The Passion of the King of Glory by Russ Ramsey

Russ Ramsey's take on Biblical fiction (in this case, the Four Gospels) may not be dramatic enough for everyone's tastes, but it's certainly entertaining and orthodox: https://eclalibraries.org/2018/10/16/the-passion-of-the-king-of-glory/

The Bad Book Blurb Contest: Worst Descriptions of Classic Spec Fic Books

This week, I'm going to do something a bit different from my usual blog post routine, and do something humorous. Why? Partly because we're all in a tough time right now and we could always use a few more laughs. Also because this humorous thing connects to topics I've discussed frequently in my regular posts: …

Breaking a Genre Gently: Thoughts on What Makes Art Work

Conversations about good art versus bad art often talk about using the medium well. For example, one might discuss whether the latest Ted Dekker novel works well as a thriller, based on other examples of what makes a good thriller novel. Or on a different level, one could discuss whether that novel works well as …

Review: Four Portraits, One Jesus by Mark L. Strauss

If you're like me, you've probably wondered a few times why there are four separate accounts of Jesus' life in the Bible. What do they each do differently? How are they similar? Why not just create a combined Gospel that covers all the material in one place? What about the so-called later Gospels that Gnostics …

Twice A Slave by Sammy Tippit and Randy Willis

I stated my book reviewing career in an interesting way. I received a book to review after doing a course at Taylor University in 2014. The review was supposed to be published in a Christian library magazine, which unfortunately went out of print. Two years later I was a full-time student at Taylor and the …