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Imagination: For Godâs Glory and Othersâ Good, Part 3
Godâs Word doesnât only âtolerateâ us glorifying Him through stories and imagination! Scripture shows many people whom God gifted specifically to honor Him with their creativity, including Spirit-filled, Israelite artisans Bezalel and Oholiab.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Imagination: For Godâs Glory and Othersâ Good, Part 2
People out there still say they believe “all fiction is untruth; therefore telling stories dishonors God.” How does the Bible address that notion? What is the foundational Theology of Things we see throughout Scripture? Part 2 of the series.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Imagination: For Godâs Glory and Othersâ Good, Part 1
While abusing the Bible for his own self-pleasure, doomsaying false prophet and Christ-slanderer Harold Camping also abused his God-given imagination â similar to how people also abuse God’s gift of romance and sex.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Space Opera, Sci-fi, SF or âskiffyâ?
Does the genre term “sci-fi” inevitably connote pulp stories, whose covers feature men wearing biceps and spacesuits, women wearing little, and horrifying invader robots wearing women? Or have perceptions been changing?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Thunders Of âThorâ Echo Biblical Truths, Part 2
All truth is Godâs truth, whether accidentally echoing in a pagan myth or a modern movie such as Marvel’s âThor.â
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E. Stephen Burnett
Thunders Of âThorâ Echo Biblical Truths, Part 1
Thor’s pagan myths remind us of Scriptureâs truth, real worship, and longing for a good and noble King.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Critiquing Critics Of Christian Fiction, Part 3
Many Christian readers have learned to put up with preachiness in secular stories, while some non-Christians (or even professing Christians) canât stand hearing real Christianity repeated in a work of fiction, even with artistic excellence.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Critiquing Critics Of Christian Fiction, Part 2
We’ve all heard it, and often said it: “Christian novels are too preachy.” But what do we mean by that? Some critics say “preachy” only to mean “Christians speaking and acting as Christians naturally do,” and therefore can’t be pleased.
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E. Stephen Burnett
The Ale Boy’s Feast: A Review
The journey began in Auraliaâs Colors, when two crotchety old thieves outside House Abascar found a child lying in an enormous footprint. That child grew to be an artist, a reckless, loving girl who dared display the colours she saw […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Jill Williamson on Writing, âDarknessâ and Light In Fiction, Part 2
Part 2: Jill Williamson discusses her writing, completing the âBlood of Kingsâ trilogy, darkness and light in fiction, and what is ahead for herself and the Christian visionary field. Also available in audio with our NEW podcast, The Portal.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Critiquing Critics Of Christian Fiction, Part 1
You’ve likely heard this: âChristians novels arenât edgy enough. They donât show what the world is really like. They make everything cleaned-up and black-and-white.” But perhaps we critics should give thought to these questions.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Jill Williamson on Writing, âDarknessâ and Light In Fiction, Part 1
Jill Williamson discusses her writing, completing the âBlood of Kingsâ trilogy, darkness and light in fiction, and what is ahead for herself and the Christian visionary field. NEW: The Portal Podcast â the complete interview in audio form.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Whatâs The Difference In âInspirationalâ Stories?
Replace âfollow your dreams by believing in yourselfâ with âfollow your dreams by believing in Jesusâ; does that make a story Christian?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Everything Sacred
As I finished The Ale Boy’s Feast last week (review coming soon–and let me just say that despite what you may read in the Amazon reviews, this book is incredible), one of its premises took me back to something I […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Seeing Truth Reflections In Light Of Scripture
If we enjoy natural wonders, works of art and fantastic God-honoring stories, does that mean we don’t believe Scripture is sufficient? Not at all. Instead we can love all these, not in place of Godâs Word, but because they reflect its light.
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E. Stephen Burnett
âGod Canât Spell and Has Bad Grammarâ?
Can Christian writers correctly say, âGod laid this on my heart. Itâs such an amazing story. God told me to write this!â?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Should Visionary Novels Avoid Being Thick?
