Fantastical Truth

Fantastical Truth

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

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November 18, 2025 58 mins
“I don’t know where the Lion came from or why He came. But once He was there, He pulled the whole story together.”
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Some evangelicals may assume winsome talk about stories and songs can promote peaceful conversations with our neighbors—only to face rage, slander, and worse.
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As we wage the greatest battle against sin within, we also wield the weapons of weird fiction to combat evil in the real world.
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Scripture and history indicate these wicked spirits do their worst work in response to human sin, weakness, and invitation.
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“Demons are simply monsters who have learned human speech. … For them, words are just a way of deceiving humans.”
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Extraterrestrial devils could pull a classic and drop down from the sky, or rise up from our world's unexplored depths, or else creep into our very thought patterns.
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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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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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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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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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Without biblical wisdom, we might lock ourselves into imagining that everything is about a particular doctrine, fandom, or political activism.
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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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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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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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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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Critics who suppose artificial imaginations will destroy "big Hollywood" ignore inhuman threats against skilled creators and faithful Christians.
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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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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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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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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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