Jul 17th, 2009
by John Ottinger III.
As a Christian and a Dungeons and Dragons fan, I found this interview fascinating.
Demons have overrun a peaceful valley, dark forces have driven humans underground, and the only one who can save them is a wounded black unicorn. This is a Dungeons and Dragons campaign from the mind of a United Methodist minister. James Wyatt [...]
Jul 15th, 2009
by John Ottinger III.
Religious publisher Thomas Nelson has set up a site where book bloggers can receive free copies of books in exchange for 200 word reviews (postive or negative) posted at thei blogger’s site and Thomas Nelson company sites. Thomas Nelson publishes such notables as Andy Stanley, Donald Miller, James Dobson and Tony Campolo in nonfiction, and [...]
Jul 10th, 2009
by John Ottinger III.
David Weber has a great post on religion in reality and in his fiction that is fair and balanced at BSC review.
“No one can study history without becoming aware of the incredible impact religion has had on history. Nor can any fair-minded student of history spend much time with his subject without becoming aware of [...]
Mar 14th, 2009
by John Ottinger III.
“Churches of all denominations seemed to be in decline, desperately stripping out the supernatural wonder for some modernist sense of community that made them seem like dull Oxfam working parties.” Mark Chadbourn, World’s End, Age of Misrule Book 1
Though this quote is only peripherally related to the thrust of this story of magic returning to [...]
Dec 2nd, 2008
by John Ottinger III.
No offense, but this seems to be nothing less than an blatant attempt to make C. S. Lewis less Christian and more “New Age”.
“CS Lewis included a secret code in the Chronicles of Narnia linking each story to a planet, according to a BBC documentary to be aired next Easter…Dr Michael Ward, the author of [...]
Nov 13th, 2008
by John Ottinger III.
…It might look something like this.
See the complete story of Creation at College Humor.com.
Jul 31st, 2008
by John Ottinger III.
This is a beautifully written post on just what freedom can mean. The setting is a public library, and the impetus the desire of one parent to remove a book from the library shelves that is about gay marriage. Morally, I disagree with gay marriage (I am a Christian, and believe homosexuality is a sin, [...]
Jun 10th, 2008
by John Ottinger III.
One of my fellow bloggers at covblogs (my host site) and a U.S. Air Force captain, just wrote an interesting article about how Stargate SG-1 made her think about the relationship between allegory and science fiction.
May 15th, 2008
by John Ottinger III.
Now there’s a question to provoke some interesting answers. The Templeton Foundation has asked a bunch of leading scientists, religieux, and atheists to answer the question. You can read all the essays online. Although some do some language parsing, they are all interesting.
May 5th, 2008
by John Ottinger III.
In the unusual things to happen to me category, for some reason a short essay I wrote for this blog back in January of 2006 has turned up at Urbanministry.org. I don’t remember ever submitting the article, (and maybe I didn’t) but it is still cool. I think this is one of the better things [...]