Fantastical Truth

Fantastical Truth

Lorehaven explores fantastical stories for God’s glory: fantasy, sci-fi, and beyond.

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April 29, 2025 74 mins
Shallow fictions insult the work of Christ by implying we can cheapen the law to make ourselves better, or cheapen grace to save others.
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Christian critics toss tomatoes at this newly popular genre. But biblical fiction isn't meant to preach, only to illustrate the Scripture we honor.
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After fractured fairy-stales, flippant super-capers, and “Stalled” Wars, here's how we could rebuild the fallen castles of this media Babylon.
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The headline sounded like an April Fool’s prank. Then others confirmed it and fans raised the uproar. Here’s why it matters that Aslan is male.
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From a wheelchair-wielding robo-pioneer to the Ares 10 mission and other astronauts, many faithful storytellers settled on our sister planet.
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After the first age of rocketry, some cowboy heroes traded their six-shooters for rayguns and rode beyond Earth to settle a new genre frontier.
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Fantasy has magical beasts while science fiction has fantastical vehicles, and both have their biblical redemptive qualities. Now, let them fight.
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Earth’s neighbor is a frozen desert, but it has inspired many fantastical stories—from adventures to big ideas, hard science, and human nature.
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Stephen and Zack explore the Christian heroes, challenging ideas, and speculative science of this possible future when oversheltered believers resist a one-world CAUSE.
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Storytellers who hope for gospel witness to the world must discern today's rising audience of cultural conservatives who like some biblical ideas.
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When readers treat the Bible as a resource for carving out doctrine-blocks or extracting shiny morals, we miss the Hero and true gospel Story of the Scripture.
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Though all their friends thought them enemies, fantasy and romance have grown into lovers, and now bear the new ship name of "romantasy."
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For centuries readers have loved to re-read, retell, or research the classic stories of magical lands where Christlike good defeats evil.
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Since 2018, Lorehaven.com creators have explored fantastical stories for God’s glory, and now we’ve upgraded our Library book search.
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Some harder sci-fi treats humans as spectators to science, while softer sci-fi may use "handwavium" to explain tech while focusing on heroes.
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Castles with knights and wild lands full of creatures remind us of real-life European history, often with one added fantastical ingredient of magic.
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As we launch our 2025 podcast season, we celebrate legacies of the original website that boosted many authors and Lorehaven itself.
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After a Christmas break, we return with our first New Year’s Eve special to review last year’s top features, from fantasy apologetics to false “liberation.”
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These classic authors are fantastic, but they also enjoyed new stories across many genres and would recommend today’s readers do the same.
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In this holiday special about versions of the Nativity, Santa, and more, let’s open the spiced eggnog to celebrate the best and boo the rest.
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