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E. Stephen Burnett
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SpecFaith Movie Missions: Return Of The Jedi
The Emperorās greater evil, Jedi points of view, slave Leiaās scanty attire, Force magic, and final battlesāletās explore them all.
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E. Stephen Burnett
SpecFaith Movie Missions: The Empire Strikes Back
Iām a āStar Warsā newbie and I still find Lukeās loss to Darth Vader one of the most gripping film scenes Iāve ever seen.
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E. Stephen Burnett
SpecFaith Movie Missions: Star Wars
We can engage with āStar Warsā to explore and enjoy the beauty, goodness, and truth of God, people, and His world.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Receive Fantastical Stories With Thanksgiving
Four silent objections may get in the way of thanksgiving to God for fantastical stories.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Prove A Christian Fiction Genre Isnāt āRedemptiveā
When people question a Christian fiction genreās right to exist, I usually end up challenging them.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Story Evangelism: Top Myths About Christian Novels
Many Christian novels do āevangelizeā readers, but not always in the ways we assume.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Should Christian Stories Evangelize? Chapter 3
Are Christian fans and writers āfull-timeā missionaries? Or can we sometimes enjoy a rest from explicit evangelism?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Should Christian Stories Evangelize? Chapter 1
Should Christian stories evangelize? Join our new #StoryEvangelism discussion that starts with term definitions.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Seven Final Challenges For Christian Movie Critics and Fans
Christian moviesāare we sensitive to their fans and criticsā views? Suggest silly fixes? Assume āsalvation or rededicationā are our best themes?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Seven More Challenges For Christian Movie Critics and Fans
Christian moviesāshould we criticize them? If so, how? What are they for? Is a āsubcultureā bad?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Seven Challenges For Christian Movie Critics and Fans
Christian moviesālove them, hate them, ignore them? Here are seven challenges about them.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Christian Movies Can Show Better Sermons
Christian movies can exalt Jesus, not just morality, by exposing lies and showing worship through pain.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Evangelical Vs. Progressivist Content Warnings 103
Content warnings can temporarily keep us from temptations to sin or traumatic flashbacks, but they cannot help us find final healing.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Realm Makers 2015: Response Roundup
Here’s a roundup of 12 reactions from guests of the 2015 Realm Makers conference.
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E. Stephen Burnett
The Faces Of Evil
If we know depraved humans hide or destroy faces in fiction, why do we not face this truth in reality?
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E. Stephen Burnett
āI Heard Her Screamingā: Excerpt From Frank Perettiās āProphetā
āItās not you or me she hates. Sheās not fighting against us. Itās the Truth she hates. The Truth wonāt let her alone, and she hates it.ā
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E. Stephen Burnett
Top Five Topics I Would Have Sneaked Into Conversations At Realm Makers
I canāt always attend Realm Makers, but when I do, I might sneakily bring up ideas like these.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Badfan v Superman 7: A Heroās Consequences
āMan of Steelā and āBatman v Supermanā may explore and re-sensitize fans to the seriousness of death and war.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Badfan V Superman 6: Game Of Tones
Why do people complain about General Zodās death in āMan of Steelā but not in āSuperman IIā?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Badfan v Superman 4: Able To Leap Expectations
Letās not hold down the hero of Superman by insisting his stories only be fluffy and colorful.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Evangelical Vs. Progressivist Content Warnings 102
Letās challenge our motives for adding ācontent warningsā to even mildly controversial stories.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Badfan v Superman 2: Super-Nostalgia Knockdown
E. Stephen Burnett challenges the objection of why āMan of Steelā isnāt like all those great classic Superman films.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Badfan v Superman 1: Dawn Of Rebuttal Justice
E. Stephen Burnett and Austin Gunderson begin a new series about what critics miss in āMan of Steel.ā
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E. Stephen Burnett
Will The United States Last Forever?
What if everything good about the United States is only a shadow or copy of the true United States?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Evangelical Vs. Progressivist Content Warnings 101
Why do progressivist disclaimers about language and violence sound like some evangelical media reviews?
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E. Stephen Burnett
Should Chris Pratt Guard The Evangelical Galaxy?
We can enjoy the āJurassic Worldā starās beliefs and stories without pretending heās the next Christian pop-culture leader.
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E. Stephen Burnett
No, Science Cannot Always Save The Day
Readers or publishers may tire of āscience can be evilā stories, but humanity will always need them.
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E. Stephen Burnett
āAvengers: Age Of Ultronā: Black Widow Bashing
Movie criticism from enraged fans and “social justice warriors” may re-prove that humans can’t truly enjoy even small gifts for very long.
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E. Stephen Burnett
āThe Avengersā Shows How To Believe In Heroes, Part 2
We get to enjoy stories made by people who either believe in heroes or at least want to believe in them. Thank God.
āThe Avengersā Shows How To Believe In Heroes, Part 1
Stand back, listen to the action-hero music swell, and receive with thanksgiving to God this groundbreaking shared-universe story about flawed yet true heroes.
Letās Stop Making Up Unbelievers To āEvangelizeā
If we assume non-Christians in novels or reality are weepy caricatures who just need love, we need a gritty reboot.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Why Materialist Magicians and Sour Stepmothers Are Cruel To āCinderellaā
Some āchild expertsā and critics refuse to believe fairy tales can sing, and insist they fit into a narrow-waisted agenda.
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E. Stephen Burnett
SpecFaith Library: Q and A
The SpecFaith Library is a comprehensive guide to every published Christian fantastical novel. Hereās how it works.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Can You Review My Novel?
SpecFaithās volunteers canāt always promise to review fantastical stories. But hereās what we can do.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Do Bookshelves Matter?
Will any ebook ārevolutionā remove our desire for physical books and displays? Not in the slightest.
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E. Stephen Burnett
SpecFaith 2015 Is Coming
Starting March 1, SpecFaith will receive an upgrade and may become more powerful than you can imagine.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Jesusās Stories Are Not Just Allegories
Letās not assume āallegoryā is the most spiritual kind of story, starting with Jesusās own parables.
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E. Stephen Burnett
How To Train Your Church Story Group
Would fantastical-story groups work in your local church? Hereās how they worked at mine.
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E. Stephen Burnett
Possibly Crucial Reading: āThe Things Of Earthā
Joe Rigneyās new book had me at āthe things of earth grow strangely bright.ā
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E. Stephen Burnett
The Top Six Myths We Believe About Heaven
If you study Godās promises and imagine not only Heaven but New Earth, your faith will grow stronger.
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E. Stephen Burnett
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