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Christian blogger and dedicated follower, T.R. Noble and I jumped back Inside the Cup to discuss crossing the line in Christian Romance.
Come on in.
The water–coffee in my case–is fine.
Write on!
Near the beginning of August of this year, I had a post series for the Single Christian Girl.
Check out Deception, Lies, Pressure | Single Christian Girl
I received a reblog from blogger and Christian Romance novelistAnn Malley with a comment introducing this post, and it really got me to think about certain things I probably should clarify.
Ann, in her amazing back cover promotion of the post, poses the question if, in my post, I am seeking a scapegoat for fallen human nature. She also brings up something I don’t know why I haven’t thought about before, “glorified temptation.” That, in itself, is something to write on. What a powerful term.
She promoted the post not only to her readers but to me. Convincing me to reread the post and reflect.
And reflect I did. In fact, I retweeted her post and we started discussing Christian Romance…
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Attention writers and readers of Inspy Romance.
This just in from Inside Cup. Blogger and devoted Christian, T.R. Noble has some serious charges to level at the Christian Romance genre.
Is she right? Wrong?
Has the Inspirational market crossed the line into glorified temptation? Or is Noble, despite noble intentions, seeking a scapegoat for fallen human nature?
It’s often not a love of the Lord that sees temptation everywhere.
It’s fear. (And not the filial kind that places abundant trust in a loving Father.)
Write on…
This is at least going to be a two-part post series. Today is the introduction. We’re going to discuss how deception sinks not only in romance movies/books but in Christian romance novels as well. We’re going to talk about the pressure set in the world around us.
Looking back now, I only had media and the googly eyes students gave each other in the hall to have a glimpse of what I thought was a relationship in the world of dating. I honestly think my main desire at 12 was to be liked by someone. For someone to notice me like I noticed them. *Cue the imaginative “fantasy” of the boy I crushed on saying he liked me. Gasp! And end curtain.
That was it.
I truly had NO idea what a relationship in the sense of dating meant, and I was young enough to not fully grasp how special…
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