Category Archives: Fiction

‘Tis the Season – to Try a Little Dickens!

Posted on December 21, 2017 by

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens “Who can listen to objections regarding such a book as this? It seems to me a national benefit, and to every man or woman who reads it, a personal kindness.” – William M. Thackeray on … Continue reading →

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20 Years Later: Left Behind Leftovers

Posted on April 13, 2015 by

“The only Bible verse Rayford could quote by heart was Genesis 1:1: ‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.’ He hoped there’d be some corresponding verse at the end of the Bible that said something like, ‘In … Continue reading →

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“Christian” Books Every Christian would be better off NOT Reading, Part Two

Posted on September 22, 2014 by

“There will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves…and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned; and in their greed … Continue reading →

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A Sneak Peek Behind Enemy Lines: The Screwtape Letters

Posted on March 3, 2014 by

The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis “There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive … Continue reading →

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The Lord of the Rings, by J. R. R. Tolkien (a trilogy of posts)

Posted on June 1, 2013 by

Originally posted on Blogging for a Good Book:
It appears at or near the top of every popularly chosen list of the best books of all time. It cast a lasting spell on the fantasy genre, where it set the…

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Flannery O’Connor: Seeing the Bad in the Good (Part Two)

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O’Connor Part Two: “Flannery O’Connor’s Good Characters” Continued from Part One: “Flannery O’Connor’s Evil Characters” A common theme throughout Flannery O’Connor’s stories is that people are not always what they … Continue reading →

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