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Issues, Etc.

2923. Death and Murder in Christian Fiction – Gayl Siegel, 10/18/24

Issues, Etc.

Lutheran Public Radio

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Gayl Siegel, author, “Blood Meal” Blood Meal: A Madalyn Mitchell Mystery, Book Two Blood Stained: A Madalyn Mitchell Mystery

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This week on the word of the Lord endorse forever we continue in First Timothy with great apostasy,

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trained in the words of the faith, close watch, instructions for

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widows

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widows. Join me, pastor Will Wheaton for the word of the Lord

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endorse forever your daily 15 minute verse by verse Bible study on demand listen at the word indoors

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or your favorite podcast provider The genre of the murder mystery is a favorite of many. Of course to have a

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murder mystery you have to have a murder and that means death figures prominently

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into that kind of storytelling.

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So what about a Christian murder mystery?

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Welcome back to issues, Cetera.

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I'm Todd Wilkin.

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Christians have something to say about death and maybe that genre is the perfect one for Christians.

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Joining us to take up that subject, Gail Segal, a married mother in Cedar Rapids, Iowa,

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an author of the new novel Blood Meale, Madlin Mitchell Mystery

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Book 2.

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Gail, welcome back.

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Thank you.

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Why does so much of fiction revolve around the subject of death?

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Well, good fiction stories have a conflict and a resolution.

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And as my mother always told me, good fiction is a reflection of the one true story that God created

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a perfect world it was thrown into disorder the conflict when the devil tempted

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Adam and ease and then we see the story unfolding through the Bible

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