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Learning From Bad Books, Part 1

“The whole world is turning into scrambled eggs.” Larry marched to the window. […] Jimmy pointed out the window. “Do you notice something strange? Several cars have driven off the road and been abandoned there on Pacific Coast Highway and […] · 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 […] · 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. “Have you ever noticed,” he said, out loud, “that in someone’s early writing, there’s a tendency to expound facts […] · E. Stephen Burnett

Learning From Bad Books, Part 4

“The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I have no need of you,’” 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 […] · 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, it’s the kind of Christian bookstore that’s open […] · 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 it’s odd how many people never denied my perceptions of this book, which were based on negative […] · E. Stephen Burnett

Learning From Bad Books, Part 7

“Gromit, that’s it! Cheese! We’ll go somewhere where there’s cheese!” I’ve saved the “best” quotes, from one of my “favorite” so-bad-it’s-actually-instructive Christian novels, for this, the last of the Learning from bad books series. Yet I’m still hoping for more […] · E. Stephen Burnett