The Trees of the Lord

“In other words, the real dilemma should confront those who would undertake a biblical defense of writing like the author of the Elsie Dinsmore stories. While there are things in the Bible that might even resemble Swift’s Modest Proposal, there is nothing that remotely resembles 19th century sentimentality. So why is it that those who write such things never have to give a biblical defense of what they are doing? And why do I have to write this book defending a scriptural approach, and those who write books with titles like When Throbs the Heart never have to explain themselves at all? The answer is that such authors are writing for a modern evangelical audience, and ‘the trees of the Lord are full of sap’ (Ps. 104:16)” (A Serrated Edge, p. 47).