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John Buchan on A Fiction Authorâs âclevernessâ
Politician, diplomat, Scotsman, Presbyterian, and writer of dozens of World War 1-era spy novels with occasional supernatural flair â that was John Buchan, who also, it seems, had a penchant for self-parody. That seems clear from this exchange early in […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Fighting Man-Centered Monsters In Christian Fantasy
Stories like âThe Voyage of the Dawn Treaderâ that make a Christ-figure a means to fulfilling oneâs destiny are little better than atheism.
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E. Stephen Burnett
How Do We Love A Fiction Legalist? Part 3
Three ways to love a fiction âlegalistâ â that is, a Christian who opposes fantasy or fiction, or more often simply considers them pointless, useless and unnecessary to Godward growth.
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E. Stephen Burnett
How Do We Love A Fiction Legalist? Part 2
Two weeks ago, reader Bethany asked, quite fairly, how come I used the word âlegalistâ to describe Christians who oppose either a certain fantasy series, like Harry Potter, or all fiction. That made me grateful I started this series saying […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
How Do We Love A Fiction Legalist? Part 1
How can we best love and reason with Christian family members who fear the stories we enjoy?
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E. Stephen Burnett
âDawn Treaderâ Film May Hit Story Sandbars, Part 3
Until a few hours ago today, an online interview was available with Mark Johnson, a lookalike of Justin Hammer (from Iron Man 2) and also producer of the Narnia films. AslanâsCountry.com has since removed the interview text. (But guess who […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
âDawn Treaderâ Film May Hit Story Sandbars, Part 2
This time Iâll begin with positive news: this photo from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader film. Yes, for those familiar with the book, itâs a classic image: Eustace, now finally sobered, turned into a dragon because of his existing […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
âDawn Treaderâ Film May Hit Story Sandbars, Part 1
First Disney dropped distributing the Chronicles of Narnia film franchise. Then Fox picked it up. Then it seemed that producer Walden Mediaâs new director, Michael Apted, might bring a better story adaptation. But a leaked script emerged that included some […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Casting The âRiddikulusâ Spell On Halloween
About Halloween or similar things, discerning Christians should have right fear about real evils. But we can also laugh at the Devil’s exaggerated “Boggarts” and shadows from which Christ has set us free.
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E. Stephen Burnett
âThe Book C.S. Lewis Didnât Writeâ?
Here is the quote, which NarniaWeb posted in news on Wednesday . âWe were able to steal, really, from the book C.S. Lewis didnât write, which is the one that would have gone between The Dawn Treader and The Silver […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Learning From Bad Books, Part 7
âGromit, thatâs it! Cheese! Weâll go somewhere where thereâs cheese!â Iâve saved the âbestâ quotes, from one of my âfavoriteâ so-bad-itâs-actually-instructive Christian novels, for this, the last of the Learning from bad books series. Yet Iâm still hoping for more […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Learning From Bad Books, Part 6
People yelled at me a lot two summers ago for fault-finding with a popular Christian book I had not, technically, read myself. Yet itâs odd how many people never denied my perceptions of this book, which were based on negative […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Learning From Bad Books, Part 5
Why do the new versions of the Left Behind books have covers looking like science fiction? On Sunday while my wife was shopping, I wandered next door to a Christian bookstore (yes, itâs the kind of Christian bookstore thatâs open […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Learning From Bad Books, Part 4
âThe eye cannot say to the hand, âI have no need of you,ââ the Apostle Paul famously remarked in his comparison of diverse-gifted Christians with body parts. But two weeks ago I asked: what happens if the eye says to […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Learning From Bad Books, Part 3
The writer had sat down at his computer, frowning slightly, and set about typing, when suddenly a thought occurred to him. âHave you ever noticed,â he said, out loud, âthat in someoneâs early writing, thereâs a tendency to expound facts […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Learning From Bad Books, Part 2
When I grow up, get old, and very likely die, and go to Heaven, I anticipate at least three things: Finally getting to see the face of Jesus. Reunions with Biblical saints, other faith heroes, perhaps household pets, etc. Novels […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Learning From Bad Books, Part 1
âThe whole world is turning into scrambled eggs.â Larry marched to the window. [âŚ] Jimmy pointed out the window. âDo you notice something strange? Several cars have driven off the road and been abandoned there on Pacific Coast Highway and […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Reality and The Supernatural In Perettiâs âThe Visitationâ
Fiction and poetry provide authors a unique way to glorify Christ that more overtly intellectual genres, like theology, simply canât. These genres that aim directly for the heart and soulârather than aiming at the heart through the mindâdo not argue […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Beware The âMoon Peopleâ!
In Which the Author Attempts to Demonstrate the Unique Pitfalls Often Associated with Lack of Accountability, Shunning Editors and the Unfortunate Enablement Offered by Vanity Publishing. Reviewers give it four-and-a-half stars on Amazon.com. Despite its humble origins and short length, […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Speculative Fiction: Genre Of The After-world
âYou wouldnât be Elizabeth McMillan, now would you?â Already his eyes had turned up to her, and his familiarity with her name could be a good sign. âThatâd be me.â Should she thank him for remembering? That could sound much […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Whatâs Your WIP?
It occurs to me that three weeks into the relaunched Speculative Faith, I donât know two things: Where the acronym WIP, Work in Progress, originated: an industry term, or informal? What novels Speculative Faith readers, and my fellow contributors here, […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
On The Back Cover …
This is my copy of That Hideous Strength, the third of the âSpace Trilogyâ by C.S. Lewis. If for some reason the photo here isnât showing or you canât make out the words, here is this editionâs back-cover copy: The […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Dawn’s Unending Horizon
Coming soon (this Tuesday, shortly before 3:13 pm) to an inspirational shelf near you ⌠Iâve decided to give up on this whole speculative thing. Instead, it would much better serve Jesus, and the people in churches â at least, […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
No Rice At The Lordâs Wedding? â Part 2
For years Iâve been keeping up with religious trends, wrong ideas and excesses among people who call themselves Christians. Thatâs my job, as a pastor. I show people truths they have not considered, open new worlds to them through preaching. […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Demons, Driscoll and Discerning âTwilightâ
One of Americaâs most well-known megachurch pastors isnât taking a shine to a certain teen-vampire megaseries. But calling for Biblical discernment does not equal Biblical discernment, Mark Driscoll is overdoing the whole âdemons inspired these booksâ notion.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Should Fiction Show Only A Good-parts Gospel?
Does Jesus Christ âmeet people where they areâ? If He did, should Christian artists do the same? If so, what does that involve? Such questions affect all storytelling, music and films made by Christians, including our fantasy and science fiction. […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
‘He Is Her Hunter â and Her Slave’!
Aside from my hand there, this photo is not arranged. My wife and I spotted this last week at a Presbyterian church rummage sale. And we had to wonder if the same Presbyterian had read and enjoyed both books. Ah, […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
No Rice At The Lordâs Wedding? â Part 1
Youâd think she had written an enormous essay declaring her exit from Christianityâs stage. But author Anne Riceâs July 28 announcement, posted on her Facebook wall, was short enough to quote here almost entirely. Today I quit being a Christian. […]
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E. Stephen Burnett
Another Marcher Lord: Kathy Tyers
The author of multiple Star Wars novels and the sci-fi trilogy Firebird, Kathy Tyers, is coming to Christian fantasy-and-sci-fi indie publisher Marcher Lord Press. This comes from (among other sources) TitleTrakk.com. From yesterday: As [Marcher Lord Press’s] publisher and acquisitions […]
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