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Apologetics Fiction: How It Compares

Have you been hearing the buzz about apologetics fiction? Have you wondered how it compares to other genres? Take a look below to see how it stands out: Romance Fiction Warms Our Hearts Suspense/Mystery/Thriller Fiction Solves Dilemmas Historical Fiction Explores The Past  Science Fiction Imagines Other Worlds Apologetics Fiction Sheds Light On Biblical Truth Order your copy of The Revelation of Emery Audubon, award-winning apologetics fiction for teens and young adults at www. annroecker.com.

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Apologetics Fiction: Why it matters

What is Apologetics Fiction? C.S. Lewis called his fictional works “apologetics literature,” wanting his writing to entertain while shedding light on biblical truth. In this same tradition, The Revelation of Emery Audubon seeks to be a great read, while shedding light on Jesus Christ and why He matters to history — and to you and me.  Does apologetics fiction really matter in today’s world? Why it matters #1: It Answers Hard Questions About Faith Apologetics fiction matters because young adults are coming back to church.1 The question is, will they stay? Research and history tell us they will if their hard questions about God …

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Story Behind The Revelation of Emery Audubon

Many novels have surprise endings. The Revelation of Emery Audubon has a surprise beginning. Although I’ve been a writer for many years and love stories, I had no intention of writing Christian YA fiction rooted in Revelation. Like most Christians, I’ve read the last book in the Bible and have heard plenty of sermons on it. Still, Revelation remained a mystery to me, and not that relevant to my here and now. That is until Emery Audubon came along. How it got started During COVID-19 I reread the book of Revelation — this time out loud — and finally began …

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Revelation’s Symbols

Secret Biblical Code Fascinated — and maybe a little confused — by the symbols in Revelation? Me too. These symbols feel like secret code buried inside the last book of the Bible. And they are. Once you understand these symbols you can crack the code to what God is saying to us through this dazzling and perplexing book. How Revelation’s Symbols Play Into My New Book In my novel, The Revelation of Emery Audubon, Dr. Phillips is a college professor who teaches an illegal class on Revelation’s symbols. He points out that today’s young adult is more ready for Revelation …

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