Those who write stories influence the broad cultural narratives that determine the direction and health, or lack thereof, of a society. For too long Christians have left the writing of these narratives to people who do not share our worldview or the underlying assumptions about the nature of reality. Both fiction and non-fiction are important and contribute on one way or another to what people believe and base their lives on.
Many Christians will say the Bible is one long narrative we call redemptive history, and God didn’t convey his will to us through propositions. Yet God chose Paul, and the other writers of the epistles, to interpret or give meaning to the stories. You need both; but stories are especially powerful in capturing the imagination of a people and a culture, and thus its manners, morals and mores. Human nature and the reality of God’s created order, good and fallen at the same time, give us an endless supply of potential stories.
ChristianWriters.com is a resource for, believe it or not, Christian writers! They state their purpose succinctly:
ChristianWriters.com offers an open and friendly community, resources, and tools for authors who are followers of Jesus Christ.
Websites and communities like this are an encouraging reminder that Christians in the 21st Century are slowly but surely coming out of their cultural cocoon.
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