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Secrets Of The Pyramid Scheme
Do most Christian speculative readers enjoy those stories because of their intrinsic value? Or do the majority of readers enjoy such reading mainly because of their own hopes to climb the pyramid and write their own novels?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Lord Of The Fantasies: Beyond The Swordfights
In âThe Lord of the Ringsâ films, elf-maiden Arwen almost joined the fight at Helmâs Deep, and King Aragorn almost dueled the dark lord Sauron. But the movie-makers chose otherwise. How come, and how does this show truly rare heroism?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Reviewing In The SF Library
Anyone can submit a novel, likely with a review, using the Speculative Faith Library’s Submit a Novel feature. What other changes could aid the Library? How may grace-and-truth-minded reviewers best evaluate a work of fiction?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Lord Of The Fantasies: The Nature Of Men
Changes made from book-Faramir to film-Faramir, from âThe Lord of the Rings,â reflect two approaches of showing human nature. Stories should reflect both: our bent toward sin and corruption, and our capacity to do good and act with nobility.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Lord Of The Fantasies: Beholding Middle-earth
Because I first read âThe Fellowship of the Ringâ only days before seeing the film version, I did not have time to form interpretations of characters, or expectations. Thus, the film blew me away, no disappointments. But how might I have been disadvantaged?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Lord Of The Fantasies: Looking Back on âFotRâ
Ten years ago, âThe Lord of the Ringsâ still sounded too âclassicalâ to me. I had my Narnia. Why add another fantasy world? Then, before reading the books or seeing the film, I heard Howard Shoreâs film score. And I was drawn into Middle-earth.
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E. Stephen Burnett
âHobbitâ Hopes and Other Happenings
âThe Hobbitâ teaser finally arrives, Gandalfâs and Dumbledoreâs first-century ancestors seek the newborn King, the dangers of appearance-based book discernment, Christmas un-specials, and: why should Christians hype âThe Hobbitâ?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Christmas Un-Specials 2011
Purely for fun and no profit, this year I made up a list of 50 holiday-related TV movies that (with a few exceptions) will never be produced â I hope.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Will Fiction Last Forever? Part 5
In the New Earth, as here in the Old, we won’t worship things, but worship Christ *with* things. Those may include our speculative stories, maybe even resurrected from this world. Four more reasons why this speculation is based on Scriptural promises about the After-world.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Will Fiction Last Forever? Part 4
Based on Scripture, we can know that God loves stories, we can worship Him now through stories, and we’re destined to worship Him for eternity in many of the same ways. Of course, we can’t take any thing with us after death. Yet our God is a God of resurrection.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Will Fiction Last Forever? Part 3
This Thanksgiving I’m thankful for God’s Word â His perfect written revelation that He has promised will last forever, even into the New Earth. What would it be like to read the Bible then? How can that eternal perspective help us enjoy His Story now?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Will Fiction Last Forever? Part 2
Christians have three main views about the afterlife, all within Gospel faith. But should we even bother with studying and anticipating Heaven? What do we and don’t we know about Heaven from the Bible? Should we speculate about that world?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Will Fiction Last Forever? Part 1
âYour job and your hobbies have no eternal value.â Why do many Christians suspect that belief is true?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Beyond Story Battles 2: Anticipating The After-world
Great stories do more than help us fight shallowness and false âsafetyâ in the Church and society. They point us to reflections of Godâs truth and beauty, on this old Earth, and even more on the coming New Heavens and New Earth.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Shooting At Halloween Pumpkins
At Halloween, do demons really run wild over neighborhoods and souls? Or might Christians âdemonizeâ decorations, to the glee of the actual Devil? This former pumpkin-âkillerâ explores our actual worst enemies, and the One Who defeated them.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Beyond Story Battles 1: Living For The Fight?
Christian visionary stories are not merely a means of fighting Christian novels with shallow themes, or without cusswords, violence, or dungeons and dragons. They are a means of worship, to praise and personally enjoy our Creator.
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E. Stephen Burnett
An Open Letter To Truly âCourageousâ Storytellers
Christians should hate it when people base church services on entertainment. They should also dislike when people base entertainment on church services.