For you, how long is too long for any sort of book, whether nonfiction, visionary fiction or any other fiction genre? And if you do crack the pages of a thicker novel, what keeps you reading, despite its length?
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E. Stephen Burnett
The Potential Of Affectionate Parody
Many ways exist to make fun of a story, not all of them hostile. What do you think about affectionate/hostile parody, takeoff and satire? Have I missed something? Is it okay to spoof something we enjoy? What about people we know?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Should Authors Critique Othersâ Books?
“Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy” (Proverbs 27:6). If Christians are meant to critique one another’s beliefs and actions in love, can’t we also graciously critique one another’s art and novels?
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E. Stephen Burnett
$#@ÂŁâŁ! My Christian Fiction Doesnât Say, Part 3
Two final arguments about Bad Words in Christian fiction: how does one balance âlove your weaker brothers in Christâ versus âweaker brothers must become stronger,â and the fact that some self-claimed âweaker brothersâ are not genuine?
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E. Stephen Burnett
$#@ÂŁâŁ! My Christian Fiction Doesnât Say, Part 2
Is a designated Bad Word always bad, even if itâs 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?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Writing and World-building Bit By Bit
A finished novel, especially if itâs published, lends credibility and worth to the entire plodding process. But in the middle of the process, especially if the novel isnât guaranteed fame or publication â isnât it difficult to see the point?
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E. Stephen Burnett
$#@ÂŁâŁ! My Christian Fiction Doesnât Say, Part 1
Here I hope to represent and discuss both sides of the Fictitious Cussing debate, pros and cons, rebuttals for and against. Why? Because Iâm still sorting through it all myself. And last year I thought a little differently than I do today.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Refuting âuniversalismâ Slanders Of C.S. Lewis, Part 3
Lewis was not a universalist. He was not a closet compromising-with-Satan âpaganâ either. He believed the essentials of the faith: that he was a sinner and that Christ, by grace, saved him. That, at the core, makes one a Christian.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Refuting Universalism Slanders Of C.S. Lewis, Part 2
In C.S. Lewis’s “The Last Battle,” the character Emeth did not at first believe in Aslan, yet still somehow crossed over into paradise. Christians get confused about this. Some use it to reject Lewis as a universalist. Is that a right reading?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Refuting Universalism Slanders Of C.S. Lewis, Part 1
Some Christians are just nutty, and nuttiness does not revoke salvation. But many carefully discerning Christians have been deceived into believing they should fear C.S. Lewis because he supposedly held heretical belief in universalism.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Salvaging Scripture For Our Own Story Parts
If human authorsâ intentions and genre guidelines are worth respect from readers, then surely God as Author, His intentions and reading Scripture rightly, are all worth even more. Yet some novelsâ flagrant misuse of Scripture and Biblical concepts, using only scraps of it to fit sporadically into another story, is dubious.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Deus Ex Machinas and The Doctor
A deus ex machina â a surprise twist at the last second to save oneâs characters or story â need not always be wrong, for at least four reasons.
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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 […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
The âpriesthood Of Artistsâ and Godly Criticism
In which the author copies a previous lengthy comment and fashions it into the column it should have been, about problems with âpriesthood of artistsâ notions. Last week I mini-ranted about Derek Webbâs interview. A lot of bloggers have been […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Artist âpriests,â God-centered Definitions and More
You know those infamous âclip showsâ television sitcoms sometimes have, perhaps at the end of a season when the financial and ideas budgets are both running low? This will not be like that. Rather I present here a roundup of […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Redeeming Santa Legends For Delighting In Grace
At Christmas, when it comes to Santa and other issues, do reflexive âweâre to be differentâ lines jump to our minds? We need to balance that half-truth with enjoyment of Godâs good gifts â including celebrating holidays and feasting, which Scripture does support, for God’s glory.
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E. Stephen Burnett
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.
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E. Stephen Burnett
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