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Why You Need to Understand the Biblical Fall to Accurately Depict Broken Characters

Why You Need to Understand the Biblical Fall to Accurately Depict Broken Characters

When Adam and Eve bit into the forbidden fruit to experience the taste of both good and evil, they consciously rebelled against God. Broken, they plunged into an existence fraught with sorrow. In the shadow of their future, the rest of humanity plunged as well. We now live submerged, choking on water we weren’t meant to breathe. The people around us thrash and cough and drown every day. But how often do we think about the fall when we’re developing characters?

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Should You Share the Gospel in Your Novel?

Should You Share the Gospel in Your Novel?

Have you ever heard that gospel presentations ruin novels? Or that entertaining stories with good morals but no references to the Bible are humanistic? I’m familiar with both these convincing arguments. I don’t want to waste my life by not advancing Christ’s kingdom, but neither do I want to spoil art with pragmatism.

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Are Your Stories Subtly Undermining God’s Truth?

Are Your Stories Subtly Undermining God’s Truth?

When you claim to speak truth, opening your mouth is dangerous. Words are not idle collections of syllables in a conversation or symbols on paper. The pen is mightier than the sword, causing both greater good and greater harm. Wars, racial slavery, and genocide are all carried out by the sword, but words provoked or justified those actions.

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Why Do Readers Enjoy Objectively Bad Books?

Why Do Readers Enjoy Objectively Bad Books?

We all have books we hate where we can’t fathom how anyone else could enjoy them. And yet scrolling through the reviews of even your least-favorite book on Amazon or Goodreads will inevitably reveal a number of five-star write-ups. Why do readers like these books? And why does this matter to authors?

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Why Should Christians Pour Time into Writing Fiction?

Why Should Christians Pour Time into Writing Fiction?

How is fiction useful? Is devoting our lives and careers to it appropriate? Most of us have wrestled with these questions. For some, concern has been posed by parents, who want to ensure that their children spend their time constructively and seeking truth. Others have sensed unspoken skepticism from the culture around them, as if writing couldn’t possibly be a meaningful pursuit on its own.

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How Should Christian Authors Depict Sex?

How Should Christian Authors Depict Sex?

In a world where the gods of sexual pleasure pose strong opposition to Christianity, we need Christian storytellers who are ready to write about sexuality appropriately and biblically. In this article, I outline seven principles to consider when incorporating sex into our stories.

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