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E. Stephen Burnett
The Doctor’s Doctrines: Discussion Time
Doctor Who series 6 ended last Saturday, with the universe crumbling (again!) and only one clever Time Lord to stop it. Now on Spec-Faith: Discuss. Quote. Think Christianly about the BBC sci-fi series. Work it out of your system.
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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.
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E. Stephen Burnett
âHarry Potterâ and How We Learn To Discern
Whether you enjoy âHarry Potter,â or believe itâs dangerous witchcraft, or try to find Christian parallels in the stories ⌠14 questions to ask.
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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 âsurprise twistâ enemies? And what enemy isn’t on the list of usual suspects?
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E. Stephen Burnett
The Encouragement Of Story
The superhero film âThorâ 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?
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E. Stephen Burnett
The Narnia Secret
If the title Planet Narnia makes you cringe, you’re not alone. And if the title The Narnia Code makes you think “Lewis would have hated this,” well, me too (although upon reflection, I realized it was Tolkien who would have […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Stories For Christians 1: The New âwatchful Dragonsâ
C.S. Lewis wrote about âwatchful dragonsâ on guard against religious trappings that seem incompatible with enjoyment. But many Christians today employ different Churchian Dragons, who tolerate fiction (if they do) mainly if it plays well on their own moralist pragmatic grounds.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Why We Should Write Fiction For Christians, Part 2
Amidst the cries to emphasize only subtler Christian stories, let’s not forget that Christians also need to see themselves and their beliefs simulated as only fiction can, and that some in the Church are genuinely confused about stories and need novelists’ love.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Why We Should Write Fiction For Christians, Part 1
Many voices encourage Christian novelists to aim for secular audiences, and that is surely a worthy calling. Yet less frequently do we urge storytellers to explore the Gospel more directly in fiction that is by Christians, for Christians.
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E. Stephen Burnett
âHarry Potterâ and The Issues Beyond Fiction, Part 5
Five more ways âHarry Potterâ helps us learn to discern: how did at least two Biblical saints handle actual bad stuff? And what about the âsomeone else used it to sinâ objection, or âweaker brothers,â or personal preferences?
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E. Stephen Burnett
âHarry Potterâ and The Issues Beyond Fiction, Part 4
Another lesson learned from âHarry Potterâ discernment: might some Christians only be on alert against bad Things like imaginary âmagic,â while practicing their own favorite subtle methods of mysticism supposedly to keep life under control or avoid sin?
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E. Stephen Burnett
âHarry Potterâ and The Issues Beyond Fiction, Part 3
What are dangers Christians can fall into while they try to discern “Harry Potter”? One: acting as if made-up laws will protect us from sin and save the Church; and two: outsourcing our own discernment to Christian “media shamans.”
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E. Stephen Burnett
âHarry Potterâ and The Issues Beyond Fiction, Part 2
Three more reasons why “Harry Potter” issues go beyond questions of fiction witchcraft and wizardry: we might swing wild on our “discernment” views, or accept or shun things based on appearance alone, or have inconsistent expectations of stories.
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E. Stephen Burnett
âHarry Potterâ and The Issues Beyond Fiction, Part 1
Does thinking Biblically about “Harry Potter” matter beyond story-discernment practice? At issue are how we define “witchcraft” the Bible forbids, where we believe sin really comes from, and whether we tell the truth even about perceived bad guys.
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E. Stephen Burnett
A Long and Glorious Tradition
If you think speculative stories are (or should) only be a “niche” market, I have a few names: Dante. Bunyan. Visionary fiction’s patron saints, Lewis and Tolkien. Oh, and Psalty the Singing Songbook. Also introducing: the SF Library!
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E. Stephen Burnett
Imagination: For Godâs Glory and Othersâ Good, Part 5
More than any Biblical teaching or example, Jesusâ parables prove that imagination can glorify God and bless others. But were they only historical, or allegorical, or to teach moral Values? What may His stories show us about fiction today?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Imagination: For Godâs Glory and Othersâ Good, Part 4
Does the Bible support reading or even enjoying secular imaginations with pagan elements? One doesnât even need to answer that. After all, Scripture tells of one man who delved into far worse material â and with help from God Himself.
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E. Stephen Burnett
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