hackneyed Fantasies
I could offer humor critiques, but it’s too hard to kid this masterful kidder. âHero, Second Classâ is ultimately a unique and hilarious read.
Speculative Faith Reading Group 2: Meeting Mr. Tumnus
Week 2 of the âLion, the Witch and the Wardrobeâ reading group. Goat-men, tree spirits, naked Greek gods, a drunk on a donkey, and an evil White Witch â how are these things in a classic story Christians love?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Christ Is Shown and Told In Perettiâs âThe Visitationâ
Some question Frank Perettiâs spiritual warfare novels. Far better is his fantastic, nearly literary exploration of the true Jesus versus false christs.
Speculative Faith Reading Group 1: Entering The âWardrobeâ
This week Iâm starting a reading group at my church for âThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.â Youâre invited to join. How does this story honor God, and how can we learn from C.S. Lewisâs success at redeeming pagan myth for His glory?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Define âChristian Speculative Storyâ
What is this thing called Christian speculative fiction? Readers and writers are still debating that question. How do you define it? Care to defend your definition?
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E. Stephen Burnett
The Ultimate Action / Disaster / Superhero / Suspense Film
What dreams do you have about your favorite fantastic novels and films? Do you wake up, as I did last Saturday, at first thinking âthat was incredible!â and taking excessive personal credit for the plot?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Beauty and Truth 4: The Chief End Of Story
I love story, yet recognize that Christians may give poor justifications for fiction. They may be good, but theyâre second to the chief end of story: âStoryâs chief end is to glorify God and help us enjoy Him forever.â
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E. Stephen Burnett
Film Failures, Countering Cultures, and Storyâs Power
Reflections on The Gospel Coalitionâs recent series about Christian movies. Do we draw arbitrary, legalistic boundaries against story âpreachinessâ? Do we fear the evil âChristianâ label just as others have feared the evil culture?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Beauty and Truth 3: The Chief End Of Man
Story critics charge that Christians should do âmore important thingsâ than enjoy fiction. But a famous Biblical truth reflected in the Westminster Shorter Catechism begins to challenge that notion.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Beauty and Truth 2: The Criticism Of Story
We can say nothing is wrong with stories. But what if someone asks whatâs right about them? Donât Christians have a more important mission than enjoying or defending fiction?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Imagine Thereâs No Christian SF Writing Blogs
Either my perception is limited or magnified, or Christian-speculative-fiction blogs really are overly focused on writers. Shouldnât the ratios of writersâ and readersâ material be reversed?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Rearranging Icons 6: Images Of Man
Just as Christ wants us, His âicons,â to exalt the Father and be one with Him as He and the Father are One, so we may want to âexaltâ iconic characters who reflect us. Which iconic characters are your favorites, and why?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Rearranging Icons 4: Characters Becoming Icons
For every Christian, icons are inevitable. But they must show a process of redemption. Christ the âIconâ of the Father underwent suffering. So should we, as we image Him, and so should art and story characters, which image us.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Beauty and Truth 1: Four Sets Of Stories
Of the Christian novels you’ve read, which seem neither beautiful nor truthful, or only one or the other, or both?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Rearranging Icons 2: Defining The Debates
What are icons? How have Christians viewed them in Church history, speculative stories, and evangelical art? If you think you or your denomination doesn’t deal with icons, in fiction or in faith practice, think again â and join our conversation.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Please Quit Calling It âWeirdâ
Iâm not picking on those who call Christian speculative stories âweird.â But Christianity doesnât succeed because itâs Weird, but because itâs true. Our speculative stories should have a similar mission.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Must Good Characters Be Likeable?
For a good story, must its central character be likeable, or only sympathetic? For Christian stories, that dilemma is more pronounced, because many authors focus on sympathetic non-Christians, rather than more-likeable Christian characters.
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E. Stephen Burnett
On The Back Cover 2
Do you ever pick up a good-looking novel to read its back cover, and find only endorsements? I prefer reading something about the actual story.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Sex In The Story 6: Heroes and Heroines
Amidst belching sitcom dads, raging feminists, over-angsty teen-boy âchosen ones,â or inhuman âwarrior princesses,â we find God-glorifying men and women in many stories. Here are a few.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Sex In The Story 5: More Male Mythologies
We may always have sex caricatures in stories, and they may balance each other out. But how do we cure stock males, gender-neutrals, bad boys, men-children, faith-based supermen, and Prophesied Heroesâą?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Sex In The Story 3: Trans-Gender Issues
âThe Church is too feministic!â âThe Church is too chauvinistic!â Either extreme will affect our real-life thinking, and will infect Christian storiesâ characters, replacing them with caricature-icons.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Sex In The Story 1: Shooting Up Heroine
Action heroine Black Widow is annoying some fans of the forthcoming âAvengersâ film. How come? Is a storyâs female character only strong if she is fighting men or bad guys?
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E. Stephen Burnett
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