It's 1905, and the Christian town of Refuge, Ohio has become a wonder-community of flying machines, telectroscopes and other inventions, all bestowed by an entity calling himself Jesus.  

Is this Jesus genuine?  The Mayor's brother, Alex, is convinced he isn't.  But when the Christ calls for the townspeople to cross realms into his kingdom, how can Alex stop them?  Unless it means going to the humanistic Society Of Progress, who have some inventions of their own....

Poetry Editors Marcie Lynn Tentchoff and R V Saunders take a look back at the poetry featured in 2005, and a look forward to what we can expect for 2006.

Knowledge is not the same as belief.  Sometimes it takes a living example to understand higher things.

For two thousand years, missionaries have braved the hardships of war, disease and persecution to spread the gospel to the far ends of the Earth.  But what about those who have never heard, those who by the will of governments or natural disasters were taken from this Earth before they had a chance to put their faith in Christ?  In the fourth millennium, time travel has opened up a whole new mission field for the truly committed missionary.  

With the release of The Lord of the Rings trilogy and now Narnia in the movie theaters, a lot of controversy has risen about the Christian fantasy genre.  What are its roots?  Why do we love it?  Here is the truth about the genre.

What would it take to protect a land from the evils and hurts of the world?

Notice that The Sword Review was a little under the weather?  Our site was hacked as part of a protest against a Denmark newspaper for running a cartoon.  And we don't even know anyone from Denmark.  More...

Aleskei Volchenkcov is one of the most powerful men in the region, perhaps, soon, in all the world, but the time machine that offers his government such daunting power, is also his vehicle to relive a love affair of long ago.

The driver pulled over for a rest stop and struck up a conversation with the unimpressed local.

She made him out of snow and hope and dreams. She loved him with all her heart. But anything made out of snow must eventually fade away.

What would a twelve-year-old do if separated from his family by hostile dwarves?  Where could he turn for help?  To the elves, perhaps?

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