In the Fantastical Truth podcast from Lorehaven, hosts E. Stephen Burnett and Zackary Russell explore fantastical stories for God's glory.
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267. What If a Bad Father Fought to Be a Hero? | The Hole-Man with Dan Daetz

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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138. What If the Government Made You Act Like An Android? | Aberration with Cathy McCrumb

In the Children of the Consortium series, one woman’s broken nanotech implant helps her rediscover human connection.
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127. Can a ‘Code of Honor’ Help Christian Unity in Creative Groups?

When Christian fans aim to fight about fandom and imagination, let’s look to Jesus and to mutual cautions about respect, morality, and celebrating our stories with purpose.
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126. How Can We Respond With Grace and Truth to Christian Cringe? | with Kevin McCreary

Say Goodnight Kevin’s snarky reviewer helps us stay honest about cringey Christian culture while also being gracious to Christ’s people.
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125. Why Do ‘False Prophets’ Predict Doom for Movie Theaters and Other Cultural Experiences?

Christians often sound negative about popular culture, but some secular critics seemed to forget that God made humans to gather in public and celebrate stories.
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124. How Should Christian Novels Help Secular Readers?

Christian-made novels best serve non-Christian readers by showing realistic worlds instead of sentimental heroes or morality.
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123. Which Fantastical Novels Won Big at the 2022 Realm Awards?

Stephen just returned from the Realm Makers conference, and shares with Zack all about the event, Lorehaven’s booth, and Realm Award winners.
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121. Will Humans Colonize the Cosmos Before Jesus Returns?

Scripture says everyone on Earth will see Jesus Christ’s glorious appearing, which could make a confusing future for people not living on Earth.
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120. How Can Christians Enjoy Biblical Freedom in Fiction and Imagination?

Christian fans are called to freedom, but we should use this gift to serve others, not as opportunity to sin.
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119. Will Congress Disclose the UFOs Our Favorite Alien Stories Ask Us to Believe In? | with Colin Samul

While government leaders debate laws about human life, some U.S. leaders and military pilots wonder if they’ve seen extraterrestrial ships.
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118. Which Fantastical Stories Help Us Celebrate Human Life?

Big news dropped June 24, inspiring us to rejoice in stories about the wonders of human life, pre-born and beyond.
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117. Why Should You Build a Fantastical Lending Library? | with L.G. McCary

Create your personal library to glorify Jesus, preserve great books, showcase God’s creative gifts, and grant a legacy to your friends today and children tomorrow.
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116. Why Do Homeschooled Students Love Fantastical Fiction? | with Ethan Nunn

Speaker, teacher, and homeschool graduate Ethan Nunn helps us explore why families flock to Christian fantastical authors at homeschool events.
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113. What If You Learned Bible Lessons from Singing Veggies and Dead Sea Squirrels? | with Mike Nawrocki

From absent hairbrushes, to kitchen-based boy bands, to Merle and Pearl Squirrel freshly thawed from the first century, Mike Nawrocki shares his stories.
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112. How Does Fiction Help Us Love Our Enemies Even If We Must Defeat Them?

Luke Skywalker vs. Darth Vader. Spider-Man vs. Venom. Superman vs. General Zod. Each tries to save his people and also his enemy, but with different results.
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111. Why Do Your Kids Need Fantastical Stories for God’s Glory?

Some children or teens have the strange superpower of speed-reading books, which can include many idols but also graces.
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110. Could We Enter a ‘Golden Age’ of Christian-Made Fantastical Fiction?

Zack believes more readers will soon clamor for Christian-made fantastical novels, while Stephen thinks this optimism might be premature.
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109. How Should Local Churches Support Christian-Made Fantasy?

Christians learn through stories and music, so if churches already have music pastors, perhaps we could add “story pastors” to help us cultivate, shepherd, and create great fiction.
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108: How Does Christ’s Resurrection Change Our Old Lives Forever? | with Tim Chaffey

He is risen! Christians celebrate the truth of Christ’s victory over death, yet often miss the implications for our own promised resurrection.
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107. Why Is The Daily Wire Spending Millions To Create Fantastic Shows for Kids? | with Frank J. Fleming

Now that Disney producers are promising to add more false religion into their shows, this controversy may be animating new Christian creatives.
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106. What If Homeschool Families Can Help Christian Fantasy Grow for Generations?

