@denali-Christianson

anybody home?

Thanks!

Charging them head on at night is too dangerous. We can’t see well in the daytime, (why not?) let alone night, and we don’t know the terrain.”

I think the reason I had put in was there was a great amount of fog that had descended in the plateau and the lowlands it overlooked, so daytime visibility had been shot.…[Read more]

Thanks so much! I’ve got Chapter 5 finished, so when you get done with chapter 4, I’ll send it over. It’s a real tearjerker!

Sorry, if this is overloading you, but I can’t thank you enough.

Chapter 4

In the morning, a gray fog had settled over the fort and the surrounding terrain, minimizing visibility, and giving the land an eery look. Abner woke early, and patrolled the walls, straining his eyes for any sight of the enemy, but the stubborn fog kept them blind.

Lieutenant North joined him,…[Read more]

Hey Jared!

Its an interesting idea, and the skeleton of the story is great. I think something you would need to ponder, however, is the biblical themes you portray. Now I know no novel, written by a Christian or not, is imperfect, but it would do Christian authors well to portray biblical truth as best they can.

Now maybe you…[Read more]

Thanks! Chapter 4 is almost ready!

For me it’s how Lewis ties them all together at the end. It’s a beautiful picture of a valiant end, while still correctly portraying the sovereignty of the lion over it all, and his power of Tash. Perhaps it awakens in me longing for the culmination of all Christians battles, and the final sight of our king.

It was technically a high ankle sprain, and that’s why we thought it would be so much worse cause there usually pretty bad.

He’s a Puritan, but a modern guy put the book into modern English.

The last battle. By far. Not a reflection on the others being bad, which by no means they are, but the last battle is just SO good

So mine wasn’t just the twisting your ankle going down the stairs that goes away after a half hour. It was during a football exercise and it rolled outwards an popped. It’s dramatically better than it should be, a testament (again) to Gods Grace, but I’m still wearing an ankle brace and it still is tender.

I’ve been reading…[Read more]

Im doing well! All that’s been of consequence recently is a rolled ankle and rainy skies.

There is a family in our church, and the husband had a brain tumor that by medical evaluation was incurable. However there’s a holistic experimental treating facility in Scottsdale AZ that they went too, and it really was an act of God, who…[Read more]

Im not sure. I don’t think I’ve heard of that before. What is it?

Yes, I believe we probably have a lot more of common beliefs, but it’s very hard to communicate just through words on a screen. Yeah, anytime you have questions I’m just here, and I’ll prolly think up some for you. XD

Anytime! It looks lik…[Read more]

Thanks a ton Joelle! I can’t count how many grammatical errors I face palmed myself over. I really can be airheaded sometimes. XD.

No, I don’t think God created people for the exclusive purpose for hell. I think Romans 1 puts it quite well in that he ‘turns them over’ to their evil desires. However, I think it is dangerous to say that he is not sovereign over that. He may not create his creatures for that express purpose, but when they break his l…[Read more]

Your post disappeared but here’s the response I wrote.

So I’m tight for time right now, but just in response to some of your stuff, I don’t think I completely understand the illustration of the billion dollars. I think it would be better illustrated by a very rich man going into the city streets and saying to him w…[Read more]

Agreed.  May man be fools, only let God be glorified. And yes, without scripture, we are blind men in the dark. Thanks be to God for his Word.

In response to number 1, yes i do believe they were saved. I think Hebrews 11 makes it clear it is by faith they were ‘counted as righteous.’ But i think the emphasis is…[Read more]

Here’s Chapter 3. Just work on it at your leisure. Thanks again for helping!

Chapter 3

Abner entered the private stables reserved for royalty, urgency in his every step. Bedecked in battle gear, the moon glinted through the narrow windows of the stables, glimmering off the cool metal armor. Having…[Read more]

First of all, excellently made argument! The use of scripture is great, as it should be the only thing used in primary theological debates.

So when you address God limiting his atonement, also known as ‘limited atonement’ I think we disagree. Also, it should be noted that the use of limited is a poor rep…[Read more]

We definitely should!!!!

Yeah, we loved filming. It’s funny tho, cause whenever you show someone your movie, it never really means what it meant to you and the other people who made it cause it’s  the experience that’s just as much fun as the actual work.

Now what did you do for music? We could never post our works just c…[Read more]

Yeah, maybe one day we can do a joint project 😂😂.

Yeah basically we just had a camera and put it together on IMovie. You sound like you got more specialized stuff. Once you got it on YouTube send me the link!

No, we were pretty shabby ourselves. For some reason I was wearing ridiculously baggy sweatpants and a sweater, and well….it’s kinda embarrassing now. But if was fun.

I totally understand the filters thing. Do you use IMovie?

Yeah, I really enjoy my siblings. We never had anything too intense with teasing, but it’s safe to say I never was treated like your typical youngest. So yeah.

