Fantastical Truth
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Lorehaven explores fantastical stories for God’s glory: fantasy, sci-fi, and beyond.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
Lorehaven explores fantastical stories for God’s glory: fantasy, sci-fi, and beyond.
Twitter:
@lorehaven
Language:
English
Website:
http://lorehaven.com/
Email:
podcast@lorehaven.com
Episodes
289. Seventy-Five Years Ago, How Did C. S. Lewis’s Fairy-Stories Change Fantasy Forever?
11/18/2025
“I don’t know where the Lion came from or why He came. But once He was there, He pulled the whole story together.”
Duration:00:58:06
288. Did Christians Expect Cultural Engagement to Be Easy?
11/11/2025
Some evangelicals may assume winsome talk about stories and songs can promote peaceful conversations with our neighbors—only to face rage, slander, and worse.
Duration:01:16:00
287. How Do Great Stories Help Us Defeat Monsters? | with Geoffrey Reiter
11/4/2025
As we wage the greatest battle against sin within, we also wield the weapons of weird fiction to combat evil in the real world.
Duration:01:00:27
286. Can Demons Really ‘Possess’ Humans?
10/28/2025
Scripture and history indicate these wicked spirits do their worst work in response to human sin, weakness, and invitation.
Duration:01:08:53
285. Do Some Fantasy Fans Seriously Identify with Demons?
10/21/2025
“Demons are simply monsters who have learned human speech. … For them, words are just a way of deceiving humans.”
Duration:01:02:32
284. How Would Any Real Aliens Actually Invade Earth?
10/14/2025
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.
Duration:01:21:57
283. Why Are Female Fantasy Fans Falling in ‘Love’ With Monsters? | with Parker J. Cole
10/7/2025
Sometimes romantasy is deeply human and wholesome, and sometimes these tales exchange the glory of God for images resembling bulls, orcs, and aliens.
Duration:01:09:02
282. How Can Creative Christians Prepare in Case of Revival?
9/30/2025
Whenever the Holy Spirit acts, ghouls shriek in the dark. Christians feel renewed. And public conversions get messy yet exciting to witness.
Duration:01:12:06
281. How Do Books Teach Kids to Value Stories Over Screens? | with Carolyn Leiloglou
9/23/2025
The Restorationists fantasy author returns to help us recall the biblical purpose of artworks and how we help children learn to love them.
Duration:00:52:19
280. What Can Men Do Against Such Reckless Hate?
9/16/2025
When we’re attacked by tragedy caused by evil beliefs, heroes must “ride out and meet them, for death and glory ... for your people.”
Duration:01:29:53
279. Which Top Three ‘Cage Stages’ Trap Christian Creators?
9/9/2025
Without biblical wisdom, we might lock ourselves into imagining that everything is about a particular doctrine, fandom, or political activism.
Duration:01:03:14
278. When Christian Heroes Die, How Can We Debate and Honor Their Work?
9/2/2025
Although our laments take many forms, we can celebrate how Christ builds His kingdom through “small” and “big” people who serve Him.
Duration:01:00:54
277. Isn’t Physical Book Collection a Waste of Resources?
8/26/2025
Audiobooks and ebooks have many benefits, but can’t beat the classic practice of gathering and reading real books in real places.
Duration:00:56:54
276. How Can Parents Find Books That Aren’t Just ‘Not Woke’ But Are Actually Good?
8/19/2025
When we work only to keep poisonous content out of stories, we might miss readers’ greater needs for nutritious truth, goodness, and beauty.
Duration:00:46:19
275. Why Do Fans Debate Light Stories vs. Heavy Stories?
8/12/2025
This summer’s lackbuster movies left some fans liking fun franchises with simpler morals, while others await mythic tales with challenging ideas.
Duration:01:07:14
274. Why Shouldn’t AI-Generated Content Replace Human Stories?
8/5/2025
Critics who suppose artificial imaginations will destroy "big Hollywood" ignore inhuman threats against skilled creators and faithful Christians.
Duration:01:09:40
273. Could Jesus Redeem 2D Animated Films? | Light of the World with Tom and Tony Bancroft
7/29/2025
For decades the Bancroft brothers have animated classic characters across many realms, including this fall's new movie about our greatest Hero.
Duration:01:12:46
272. Can We Save Cinema from Sloppy Stories?
7/22/2025
We need no automatic loyalty for big-budget movies that fall into made-up moralities, flippant franchises, and scandalized or sillified superheroes.
Duration:01:05:42
271. How Do Christians Serve in Video Game Mission Fields? | with Brock Henderson
7/15/2025
Faithful gamers are finding fertile soil in digital worlds, leading to this year's crossover between Realm Makers and Christian Game Developers.
Duration:00:48:15
270. How Did C. S. Lewis Fight for Living and Learning in Wartime?
7/8/2025
Let’s heed the Narnia author’s wise warnings against pacifism or violence, and his praise for biblical courage and defense of good causes.
Duration:00:51:32