Welcome back to Part Two (Part One here). These criteria laid out, the six options on the table, five false and one true, can be inspected, checked to see if they live up to their judges’ high bar. Doubtless means
Since the Serpent asked Eve, “Did God actually say…?” in Genesis 3:1, evil has perpetually sought to undermine the interpretation of God’s words, of His Word. From the philosophy of Origen to the vagaries of Higher Criticism, men have assailed
You can find Part One of this article, and a lot of necessary context here. Another example (of magic that isn’t Biblically condemned) is magic which is not innate but which does not originate from an exterior supernatural creature. In
Part One Fantasy, some have said, is the gateway to devil worship, sorcery, and the occult. The assertion is not entirely unreasonable: the Bible does condemn sorcery, and fantasy literature does contain an awful lot of (positively portrayed) sorcery. The
What, really, is the difference between a story that postulates elves living in the trees and a story that judges eating man-meat, cooked al a orc, a perfectly acceptable practice? The question is absurd, but the underlying idea is sound.
People despise ‘preachy’ stories. ‘Christian’ books (the genre, including its endemic heresy and superficiality) get a bad rap for putting the message so far ahead of the story that the story might as well not be there, for writing bad
I like strange words; I like them so much I create at least one or two new ones for every story, not even counting the names. I cannot, however, take full credit for the terminology I’ll be discussing today: ‘secondary
Note: Sources and the article this is a response to are listed here, at the bottom of the post. Previously: (Part One) (Part Two) (Part Three) (Part Four) Introduction According to author R.E. Howard, “Civilized men are more discourteous than
Note: The fourth portion of the paper on baptismal symbolism. The full version is here at the end of the month. Sources and the article this is a response to are listed here, at the bottom of the post. Previously:
Note: The second portion of the paper on baptismal symbolism. Part Four will be here; the full version will be here at the end of the month. Sources and the article this is a response to are listed here, at