We just hosted our Lorehaven booth at the Teach Them Diligently conference in Texas, where kids and their parents love Christian fantastical fiction.
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105. What If Planet Earth Was Invaded By Hostile Corporate Aliens? | Maxine Justice: Galactic Attorney with Daniel Schwabauer

Daniel Schwabauer joins us to explore this new heroine’s legal defense of planet Earth.
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104. What If You Fled From God’s Wrath Into Puritan Allegory? | The Pilgrim’s Progress with Zachary Bartels

Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles? Rediscover the complex allegories of John Bunyan’s classic adventure.
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103. When Christians Clash in Public, Can Great Stories Help Us Fight for Peace?

Great stories might help us best discern Christian debates, training our hearts so we can focus on engaging ideas, not attacking individuals.
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101. Why Have Some Christians Moved from Engaging Entertainment to Franchise Fatigue? | with Megan Basham

Despite fan frustrations with “woke” stories, Christians can still engage popular culture while discerning our own callings and the world’s idols.
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99. How Can Christians Discern Sensual Scenes on the Printed Page? | with Parker J. Cole

Longing looks and steamy smooches in stories might reflect God’s gift of romantic love, yet provoke many readers into serious temptation.
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98. Should Christian Creators Abandon Secular Fiction Markets? | with Thomas Umstattd Jr.

Christian creators should simply (insert ideal here) to impress general market gatekeepers, right? Not so fast. Sometimes secular publishers actually dislike Christians.
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97. What If Rabbits With Swords Fought For Hope in a Mended Wood? | The Green Ember with S. D. Smith

S. D. Smith brings us into his popular Green Ember fantasy world of tiny creatures who find big adventure.
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96. While Celebrity Creators Rise and Fall, How Do We Best Respect Christian Authors?

We may treat winning authors like angels and failing authors like devils, when we need to see them as Christ sees them: flawed human beings.
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95. How Can We Fight the Shadow When It Breaks the Wheel of Time and Other Fandoms? | with G. Shane Morris

Zack and returning guest Shane Morris explore how Christians best respond when secular showrunners corrupt a story’s canon and break fans’ hearts.
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92. Twenty Years Later, How Did We Enjoy ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’? | with Rilian of NarniaWeb

Twenty years after The Fellowship of the Ring released in theaters, NarniaWeb’s good prince Rilian helps us recall how Christians love exploring Peter Jackson’s one film trilogy to rule them all.
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91. What If You Fought Astride Elemental Horses to Unify Your Kingdom? | Of Fire and Ash with Gillian Bronte Adams

Gillian Bronte Adams rides to meet Fantastical Truth, exploring her Fireborn Epic’s fantasy world with its elemental horses and fantastic themes.
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90. Does the Harry Potter Series Cast or Condemn Real-World Dark Magic? | with G. Shane Morris

Twenty years after the first Harry Potter film premiered in theaters, Christians might bypass brick walls and find positive magical education at Hogwarts School.
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89. What Are the Most Dangerous Dragons Infesting YA Fantasy? | with James R. Hannibal and Marian Jacobs

Three storytellers wield faith over fear to battle YA fantasy fiends, in this special encore feature of a Realm Makers livestream event.
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88. Can We Positively Engage Culture in a Negative World? | with Bethel McGrew, aka Esther O’Reilly

The world has changed. We feel it in the earth. We smell it in the air. It’s no longer positive or neutral, but negative toward Christianity.
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87. How Can We Best Enjoy Newfound Fandoms Like the Book and Movie ‘Dune’?

New fandoms can bring us into exciting desert frontiers, yet also bristle with dangers slithering below the sands.
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86. How Can Christians Fight Halloween’s Deathly Flippancy and Dark Magic?

Halloween can promote good gifts like fall and fandom, yet its decor can also make light of serious death, suffering, or dark magic.
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85. What If You Joined a Quest to Defeat Goblins, Trolls, and Ancient Invaders? | Wolf Soldier with James R. Hannibal

James R. Hannibal rests from military spycraft and dragon-slaying to explore fantastic worlds, Scripture memory, and Christlike figures in fiction.
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84. How Did Bestselling Christian Novels Build Evangelical Culture? | Reading Evangelicals with Daniel Silliman

Christianity Today news editor Daniel Silliman explores why fans loved top Christian fiction, including This Present Darkness, Left Behind, and The Shack.
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83. How Can Fans Heal from Stories That ‘Wreck’ Us? | with Marian Jacobs

Some authors brag they want to “wreck you, the reader,” yet Christ promises a happy end that redeems all our harms.
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82. What If Your Nightmares Came to Life and Haunted Your Day? | That Pale Host with L. G. McCary

That Pale Host ushers us into familiar haunted spaces: personal conflict, trauma versus responsibility, and mental health for Christ’s people.
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79. How Do We Use Fantastic Fiction to Process Wars and Rumors of Wars?

