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Seven More Challenges For Christian Movie Critics and Fans
We are getting more movies similar to Fireproof and God’s Not Dead—Christian-made movies that shake up our assumptions about Christianity and pop culture. We are also hearing more written criticisms...
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Carole McDonnell on Story Evangelism
Should Christian stories evangelize? The easy answer is: "yes, we should evangelize." Evangelism is often about making the world see our light...without us being aware of it. They see us warts and...
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It’s Not The Holiday You Think It Is
October 31---what's the first thing that comes to your mind? In all likelihood, it's Halloween, with it's spooky traditions and candy goodness. That is completely understandable because it's the...
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‘To Go Against The Church Is To Go Against God’
You may recognize the above quote from the movie Priest, a dystopian action/horror film based on a Korean comic book. It wasn't a particularly good film (or very successful financially) but it was fun...
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Story Evangelism: The Gospel Has Power In Realistic Fiction
From Story Evangelism: Top Myths About Christian Novels, E. Stephen Burnett: The first myth may be that Christian stories spend all or most of their time John 3:16-ing the reader. No, they don’t....
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Why Isn’t There More Christian Fantasy?
Recently someone[1. Fantasy novelist K.B. Hoyle.] asked in a Facebook group: Why isn’t there more Christian fantasy? In a few more words: Why don’t more Christian publishers want to publish...
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Why Do We Need Christian Fantasy?
Some readers of last week’s Why Isn’t There More Christian Fantasy? shared this response: Well, why do we need “Christian fantasy” anyway?[1. I am using “fantasy” as shorthand for any kind of...
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How Churches Can Engage Pokémon Go Players
If you’re active in your church, know this: Pokémon Go has come to you! In all likelihood, your place of worship hosts one or more game checkpoints—a physical representation of a GPS point that gamers...
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Six Christian White Magic Spells Worse Than Fantasy Magic
Recently a Facebook friend shared an example of Christian white magic in the real world. [caption id="attachment_3189" align="alignright" width="154"] You'll never guess what magic book it...
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Liturgy and Lunacy
It's a sad truth that the Church is a very fractured stained glass window. As with all major religions, Christianity has many denominations, sects, rituals, centers of leadership. It is not my place...
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