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‘The Chosen’ Creator Dallas Jenkins Responds to On-Set Pride Flag Criticism

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R. L. Copple
As a young teen, R. L. Copple played in his own make-believe world, writing the stories and drawing the art for his own comics while experiencing the worlds of other authors like Tolkien, Lewis, Asimov, and Lester Del Ray. As an adult, after years of writing devotionally, he returned to the passion of his youth in order to combine his fantasy worlds and faith into the reality of the printed page. Since then, his imagination has given birth to The Reality Chronicles trilogy from Splashdown Books, and The Virtual Chronicles series, Ethereal Worlds Anthology, and How to Make an Ebook: Using Free Software from Ethereal Press, along with numerous short stories in various magazines.Learn more about R. L and his work at any of the following:Author Website, Author Blog, or Author Store.
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Wizards, Witches, and The Bible

Can fantasy magic be of God? · R. L. Copple

Is Prayer In Fiction Fictional?

What constitutes an unrealistic view of prayer in fiction? · R. L. Copple

Allegory and The Gospel

Can allegory effectively communicate the Gospel message? · R. L. Copple

Horror – One Size Fits All

Is horror literature inherently anti-Christian? · R. L. Copple

Horror and Philippians 4:8

Should Christians avoid the horrors of horror? · R. L. Copple

Christianity, Gore, and Death

Do we define Christian fiction by its avoidance of gore and death? · R. L. Copple

Stories Taking On Flesh

What is the best way to evaluate the Christian Speculative Market? · R. L. Copple

Did Christian Movies Make A Splash In 2014?

Does lackluster sales in 2014 spell the end of Christian-themed movies going forward? · R. L. Copple

God’s Speculative Story

When God speculates, reality listens. · R. L. Copple

The Crossover Bug

Does Christian fiction crossing over to the general market mean watering down the Faith? · R. L. Copple

Can One Be A Practicing Homosexual Christian?

Did Matthew Vines prove Biblically that a Christian can be a practicing homosexual without sinning? · R. L. Copple

7 Top Ways To Ensure Your Story Is Preachy

You know you want your Christian story to preach. What are the best ways to ensure that outcome? Here are 7 top methods. · R. L. Copple

Non-Fiction Readers Less Empathetic Than Fiction Readers

Why non-fiction readers should seriously consider reading fiction. · R. L. Copple

Did OT Morality Get Thrown Under The Bus?

Can we really ditch parts of the Bible? · R. L. Copple

The Blame Game

Who’s to blame? Does it matter? · R. L. Copple

Submit, Woman!

What does real submission in marriage look like? · R. L. Copple

Not Of This World

How does Christian fiction influence our culture? · R. L. Copple

Five Myths Of Cultural Engagement

Have you encountered any of these myths? · R. L. Copple

Marital Chaos

How will homosexual marriages affect Christian marriage? · R. L. Copple

Glamorizing Sin

Does your fiction glamorize sin? You might be surprised. · R. L. Copple

Fantasy and Christianity

The rejection of fantasy causes one to limit God. · R. L. Copple

Is Capitalism Distorting Christianity?

If culture is redeemable, it is because the people that make it up are redeemable. · R. L. Copple

Sinful Reviews

When a Christian reader writes a review, should it not be for the glory of God just as much as the Christian novel writer? · R. L. Copple

Star Trekking Religion By Firefly

Is portraying religion positively enough? · R. L. Copple

The Agnosticism Of Faith

I’m an agnostic. · R. L. Copple

Cussing Grandma

When Christian authors make Grandma cuss. · R. L. Copple

Vain Cussing

Does the third commandment mean to avoid using God’s name as an expletive? · R. L. Copple

What’s In A Name?

Does it matter what we call Christian fiction? · R. L. Copple

Love At First Read

What book(s) launched your speculative fiction addiction? · R. L. Copple

Finding The Edgy In Christian Fiction

God’s calling for edgy Christian fiction. · R. L. Copple

Conversion Scenes: Are They Real?

The bigger issue in my mind isn’t whether a story has a conversion scene or not, but how well it is portrayed. · R. L. Copple

Lynch Mob Mentality

Remember the Christian witch-hunt over Harry Potter? · R. L. Copple

Why Does Romance Dominate Christian Fiction?

There is an inherent discontinuity between the Christian Faith and fiction. · R. L. Copple

The Coming Speculative Fiction Storm

For the first time in forever, an author no longer needed a publisher to economically publish their book and have readers find and buy it. · R. L. Copple

Biblical Discernment: The Pure Free-for-all

If all things are pure, Paul wouldn’t be concerned that they might be led astray. · R. L. Copple

Biblical Discernment: Focus

It isn’t the presence of “icky, bad stuff” that we are to avoid thinking about, but rather discernment comes into play on what that stuff, icky or not, leads us to focus on, what truths it formulates in our minds. · R. L. Copple

Godzilla Is Not Dead

There is one thing God and Godzilla have in common. People keep thinking they’ve been killed off, only to watch them come back to life. · R. L. Copple
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