Several years ago, I ran a fantasy horror game for a group of teenagers from my church. It was their very first roleplaying game, and I felt both very privileged to have the opportunity to introduce them to the hobby and very responsible for keeping them on a godly path in their play. My own … [Read more…]
This is Faith in Play #4: Bad Friends, for March 2018. This started with a bit of silliness that over the course of a few hours became considerably more serious. It was a morning drive, and on the radio someone was talking about how Jesus had saved her marriage. She said that now her husband … [Read more…]
Having completed the last of the epistles, the Chaplain’s Bible Study will be beginning a study of the Revelation, or Apocalypse, of John—the last and most controversial book in the New Testament. The preliminaries post will go out sometime on Sunday, May 7th, 2017, and thereafter the study will progress at the rate of one … [Read more…]
CGG President Rodney Barnes begins a series about how a Gamemaster can be a Servant to their roleplaying group. How big should your RPG group be? There is not a set answer to the question of how big your group should be. But here are some helpful guidelines to help you in establishing a group … [Read more…]
In recent months we have drifted away from the central purpose of this series—that of examining how our faith and our gaming hobby may be integrated—into responding to the criticisms of other Christians. This is in some ways a necessary part of what we are doing. If well-intentioned Christians think that our hobby is wrong, … [Read more…]
As children of God, we are charged to walk in the Light. [I John 1:5] This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. [6] If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in … [Read more…]
The following article was originally published in May 2001 on the Christian Gamers Guild’s website. The entire series remains available at its original URL. As I pondered where to begin our discussion of faith and gaming, I wanted to address the most fundamental aspect of our games; but I then had to debate with myself exactly … [Read more…]