Fantastical Truth

Fantastical Truth

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

Episodes

283. Why Are Female Fantasy Fans Falling in ‘Love’ With Monsters? | with Parker J. Cole

October 7, 2025 • 69 mins
Sometimes romantasy is deeply human and wholesome, and sometimes these tales exchange the glory of God for images resembling bulls, orcs, and aliens.
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282. How Can Creative Christians Prepare in Case of Revival? | with Bethel McGrew

September 30, 2025 • 72 mins
Whenever the Holy Spirit acts, ghouls shriek in the dark. Christians feel renewed. And public conversions get messy yet exciting to witness.
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281. How Do Books Teach Kids to Value Stories Over Screens? | with Carolyn Leiloglou

September 23, 2025 • 52 mins
The Restorationists fantasy author returns to help us recall the biblical purpose of artworks and how we help children learn to love them.
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280. What Can Men Do Against Such Reckless Hate?

September 16, 2025 • 89 mins
When we’re attacked by tragedy caused by evil beliefs, heroes must “ride out and meet them, for death and glory ... for your people.”
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279. Which Top Three ‘Cage Stages’ Trap Christian Creators?

September 9, 2025 • 63 mins
Without biblical wisdom, we might lock ourselves into imagining that everything is about a particular doctrine, fandom, or political activism.
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278. When Christian Heroes Die, How Can We Debate and Honor Their Work?

September 2, 2025 • 60 mins
Although our laments take many forms, we can celebrate how Christ builds His kingdom through “small” and “big” people who serve Him.
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277. Isn’t Physical Book Collection a Waste of Resources?

August 26, 2025 • 56 mins
Audiobooks and ebooks have many benefits, but can’t beat the classic practice of gathering and reading real books in real places.
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276. How Can Parents Find Books That Aren’t Just ‘Not Woke’ But Are Actually Good?

August 19, 2025 • 46 mins
When we work only to keep poisonous content out of stories, we might miss readers’ greater needs for nutritious truth, goodness, and beauty.
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275. Why Do Fans Debate Light Stories vs. Heavy Stories?

August 12, 2025 • 67 mins
This summer’s lackbuster movies left some fans liking fun franchises with simpler morals, while others await mythic tales with challenging ideas.
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274. Why Shouldn’t AI-Generated Content Replace Human Stories?

August 5, 2025 • 69 mins
Critics who suppose artificial imaginations will destroy "big Hollywood" ignore inhuman threats against skilled creators and faithful Christians.
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273. Could Jesus Redeem 2D Animated Films? | Light of the World with Tom and Tony Bancroft

July 29, 2025 • 72 mins
For decades the Bancroft brothers have animated classic characters across many realms, including this fall's new movie about our greatest Hero.
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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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