Only a handful of authors do this well: C.S. This is the route Trevin chose with Clear Winter Nights, the story of a young man filled with doubts about his faith who is confronted by the answers to his questions.Ĭombining theology with good storytelling is tricky. Others take the harder road: combining theology and story. So how do you do that? Some opt for cleverness, delighting in wit and wordplay. So, in the midst of all the ugliness he saw, he wanted to write something sharing the Truth in a way that is not ugly. Trevin Wax felt-and, more importantly, voiced-that frustration. They weren’t slinging mud they just weren’t terribly pleasant to read. And while most of these were extremely faithful in defending historic doctrines of the faith… a lot were kind of, well, ugly. It was all anyone could talk about-the book’s message, its author, heaven, hell and the fate of everyone who’s ever lived.Īnd then the response books started coming out. I’m glad I’ve got that off my chest.Ī few years back, the Christian blogosphere went insane when a certain book hit the shelves.
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