Ask the Author: Jonathan Ammon
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Jonathan Ammon
I was provoked by hearing two apologists state that their faith rested on the historical case for the resurrection alone. I discovered that the reasons we give skeptics to believe are not the same reasons that we ourselves believe. Biblically, I believed they should be. (This answer refers to THE PROPHETIC APOLOGETIC).
Jonathan Ammon
I'm usually passionate about what I am learning and what things have changed my own life. But, I also honestly have to say that I really want to write. I enjoy it. I want to write more than I want to do other things, and I have been blessed with a curious and voraciously hungry mind. There are always new ideas to explore. I am an emotional thinker, and writing is part of my wrestling with truth and lies and faith and doubt.
Jonathan Ammon
AUTHORITY WITHIN a book about self-control and the Holy Spirit and/or spiritual formation.
Jonathan Ammon
Some of my favorite fictional worlds to read about are places I wouldn't necessarily survive . . . perhaps NARNIA.
Jonathan Ammon
I'm pretty sure it's winter, but let's take a look:
THE RUSSIA HOUSE by John Le Carre
The final books in THE BLACK COMPANY series by Glen Cook
The works of IRENEUS
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
THE GAGGING OF GOD by D. A. Carson
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH
That's probably a good sampling for now.
THE RUSSIA HOUSE by John Le Carre
The final books in THE BLACK COMPANY series by Glen Cook
The works of IRENEUS
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
THE GAGGING OF GOD by D. A. Carson
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH
That's probably a good sampling for now.
Jonathan Ammon
He was charged with murdering the man who assaulted his mother, and though he was fourteen, spent the night with in general population. The next morning he had a vacant stare and wouldn't speak.
Jonathan Ammon
Stop watching TV and read instead. Read widely and broadly. Read nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. Write. A lot. Write blog posts. Write emails. Write letters. Write poetry. Write fiction. Set a small wordcount goal for yourself and write everyday.
Jonathan Ammon
For some reason I find this question incredibly difficult. There are many fictional couples I don't like, and I'm certain that I'm overlooking many quality relationships.
For now, I choose Lyra and Will from His Dark Materials because their childhood romance is so well developed, because their relationship is so redemptive and so cosmically intertwined with the rest of the story, and because they are deeply flawed characters who learn love one another. Perhaps most because in spite of their deep flaws and selfishness they sacrifice themselves for one another and for the world.
For now, I choose Lyra and Will from His Dark Materials because their childhood romance is so well developed, because their relationship is so redemptive and so cosmically intertwined with the rest of the story, and because they are deeply flawed characters who learn love one another. Perhaps most because in spite of their deep flaws and selfishness they sacrifice themselves for one another and for the world.
Jonathan Ammon
I have the chance to bring others into an experience with the truth. I can pray and craft and sweat for this.
Jonathan Ammon
I have some coffee, remind myself that the quality of my writing is not dependent on how I feel, and start typing short, declarative sentences.
For nonfiction, I may find a block quote or a pre-exisiting piece of writing and beginning responding to it.
For fiction, where I experience writer's block more often, I open up a favorite novel and start transcribing it in a different word document. This is a dangerous and probably unpopular practice, but the act of typing and involving myself in a narrative opens things up for me. It's best to choose an author with a plain style, so their voice doesn't overwhelm your own. When I was writing fiction regularly I would type 1000 words of someone else's novel and then 1000 of my own.
For nonfiction, I may find a block quote or a pre-exisiting piece of writing and beginning responding to it.
For fiction, where I experience writer's block more often, I open up a favorite novel and start transcribing it in a different word document. This is a dangerous and probably unpopular practice, but the act of typing and involving myself in a narrative opens things up for me. It's best to choose an author with a plain style, so their voice doesn't overwhelm your own. When I was writing fiction regularly I would type 1000 words of someone else's novel and then 1000 of my own.
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