Into the Fire

Passionate thoughts about the world of writing and the Power of God

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  •           Here's the deal. I've read several novels in the last couple of months, but I haven't felt compelled to write reviews for them. What that means in my world is they were a disappointment. I just finished one with a favorite female heroine (general market) who I've enjoyed in the…

  •        Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise — the fruit of lips that confess his name.   Hebrews 13:15 

  •             Exactly. Popular fictional character: Mitch Rapp, the late Vince Flynn's unequaled thriller hero, his legacy resumed by Kyle Mills. We left off here last Friday. Here's a brief snapshot of that segment moving right into the next.       Perusing the menus, they closed them simultaneously and sipped…

  •                        This is not a review of the first prequel to Mitch Rapp's life story. Rather it's a post I wrote last year as a Mitch Rapp Ambassador. (I didn't apply for that honor this year.) It explains the kind of thoughts I've experienced over…

  •             In the world of writing stories, it's sometimes difficult to predict what will turn out to be the next trend. Who knew that stories of teenage vampires would be the rage when the Twilight books hit the stores and then the movie screens? Monsters have always been popular. The…

  •         If ever there was a love song written to express deep love, this is it. And I can't hear it any better than through the voice of Johnny Mathis. Until the Twelfth of Never . . . and that's a long, long time.    Father, you love us more than we…

  •                             On the thriller site I visit, the guys were praising the new movie of Mark Greaney's first in his series of The Gray Man.  As the title implies, the average person would walk right by him and probably not give him…

  •   . . . For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside…

  •                 These are the original novels by the late great Vince Flynn. We are grateful that Kyle Mills has taken up the mantle for Vince's creation of the unequaled Mitch Rapp. Throughout the stories of Rapp, I've never cared for the women he's fallen for, so just for…

  •                   Yup. This is pretty much how I felt today. Apparently, I've always been a drama queen.  Sorry to repeat so many of these, but they make me laugh. Laughing is a good thing these days.   Father, thank you for the best parents, a great older…