A Review and a Question
(In many ways, what follows runs parallel to comments in the current thread begun as CBA--State your case, whatever it is. However, several times after my divergent-minded responses to other...
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The current discussion regarding David and the psalms that arose out of his repentance jogged loose a thought.I wonder if there is any CBA writer willing/able and interested in writing a novel on "The...
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Just to clarify, I'm still back on the question, What makes fiction "Christian"? Mark's answer, as I understand it is, the Christian author writing about the world as he sees it.Am I understanding...
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You've got it, Becky. I suppose what it amounts to is a difference between seeing Christian fiction as a genre (in which case it makes sense to apply standard conventions -- "it must have X and can...
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Well, when you juxtapose it with "genre" it really comes clear. The first time Dave posted on his blog about Christian fiction being genre fiction, that didn't sound right to me. But that was back in...
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Interesting discussion. Now, for the sake of Christian fiction of the Mark Bertrand kind, that is about any subject but infused with a Christian worldview the way a Marxist author would have their...
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"Community" is an interesting term to use for any cyperspace get-together, Deborah, but I have felt a certain sense of "commitment" to this discussion board from a number of people. We may wander off,...
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Of course this is a community. I think we get in under the Where ever two or three are gathered in My name clause.Will that ensure a "Christian worldview"? Over time, even denominations and mission...
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No one is writing from the Christian perspective. I'm a Christian with a certain set of experiences, and I'd argue that mine is a Christian perspective, but there are other Christian perspectives --...
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I attended the Augustine College commencement yesterday. The dean, Edward Tingley, gave a brilliant speech about what an education is, and how important knowledge is to supplement faith and make us...
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Quote:No one is writing from the Christian perspective. I'm a Christian with a certain set of experiences, and I'd argue that mine is a Christian perspective, but there are other Christian...
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Not everything I write is "Christian fiction," but everything I write is influenced in some way, however subtle, by my Christianity. When someone says "Christian fiction," however, I think...
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Sorry I'm taking so long to reply to Luella ...I think you misunderstood what I meant (or I didn't say it clearly enough). Art is by definition communication in some way, but what I meant is that...
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Quote:I do not consider these to be works of "Christian fiction" simply because I am Christian. "Christian" doesn't apply in the same way that "American" does. Any piece of work by an American...
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Becky,Once more we are in complete agreement. As Christians we must die daily.blessings,Marvin
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Great discussion going on here. I agree with Becky too - but then there is the agency of God who uses whom and what he will and in so many ways surprises us. He has used me when I thought my...
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Marci, you're absolutely right--God does use even the "unholy." Your post reminded me of a passage in Philippians: "Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from...
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Good points, Becky. All the more reason to make sure we are "workmen approved," as in 2Ti 2:15 - "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing...
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To be honest, I find this whole conversation silly. (I also understand that it is necessary.)Prologue: I hate categories.Firstly, when I drive my car to the gas station, do I ask, hmm, am I driving a...
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