Into the Fire
Passionate thoughts about the world of writing and the Power of God
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(Excerpts from the ACLJ) For years we have been fighting for an up-or-down vote on defunding Planned Parenthood. Thanks to Friday's federal budget compromise, we will finally find out who in Congress really is pro-life. As a part of the budget agreement that prevented a government shut-down, Senator Harry Reid will allow a…
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What you want and what you will accept entail a lot of decision making. Naturally if you want something and you receive it, you accept it. A pleasurable experience or a defining experience, getting what you want can demonstrate whether or not you truly wanted it. Let’s use our usual subject matter: novel…
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I’m a Christian who is a writer. I’m a Christian writer. I write fiction. Christian Fiction. It’s a label which incites near cyber-riots but doesn’t bother me at all. If you are a fiction writer who is a Christian, you’ve discerned who your audience most likely is—or will be. Perhaps your fiction is geared…
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Yesterday we discussed tripping points—those things that trip you up while you’re reading. Those things that result in you reluctantly forcing your way on through the pages or cause you to shut the book forever or incite you to slam the book into the nearest wall. I’m curious. Do we have any book-throwers…
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Watching a chase scene. The scared runner keeps looking back, unsure if the object of fear is still in pursuit. Awkward steps, head back and forth, trying to gain ground. Failing. Looks back. Trips. Fade to black. What is the tripping point? What is that object jutting up out of the sidewalk? Uneven…
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Christians know man forfeited his “goodness” in the Garden of Eden when given the choice between believing in truth and believing in lies. That solitary decision invited the blatant occupation of sin on earth. Sin in all its perversity, in all of its evil content, became the norm for life on this planet, infiltrating…
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"You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till wickedness was found in you. . . . So I drove you in disgrace from…
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In just the last three weeks, the ACLJ has: Helped rescue an American Christian missionary from a Haitian jail. Filed a lawsuit against a pro-abortion New York City law that would effectively shut down pro-life pregnancy centers. Assisted in the transfer of "Baby Joseph" to an American hospital when his…
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Today I’m blessed to attend the Northwest Ministry Conference where I’ll be manning the display table for thriller author Steven James, author of The Pawn, The Rook, The Knight, and The Bishop. So cool. So if I don’t reply to comments on previous posts, I’ll catch up to them this evening. I’m…
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For those of you who enjoyed the salty detectives of Randy Alcorn’s Deception, J. Mark Bertrand’s Back on Murder, and for any of you who’ve ever watched “The Rockford Files” or its reruns, you will love former Detective-now-Private Investigator Ray Quinn in Mark Mynheir’s second book in his Ray Quinn Mystery Series: The Corruptible…
Into the Fire 