I wouldn’t exactly say there’s an invasion of non-Christian authors, just that not all authors who think they’re Christians necessarily are, and that slapping a label that says “Christian” on things doesn’t automatically make them so. CCM singer Steven Curtis Chapman sometimes refers to something he calls “The God Quotient” that he sees in his line of work, people getting the idea that how “Christian” a song is depends on how many times you mention God in it.
This book cover is doing the literary equivalent of that: “You can tell this is Christian, because we keep saying it’s Christian right there on the cover numerous times! Yep, definitely Christian.” The more they feel compelled to repeat that word, the more I doubt their confidence in what they’re claiming.
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8 years ago
That six-fingered dude has the longest index finger I’ve ever seen.
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…is she standing in a grave…?
I thought the same thing.
Quicksand. Their house is falling apart so much that their yard turned into a swamp. That, or someone amputated both his and hers feet.
How many times can the word “Christian” be used on the cover? As if the first instance didn’t convince us of the second.
Where’s the third monkey, Mr. Speak No Evil?
As a rule, the more a cover has to say something, the less you ought to believe it.
“For not all who say to me ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the Kingdom…”
Is there a serious problem with the Christian fiction market being invaded by non-Christian authors?
I wouldn’t exactly say there’s an invasion of non-Christian authors, just that not all authors who think they’re Christians necessarily are, and that slapping a label that says “Christian” on things doesn’t automatically make them so. CCM singer Steven Curtis Chapman sometimes refers to something he calls “The God Quotient” that he sees in his line of work, people getting the idea that how “Christian” a song is depends on how many times you mention God in it.
This book cover is doing the literary equivalent of that: “You can tell this is Christian, because we keep saying it’s Christian right there on the cover numerous times! Yep, definitely Christian.” The more they feel compelled to repeat that word, the more I doubt their confidence in what they’re claiming.
That six-fingered dude has the longest index finger I’ve ever seen.