Into the Fire

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

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  •                        The controversy over and about Christian Fiction will undoubtedly continue beyond some of our lifetimes. Praise, complaints, commendations, and condemnations all accompany conversations concerning novels written with the Christian Fiction label. Readers who read it exclusively, readers who've never read it at all or have read very few offerings, and readers who…

  •   It seems for those who feel victimized by Christian Fiction that any mention of serious God issues is too much. God-lite is more than these readers can tolerate. Recently I've read some good novels which are God-lite and sure enough the fact that God is mentioned at all is more than these supposedly unsuspecting…

  •   Show the wonder of your great love, you who save by your right hand those who take refuge in you from their foes. Psalm 17:7 (NIV)

  •   Frustration with refusal of full disclosure on Fast and Furious:   http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/holder-contempt-fast-furious/2012/04/27/id/437354?s=al&promo_code=EC4A-1   The escalation of abortion in America continues. Here is the latest news from the ACLJ's attorneys. Race and Sex Based Discrimination Illegal … Except for Abortion   Planned Parenthood supports this most invidious form of discrimination, race- and sex-selection abortions. Read it…

  •   So the Seahawks drafted a bad boy pass rushing linebacker in the first round. Welcome Bruce Irvin!                                                                Father, thank you for those things we love to play, watch, and root for. Fun is such a relief. Please watch over this young man and if he doesn't know you, I pray…

  •   In case you haven't had the pleasure:   http://www.godvine.com/Three-Girls-Sing-a-BEAUTIFUL-Version-of-Hallelujah-Wow-1426.html   Father, thank you for the beauty of music. For the Spirit of worship. For all the joy in expressing Hallelujah! In the Name of Jesus, Amen.

  •                        The CFBA Tour presents Sue Duffy's The Sound of Red Returning published by Kregel Publications. Liesl Bower is a headstrong, self-absorbed, world-reknowned concert pianist who's used to shutting people out of her life. With a scarred family history, the young woman has tried to forget her Harvard mentor's murder and the CIA's disclosure…

  •   I mentioned one thing I love about Frank Peretti's writing is his use of all the senses. Sight. Smell. Hearing. Touch. Taste. Spirituality. Writing requires giving the reader images. Vivid color, pastels, greys, dark, light, bright, dim. Our mental eyes must be given things to view. Smelling the scents which enhance those visual images…

  •   "'And you took your sons and daughters whom you bore to me and sacrificed them as food to the idols. Was your prostitution not enough? You slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols. In all your detestable practices and your prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth, when you…

  •   I could've just posted the link (http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/religious-right-now/post/planned-parenthoods-abortion-prayer/2012/04/18/gIQABL46RT_blog.html), but I wanted to be sure you could read this page from what can really only be described as a satanic handbook.   Posted at 11:34 PM ET, 04/18/2012 TheWashingtonPost A prayer for abortion?By Jordan Sekulow and Matthew Clark Pro-life advocates have long complained that Planned Parenthood,…