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Making fictional evil real

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on June 9, 2019 by David BergslandNovember 20, 2022

Making fictional evil real always remains a focus of excellent Christian fiction—at the levels of four and five especially. But any fiction showing spiritual truth requires Absolute Truth when describing the enemy, also. This never appears in worldly or entertaining fiction. … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Author, Christian fiction, Creative, Discipleship, Redemptive Fiction, Reviews & commentary, spirit Filled Fiction, Spiritual Warfare | Tagged christian author, christian fiction, Christian novel, Christian Speculative Fiction, demons, Fiction, Holy Spirit, Jesus, magic, redemptive fiction, spiritual warfare

Exciting spiritual warfare surprises as well

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on January 9, 2018 by David BergslandJanuary 9, 2018

Kingdom Come,  by Justin Coogle, has exciting spiritual warfare surprises for you. The blurb reads like a Roman Catholic nightmare. But the book is really much better than that. Because of the obvious RC setting, I was concerned as I started. … Continue reading →

Posted in Action Adventure, Announcements, Award of Excellence, Book Reviews, Horror, Religious Fiction, Reviews & commentary, Spiritual Warfare, UrbanFantasy | Tagged action/adventure, christian author, Christian novel, Christian Speculative Fiction, demons, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, spiritual warfare, thriller

Christian Science Fiction: Lynessa’s Curse by Adam David Collings

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on March 27, 2016 by David BergslandMarch 27, 2016

A quest with some large twists makes for a fun story. It takes place on Mars, 300 years after the collapse of civilization. The society is roughly feudal and the old technologies are seen as magic. [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”] Most of … Continue reading →

Posted in Action Adventure, Announcements, Book Reviews, Reviews & commentary, Spiritual Content | Tagged christian, christian science fiction, clean, Jesus

Christian Epic Fantasy: King’s Folly by Jill Williamson

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on March 24, 2016 by David BergslandMarch 24, 2016

I was hesitant to use the word Christian in the title, because this is definitely not a Christian book. I know Jill is a Christian author, and she has virtually promised that the series will arrive at this spiritual destination … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Book Reviews, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews & commentary | Tagged black spirits, christian author, disasters, drugs, earthquakes, epic fantasy, fantasy, gods, lustful, magic, nasty, Prophecy, shape shifters, spiritual warfare, traditional publisher

Romancing Death: A True Story of Vampirism, Death, the Occult, and Deliverance

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on November 28, 2015 by David BergslandNovember 28, 2015

Excellent information on spiritual evil in our society So, the book is written by a man who used to be a vampire. Blood is presented as a strongly addictive substance with effects similar to cocaine…powerfully attractive. His comments throughout match … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Book Reviews, Fire, Non-fiction, Reviews & commentary | Tagged christian, christian author, demons, discipleship, Holy Spirit, Jesus, spiritual warfare

Christian Western review: Dust Storm by Cliff Ball

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on August 18, 2015 by David BergslandAugust 18, 2015

[yasr_overall_rating size=”large”] It could be so much more I hate writing bad reviews, but this short story is typical of what has produced the bad rep of “Christian fiction”. It’s utterly predictable, no tension, everything happens smoothly with little real … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Book Reviews, Reviews & commentary, Spiritual Content, Western | Tagged Baptist, christian author, Christian western, evangelical, God, Short story

Christian speculative fantasy fiction book review: Yield by J. R. Pierce

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on June 24, 2015 by David BergslandJune 24, 2015

This was a rough start for me. It took two tries. But I finally slid into the story after about 100 pages into this book which was 1288 pages on my iPad. But it was worth it. [yasr_overall_rating size=”large”] A … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Book Reviews, Fantasy, Reviews & commentary, Speculative Fiction, Spiritual Warfare | Tagged allegory, author, christian, Christian fantasy, christian fiction, Christian Speculative Fiction, fantasy, Religion and Spirituality, speculative fiction

Christian fantasy book review: The Keeper of Edelyndia (The Keeper Chronicles Book 1) by Benjamin J. Denen

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on June 17, 2015 by David BergslandJune 17, 2015

I have to admit a bit of guilt in enjoying an “angel becomes human” tale. I tend to despise such stories. Yet this one works. In fact, it gets stranger than that. The fantasy has the ring of truth though there … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Book Reviews, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews & commentary | Tagged bandits, christian, evil church, fantasy, poor villagers, power-hungry

Christian Fantasy book review: Aerisia, Land Beyond the Sunset by Sarah Ashwood

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on May 29, 2015 by David BergslandJune 28, 2015

Ok, I don’t like clean reads or fantasies which devolve into a man and a woman struggling with thwarted desire. This book is both. Because it’s just a clean read, I have to give it a one-star rating in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Book Reviews, Fantasy, Reviews & commentary, Romance, Spiritual Content | Tagged christian author, Evil, fairies, fantasy, good versus evil

Christian fantasy book review: Galthain’s Bones by Krystine Kercher

David Bergsland’s Reality Calling Posted on May 7, 2015 by David BergslandMay 24, 2015

Galthain’s Bones (Exile Book 1) [yasr_overall_rating] I didn’t know this was a prequel or I would have probably rejected it. However, like Krystine’s Legends of Astarkand this book grew on me and I really enjoyed it. This is nearly the beginning of … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Book Reviews, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews & commentary, Spiritual Content | Tagged Astarkand, Christian fantasy, Chrsitian author, Islam, king, prequel, Prophecy

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