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Fantastical books for middle grade readers!

Best for older children ages 8–12
Beneath the Swirling Sky, Elizabeth Groening
Skate the Seeker by Jeff Ayers
The Red Door, Chris Solaas
boys’ fiction · girls’ fiction · all fiction
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Top resources

  • Try These Three Practical Questions to Discern Fictional Magic
  • How Do We Discern Good and Bad ‘Magic’?
  • Three Fantastical Christian Stories to Help Your Kids Head Back to School
  • The Death and Rebirth of Magic in Children's Fantasy

New books for teens + young adults

Best for readers ages 13–18—and beyond!
The Looking-Glass Illusion, Sara Ella
The Eternity Gate, Katherine Briggs
Calligraphy Guild, R. M. Archer
young men’s · young women’s · all fiction
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  • Beware the Real Danger of Entertainment
  • Christian-Made Fantasy Can Shine Light in the Grimdark
  • How to Disciple Your Kids with Dangeous Books
  • How Reading Epic Fantasy Helps Me Be Brave
  • Engaging Fictional Violence in Our Real Worlds
  • Engaging That @&*% Our Stories Often Say

New fiction for adults

Challenging novels for wise readers 18 and up.
The Looking-Glass Illusion, Sara Ella
Light of Eidon, Karen Hancock
Wandering, Loren G. Warnemuende
men’s fiction · women’s fiction · all fiction
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  • Even If We Like Fantasy and Sci-Fi, We Can Still Practice Accidental Legalism
  • How God Uses Story Villains for Our Good
  • Sensual Scenes in Fiction Pose Unique Temptations for Women
  • Stories With Bad Ideas Can Still Help Us Grow
  • Engaging Fictional Violence in Our Real Worlds
  • Engaging That @&*% Our Stories Often Say

Film, streaming, TV, video games

Help your kids engage their world for Christ!
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Top resources

  • Let’s Not Excuse Movie and TV Porn For the Sake of ‘Redemptive’ Stories
  • Christians Can’t Consistently Blame Leftist Fiction While Pushing Our Own Propaganda

The Little Mermaid’s Live-Action Remake Fares Better Than Critics Forecast

Some new songs may flounder, but Ariel’s voice and Triton’s character redeem the 2023 Disney film. · Marian Jacobs
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Yes, Christian Creators Can Hire Secular Staff

From sets of ā€œThe Chosenā€ to other positions, faithful employers face challenges when they work with unbelievers. · E. Stephen Burnett

Bilge and Beanstalks! Yahoo Scrawls Another Bad Take on C. S. Lewis’s Narnia

Watch this, she’s gonna say, “Susan Pevensie got lipstick and grew up and that’s why she’s going to hell.” · E. Stephen Burnett

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E. Stephen Burnett
E. Stephen Burnett creates sci-fi and fantasy novels as well as nonfiction, exploring fantastical stories for God’s glory as publisher of Lorehaven.com with its Fantastical Truth podcast. As the oldest of six, he enjoys connecting with his homeschool roots by speaking at conferences for Christian families and creators. Stephen is coauthor of The Pop Culture Parent: Helping Kids Engage Their World for Christ from New Growth Press. He and his wife, Lacy, live in the Austin area, where they serve as members of Faith Baptist Church.
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SpecFaith Movie Missions: Return Of The Jedi

The Emperor’s greater evil, Jedi points of view, slave Leia’s scanty attire, Force magic, and final battles—let’s explore them all. · E. Stephen Burnett

SpecFaith Movie Missions: The Empire Strikes Back

I’m a ā€œStar Warsā€ newbie and I still find Luke’s loss to Darth Vader one of the most gripping film scenes I’ve ever seen. · E. Stephen Burnett

SpecFaith Movie Missions: Star Wars

We can engage with ā€œStar Warsā€ to explore and enjoy the beauty, goodness, and truth of God, people, and His world. · E. Stephen Burnett

Receive Fantastical Stories With Thanksgiving

Four silent objections may get in the way of thanksgiving to God for fantastical stories. · E. Stephen Burnett

Prove A Christian Fiction Genre Isn’t ā€˜Redemptive’

When people question a Christian fiction genre’s right to exist, I usually end up challenging them. · E. Stephen Burnett

Story Evangelism: Top Myths About Christian Novels

Many Christian novels do ā€œevangelizeā€ readers, but not always in the ways we assume. · E. Stephen Burnett

Should Christian Stories Evangelize? Chapter 3

Are Christian fans and writers ā€œfull-timeā€ missionaries? Or can we sometimes enjoy a rest from explicit evangelism? · E. Stephen Burnett

Should Christian Stories Evangelize? Chapter 1

Should Christian stories evangelize? Join our new #StoryEvangelism discussion that starts with term definitions. · E. Stephen Burnett