That’s awesome Joelle! I had a 65k word book I almost finished but really wasn’t satisfied with where it was going, and felt like it had lost its purpo…[Read more]

Yep. Hard life for us youngests. What’s worse is we get stereotyped as babies, because of a few…well I’ll face it, many bad, and bratty youngests. Endless teasing. Yep. But it’s all good. Alls well that ends well

Yeah, holy cross abbey is a wonder to see. It’s very beautiful. Plus there’s like an abandoned track/football field directly across from Worldviews dorm, so there’s gonna be plenty for you to explore.

Thats cool! I think me and my sister tried to make one about Martin Luther when we lived near the abbey. It ended up just…[Read more]

Thats cool! What kind of films did you make?

If you’re going to Worldview at the Abbey tho,  (I think you said in two years) It is a marvelous place to film. And with the other students there, I’m sure you’ll find more than enough willing actors!

@joelle-stone

I feel that. I have six siblings but I’m the youngest…[Read more]

Exactly. No Order 66s. 😂.

@emily-Waldorf

Wonderfully put! I agree. I would highly recommend David Clotfelters Sinners In the Hands of a Good God. Excellent book. I know I already mentioned it, but again, it’s just that good. If you can, read it.

I honestly don’t know. Haven’t thought about it honestly. I think the main point, which I think we both agree on, is that if you’re trying to write something allegorical or purposefully to portray something theological, make God the hero. Make him the savior. You can’t go wrong there.

Also, same. I need to sleep on these things…[Read more]

I would say, no. Our salvation does not depend totally on our acceptance of his sacrifice. It depends on whether God enables us to be able to accept it. Psalm 53 is clear that no one seeks God. Romans 3:23 echoes this. How can we presume that we can choose God when we can’t even seek him?

I agree that we must accept God but we c…[Read more]

That’s interesting! What did you think of the denominations that you moved around to and from?

No sorry, what I meant is that if God is not sovereign in salvation, salvation doesn’t happen. My belief is that God must change our desires. He chooses us according to his great purpose(Ephesians 1)

No I am firmly a Calvinist, and I believe those that attribute salvation  to humans choosing God are making salvation dependent on th…[Read more]

While there is a definite truth in what you say, Calvinism and Arminianism are irreconcilable in their truest sense. Predestination and free will aren’t as much, but there is still a wide chasm. While there is a definite sense that God will not drag someone kicking and screaming into the kingdom against ‘their will’ our will is ho…[Read more]

Me and my siblings have made a plethora of home movies, that are basically us doing one of the Narnia movies or LOTR, or something. But your kind of filmmaking sounds much more professional

Yeah, I totally understand the use of Frodo. I guess I understood the questions as relating to history and life, and not so much as a writer or author. Definitely in stories you can create innocent characters for a certain purpose. But in real life, no, no one is innocent(Romans 3:23)

Positionally, those in Christ are Seen by the…[Read more]

im glad you resurrected it! I kinda want to hear yours and @obrian-of-the-surface-worlds opinions on the Predestination/freewill argument before I go, cause I may or may not have a very very long paragraph on it. Regarding that topic tho I think David Clotfelters Sinners in the Hands of a Good God makes a remarkable argument…[Read more]

I totally understand that all. I was honestly thinking like waaayyy down the road. Using SE is just fine for now

It sounds so bad, saying they never made it. Makes me feel like we’re talking about people that died🤣

business email? Sounds fancy. I didn’t know you had a business!

@denali-Christianson @joelle-stone @rebekah12

And nothing is rushed. It could just be something maybe like a zoom call, that you could Join anonymously, just by sending a link or something. But don’t think I’m stressing it. We’re all very busy. Maybe just have a confe…[Read more]

Well we are four now. But it would be cool if we could have a conference sometime. I know for obvious reasons we don’t share email or numbers or stuff, but maybe one day we’ll sort something out

so are you still ice-skating? Aren’t you gonna try to be an Olympian?

Sorry, that’s random, just a memory that came back thinking of the Flabbit room.

Ill start the hashtag. #ONWARDDFLABBITEERS

@joelle-stone

Yes. We three. We few. We band of champions. Gone are the days of many Flabiteers.
Perhaps one day all the members of the Flabbit room, or some can have a conference, and make a grand writing club

Venus sounds very hot and dry. I prefer a bluish sounding planet like Neptune.
How was life been the last couple weeks?

Yay! You‘ve not been taken to a secret underground dungeon. I was beginning to wonder. I totally understand how busy a trip can make you.

Thanks! I think I meant to add ‘over’ but it just flew over my head.
Regarding @denali-Christianson I wonder the same thing. You good, friend?

that’s sounds awesome! I’ll have to check it out!

thanks so much. This a really helpful, especially the format. I really appreciate the time you take to help me. I know you’re busy so I really am grateful.

Oh no worries. I just wanted to check up on ya. Yeah I get being busy. Lately I’ve had two snow days so I had a four day weekend so I was kinda bored

How are you guys? No body died right? XD

Wow. You really outdid yourself. That format is helpful for me to see where I need editing. Thanks so much. I honestly facepalmed so many times cause I saw those stupid grammatical errors. Alas, computer spellcheck can be a terrible and unnoticeable enemy😂

On those adjectives, however, I totally get that, and your help…[Read more]