Our bodies really like to be around 98.6 degrees in Fahrenheit. Water freezes below 32F and melts at temperatures above that. If you were to be in an absolutely frozen wasteland and got a massive bloody gash, some of the blood outside your body could freeze. The blood…[Read more]

If you want a character to lose a lot of blood, not die, and have a decent chance for survival, go for gut/stomach wounds. That area will bleed a lot but not enough for someone to bleed out (usually.) If you want them to be shot several times, you can go with either upper arm or…[Read more]

A wound to the stomach area (what we think of as…[Read more]

@the-inkspiller I agree, talking about difficulties in life can be as strong as the initial step taken to work past said difficulties. I do the same with mental…[Read more]

1. Warmed Up- After maybe one drink (assuming tolerance is decent) not a lot of difference will be felt, maybe a little more talkative.…[Read more]

I’m always open to talk about my faith, whether with a Christian or someone unsaved. Here it just happens to be a pretty specific and deep theological point that isn’t always the easiest to…[Read more]

Just a thought, what do you think of having predestination in your literature work? Do you think that it’s only for a…[Read more]

The evangelical church was one of the first I can remember, and at the time it seemed just like how church was. Sunday school tended to have candy rewards for sword drills at least (:

The baptist church I attended for many years until I was about nineteen. I enjoyed it for most of it, the head pastor was very…[Read more]

– If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are…[Read more]

I come from an evangelical, then baptist, then non-denomination background (very weird progression but we tried a few different churches growing up and then I moved for work). I personally believe that salvation is granted by God to those who choose to accept Christ as their savior. It’s a bit tough for me to figure how…[Read more]

Predestination can be a tricky thing to discuss, even just between different “flavors” of Christianity. I’ll look forward to what you say about it if we get into it as an actual discussion about our beliefs.

I agree, the Tree in Eden is a great example of (as far as the Bible says) the first and last time humanity had true innocence…[Read more]

@obrian-of-the-surface-world

Alrighty I’ll be the first to throw down on this Friendly Debate Clearwater Revival (It’s a lazy joke, don’t think too hard about it.)

Violence in Christian Work?

I think it depends on the genre. Christian-written Adult/sci-fi/fantasy/other mature styles? Let it all in! The Bible has a…[Read more]

Redwall is great, I think I’ve only missed like two of the books. They’re fantastic for younger audiences to get some “meatier” stories. Taggerung is one of my…[Read more]

@daeus-lamb.…[Read more]

I think a certain level of what you said about if something has enough “dirty” content (sex, language, violence) to merit an R movie, you don’t believe it should be avoided is a personal conviction. If you believe that you are called to hold up to a higher standard, then I will certainly pray for the strength for you to live accor…[Read more]

Would I consider a news coverage of a triple rape-dismemberment worthy of being R rated? Probably, yes.

I am not trying to say that the Bible is only fit to be read by 18 year olds and above. But there’s a reason why we teach kids lighter and easier stories from the Bible. We start off with pretty colors and happy e…[Read more]

Humans are R rated. Vile. Sick. Depraved. Furtive. Hollow.

Saying that the Bible is not R rated, but its subject matter is, is an odd take to have. Is Braveheart not really R rated then? All it really is is a creative retelling of the freedom struggle of Scotland. The subject…[Read more]

@erynne

Reading through what you have described, it sounds like the only thing standing in the way of the bad people (henceforth referred to as the Bads) are the Christian Sons of Liberty family (henceforth yada yada the Family). And…[Read more]

In the last few decades there has been a focus on making entertainment accessible for wider audiences. Take Marvel for instance. It used to be assumed that if you were going to consume comic material, you knew all the old issues and ins and outs of the universe. With the MCU beginning, we got good movies that were enjoyed by a…[Read more]

The Good

One of the aspects that gripped me most about this book is how certain scenes actually made me dread what was going to happen…[Read more]

Chris Fabry could have introduced Dogwood something like this: “Dogwood stretched out ahead of us like the fold of a blanket thrown lazily across an untidy bed. Stores…[Read more]

All the things that begin to affect Matt in the first chapter are elements of what the story is about. It references his brother through his baseball glove, introduces his childhood friends by way of Dickie’s phone call, and eve…[Read more]

I consider Iron Man, Captain America, and Thanos to be the focal characters of the Infinity saga. Just about every movie…[Read more]