2010-08-14T08:05:55-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/convincing/ http://internetevangelismday.com/larkin.php 2010-08-14T08:05:55-05:00 “Did I believe it? Did I care?” Poet and writer Philip Larkin made some valuable comments when explaining his criteria for judging the 1977 Booker Prize – a UK award for best fiction. His comments are a challenge to any Christian writer. If we write testimonies, the reader should find the story believable. Exaggeration, gushing, preachiness, will detract from the story.