Stan's Disclaimer about Fantasy and Science Fiction
I have many reasons to believe that the Lord inspired me, and directed me in the writing of this book.
That being said, I confess I still have some hesitancy in promoting it, because of my belief that the genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy can open up, to certain persons, a huge can of worms. The current craze of such books is certainly taking society in dangerous directions, and young persons especially, who are not grounded in the Scriptures, are seeing many types of evil being normalized, and even glorified.
I have enjoyed reading Lewis's "Chronicles of Narnia" several times, including to our children, and fill the good in it justifies the series, even with its several inclusions which I would not want to be responsible for.
The Lord of the Ring series I also read, after forcing myself to get interested in it a couple of times, ........
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My "Canticles of Au-Royalia" book is different, in that it not only portrays its lovely man-and-maiden romance throughout, but also clearly upholds femininity, faith, and family in a way desperately needed in our culture today.
Looking back, it seems almost prophetic to me that when I wrote "Journey Into Darkness" (Book One) (during the latter months of 2012) it would then be such a brief space of time before our society began spiraling down into so much real spiritual darkness, as lines began blurring and disappearing about such foundational societal necessities as reality, spirituality, sexuality, masculinity and femininity, authentic personhood, and the overall exaltation of Truth that keeps
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That being said, I confess I still have some hesitancy in promoting it, because of my belief that the genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy can open up, to certain persons, a huge can of worms. The current craze of such books is certainly taking society in dangerous directions, and young persons especially, who are not grounded in the Scriptures, are seeing many types of evil being normalized, and even glorified.
I have enjoyed reading Lewis's "Chronicles of Narnia" several times, including to our children, and fill the good in it justifies the series, even with its several inclusions which I would not want to be responsible for.
The Lord of the Ring series I also read, after forcing myself to get interested in it a couple of times, ........
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My "Canticles of Au-Royalia" book is different, in that it not only portrays its lovely man-and-maiden romance throughout, but also clearly upholds femininity, faith, and family in a way desperately needed in our culture today.
Looking back, it seems almost prophetic to me that when I wrote "Journey Into Darkness" (Book One) (during the latter months of 2012) it would then be such a brief space of time before our society began spiraling down into so much real spiritual darkness, as lines began blurring and disappearing about such foundational societal necessities as reality, spirituality, sexuality, masculinity and femininity, authentic personhood, and the overall exaltation of Truth that keeps
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