Seven Final Challenges For Christian Movie Critics and Fans

Christian movies—are we sensitive to their fans and critics’ views? Suggest silly fixes? Assume ā€œsalvation or rededicationā€ are our best themes? · E. Stephen Burnett

Seven More Challenges For Christian Movie Critics and Fans

Christian movies—should we criticize them? If so, how? What are they for? Is a ā€œsubcultureā€ bad? · E. Stephen Burnett

Seven Challenges For Christian Movie Critics and Fans

Christian movies—love them, hate them, ignore them? Here are seven challenges about them. · 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. · 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. · E. Stephen Burnett

Realm Makers 2015: Response Roundup

Here’s a roundup of 12 reactions from guests of the 2015 Realm Makers conference. · 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? · E. Stephen Burnett

ā€˜I Heard Her Screaming’: Excerpt From Frank Peretti’s ā€˜Prophet’

ā€œIt’s not you or me she hates. She’s not fighting against us. It’s the Truth she hates. The Truth won’t let her alone, and she hates it.ā€ · E. Stephen Burnett

Top Five Topics I Would Have Sneaked Into Conversations At Realm Makers

I can’t always attend Realm Makers, but when I do, I might sneakily bring up ideas like these. · E. Stephen Burnett

Badfan v Superman 7: A Hero’s Consequences

ā€œMan of Steelā€ and ā€œBatman v Supermanā€ may explore and re-sensitize fans to the seriousness of death and war. · E. Stephen Burnett

Badfan V Superman 6: Game Of Tones

Why do people complain about General Zod’s death in ā€œMan of Steelā€ but not in ā€œSuperman IIā€? · E. Stephen Burnett

Badfan v Superman 4: Able To Leap Expectations

Let’s not hold down the hero of Superman by insisting his stories only be fluffy and colorful. · E. Stephen Burnett

Evangelical Vs. Progressivist Content Warnings 102

Let’s challenge our motives for adding ā€œcontent warningsā€ to even mildly controversial stories. · E. Stephen Burnett

Badfan v Superman 2: Super-Nostalgia Knockdown

E. Stephen Burnett challenges the objection of why ā€œMan of Steelā€ isn’t like all those great classic Superman films. · 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 ā€œMan of Steel.ā€ · 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? · E. Stephen Burnett

Evangelical Vs. Progressivist Content Warnings 101

Why do progressivist disclaimers about language and violence sound like some evangelical media reviews? · E. Stephen Burnett

Should Chris Pratt Guard The Evangelical Galaxy?

We can enjoy the ā€œJurassic Worldā€ star’s beliefs and stories without pretending he’s the next Christian pop-culture leader. · E. Stephen Burnett

No, Science Cannot Always Save The Day

Readers or publishers may tire of ā€œscience can be evilā€ stories, but humanity will always need them. · E. Stephen Burnett

ā€˜Avengers: Age Of Ultron’: 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. · E. Stephen Burnett

ā€˜The Avengers’ 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.

ā€˜The Avengers’ 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.

Let’s Stop Making Up Unbelievers To ā€˜Evangelize’

If we assume non-Christians in novels or reality are weepy caricatures who just need love, we need a gritty reboot. · E. Stephen Burnett

Why Materialist Magicians and Sour Stepmothers Are Cruel To ā€˜Cinderella’

Some ā€œchild expertsā€ and critics refuse to believe fairy tales can sing, and insist they fit into a narrow-waisted agenda. · E. Stephen Burnett

SpecFaith Library: Q and A

The SpecFaith Library is a comprehensive guide to every published Christian fantastical novel. Here’s how it works. · E. Stephen Burnett

Can You Review My Novel?

SpecFaith’s volunteers can’t always promise to review fantastical stories. But here’s what we can do. · E. Stephen Burnett

Do Bookshelves Matter?

Will any ebook ā€œrevolutionā€ remove our desire for physical books and displays? Not in the slightest. · E. Stephen Burnett

SpecFaith 2015 Is Coming

Starting March 1, SpecFaith will receive an upgrade and may become more powerful than you can imagine. · E. Stephen Burnett

Jesus’s Stories Are Not Just Allegories

Let’s not assume ā€œallegoryā€ is the most spiritual kind of story, starting with Jesus’s own parables. · E. Stephen Burnett

How To Train Your Church Story Group

Would fantastical-story groups work in your local church? Here’s how they worked at mine. · E. Stephen Burnett

Possibly Crucial Reading: ā€˜The Things Of Earth’

Joe Rigney’s new book had me at ā€œthe things of earth grow strangely bright.ā€ · E. Stephen Burnett

The Top Six Myths We Believe About Heaven

If you study God’s promises and imagine not only Heaven but New Earth, your faith will grow stronger. · E. Stephen Burnett
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