Fantastical Truth

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

Episodes

272. Can We Save Cinema from Sloppy Stories?

July 22, 2025 • 65 mins

We need no automatic loyalty for big-budget movies that fall into made-up moralities, flippant franchises, and scandalized or sillified superheroes.

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271. How Do Christians Serve in Video Game Mission Fields? | with Brock Henderson

July 15, 2025 • 48 mins

Faithful gamers are finding fertile soil in digital worlds, leading to this year's crossover between Realm Makers and Christian Game Developers.

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270. How Did C. S. Lewis Fight for Living and Learning in Wartime?

July 8, 2025 • 51 mins

Let’s heed the Narnia author’s wise warnings against pacifism or violence, and his praise for biblical courage and defense of good causes.

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269. How Can Fantasy Fans Dispel Occult Darkness? | On Magic and Miracles with Marian A. Jacobs

July 1, 2025 • 59 mins

Christian fans often hear warnings about fantasy stories' temptations, but Scripture shows differences between real occult and fictional spellcraft.

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268. What are Fantastical Parables? | The Road to Kaeluma

June 24, 2025 • 46 mins

Inspired by Jesus's parable of the two sons, Perry Wilson and Landon Hawley have created this new audio adventure from the Christian ministry Cru.

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267. What If a Bad Father Fought to Be a Hero? | The Hole-Man with Dan Daetz

June 17, 2025 • 67 mins

Men may defend their families and nations by flying amazing airships, yet struggle with the temptations and tough decisions of earthly callings.

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266. How Do You Assemble a New Expo for Christian Fandoms? | with Scott Minor

June 10, 2025 • 85 mins

Hear the backstory of Realm Makers, from its 2013 origin as a fantastical writers conference to the new 2025 Realm Makers Expo coming this July to Grand Rapids.

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265. How Can We Shine the Gospel at the Realm Makers Expo?

June 4, 2025 • 62 mins

Christian-led conferences attract saints as well as nonbelievers who like wholesome stories, making them fantastic fields for creative missions.

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264. Which Stories Will Last Forever in New Earth?

May 27, 2025 • 74 mins

God likes the physical world He created, and that’s why He will redeem human subcreations for eternity, including fantastical novels we enjoy for His glory.

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263. What is Time-Travel Romance? | Every Hour Until Then with Gabrielle Meyer

May 20, 2025 • 52 mins

Some heroines need no machines or solar slingshots to awaken in a romantic past and discover true love or deeper truths about the Lord.

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262. How Do Great Stories Train Students to Follow Jesus as Adults? | with Dr. Robert Sloan

May 13, 2025 • 65 mins

Just in time for graduation season, the Houston Christian University president tells of stories that really matter to children and students.

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261. Why Do We Love The Magician’s Nephew?

May 6, 2025 • 47 mins

Seventy years after C. S. Lewis’s sixth Chronicle of Narnia released, we recall the reasons we love this tale of magic rings and other worlds.

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260. How Do Great Stories Show Both Law and Grace?

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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259. What is Biblical Fiction?

April 22, 2025 • 72 mins

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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258. How Would We Restore Disney Film Franchises?

April 15, 2025 • 69 mins

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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257. By Aslan’s Mane, is Netflix Really Casting a Lady as the Lion?

April 8, 2025 • 52 mins

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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256. When Have Newer Christian Authors Explored Mars?

April 1, 2025 • 31 mins

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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255. What Are Space Westerns? | After Moses with Michael F. Kane

March 25, 2025 • 70 mins

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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254. Who Would Win in a Fight Between Spaceships and Dragons? | Embergold with Rachelle Nelson

March 18, 2025 • 66 mins

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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253. How Do Classic Sci-Fi Novels Explore the Planet Mars?

March 11, 2025 • 66 mins

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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Fantastical Truth

Episodes

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.css-r6mb8g{margin:0;word-break:break-word;display:-webkit-box;-webkit-box-orient:vertical;box-orient:vertical;-webkit-line-clamp:1;overflow:hidden;}271. How Do Christians Serve in Video Game Mission Fields? | with Brock Henderson

270. How Did C. S. Lewis Fight for Living and Learning in Wartime?

269. How Can Fantasy Fans Dispel Occult Darkness? | On Magic and Miracles with Marian A. Jacobs

268. What are Fantastical Parables? | The Road to Kaeluma

267. What If a Bad Father Fought to Be a Hero? | The Hole-Man with Dan Daetz

266. How Do You Assemble a New Expo for Christian Fandoms? | with Scott Minor

265. How Can We Shine the Gospel at the Realm Makers Expo?

264. Which Stories Will Last Forever in New Earth?

263. What is Time-Travel Romance? | Every Hour Until Then with Gabrielle Meyer

262. How Do Great Stories Train Students to Follow Jesus as Adults? | with Dr. Robert Sloan

261. Why Do We Love The Magician’s Nephew?

260. How Do Great Stories Show Both Law and Grace?

259. What is Biblical Fiction?

258. How Would We Restore Disney Film Franchises?

257. By Aslan’s Mane, is Netflix Really Casting a Lady as the Lion?

256. When Have Newer Christian Authors Explored Mars?

255. What Are Space Westerns? | After Moses with Michael F. Kane

254. Who Would Win in a Fight Between Spaceships and Dragons? | Embergold with Rachelle Nelson

253. How Do Classic Sci-Fi Novels Explore the Planet Mars?

Popular Podcasts

272. Can We Save Cinema from Sloppy Stories?

271. How Do Christians Serve in Video Game Mission Fields? | with Brock Henderson