When terrorists attacked and towers fell, how did Christians engage with nonfiction books and fantastical tales?
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78. What If You Discovered Fairy Dust and Peter Pan Were Real? | The Heirs of Neverland series with Kara Swanson

Dust and Shadow author Kara Swanson shares the happy thoughts and nobledark struggles behind her Peter Pan retelling.
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76. Why Did Secular Readers Try to Cancel A Christian Historical Romance Novel? | with Parker J. Cole

Christians must address romance fiction’s tragic backstories when we respond to cancel campaigns with gospel grace and conviction.
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75. What If Only Human Blood and Sacrifice Could Save Your Empire? | The Seventh Sun with Lani Forbes

We deconstruct faith and suffering in Lani Forbes’s Mesoamerican fantasy novel The Seventh Sun, winner of three Realm Awards.
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74. What If Christians Created Backstory for Noah’s Ark and Also Built the Actual Boat? | with Tim Chaffey

We’re joined by Tim Chaffey of Answers in Genesis, one of the creative architects who helped build the Ark Encounter.
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73. Does the Pentagon’s UFO Report Expose Unidentified Aerial Phenomena? | with Colin Samul

Colin Samul joins us to explore the Pentagon’s June report, which could not explain over 140 aerial encounters with strange objects.
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71. Why Do Christian Fans and Authors Assemble at Realm Makers? | at Realm Makers 2021

At Realm Makers, we shared story joys with executive director Scott Minor, The Seventh Sun author Lani Forbes, and other fantastic creators.
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69. How Can Faithful Stories Best Show Backslidden Heroes?

Realistic backsliders recover faith not by shallow isolated sentiment, but by serious biblical restoration to Christ’s people.
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68. Why Do Time Travelers Like to Romanticize the Past? | Come Back to Me with Jody Hedlund

Stories can help readers explore the past in new ways, often showing how history points to ultimate happy endings.
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67. How Do Fantastic Stories Avoid Preachiness While Still Discipling Readers in Christ? | with L. G. McCary

Christian-made stories should not preach from on high at readers beyond the “fourth wall,” but should help disciple our imaginations in Christ.
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66. What If You Escaped Your Floating Island, But Returned to Face Rebellion? | Windward Shore with Sharon Hinck

Author Sharon Hinck joins us to explore grace versus legalism in her recently concluded fantasy trilogy, The Dancing Realms series.
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65. Why Do Homeschool Families Love Christian-Made Fantastical Fiction?

At the traveling Realm Makers Bookstore, homeschool families love to find Christian-made fantastical fiction. What can they teach us?
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64. Should Christians ‘Mask Up’ or ‘Get Vaccines’ to Prevent Fiction Infections?

Viruses, masks, and vaccines act out a parable for sin, the law, and grace, so let’s not confuse secular symbols for religious realities.
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63. Did God Create Aliens and Would Jesus Need to Save Them?

If God created life on other planets, would Scripture support these creatures being sentient, good, evil, or in need of redemption?
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62. How Can Christian Fans Share Great Stories Without Becoming ‘Support Zombies’?

How can Christian fans avoid shuffling along with subculture herds, even while we share the Christian-made stories we enjoy?
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61. How Does Edgier Science Fiction Challenge Christian Readers? | with Kerry Nietz

Christian-made sci-fi tends toward the softer side, leaving an opening for more complex futuristic tales that engage with controversial themes.
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60. Why Don’t Real Researchers Heed Sci-Fi Warnings Against Mad Science?

Why do our scientists get so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they don’t stop to hear secular fiction’s dire forecasts?
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59. How Can Christian Fans Respond to Preachy Secular Fiction?

When stories lose the plot and just want to give you a religious lecture, should Christians get mad or else gently scoff in amusement?
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58. How Did We Enjoy the Heroic Majesty of ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’?

Sci-fi novelist Kerry Nietz and Lorehaven review chief Austin Gunderson join our heroic team to explore the long-awaited super-film Zack Snyder’s Justice League.
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57. How Do Stories Help Us Imagine Suffering and the Hope of Resurrection?

We explore how the Gospel and similar reflections in fantastic stories help us prepare for times of suffering, death, and resurrection.
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56. Which Biblical Qualities Empower Strong Female Characters? | with Elisabeth Wheatley

Physical combat is often the defining feature of strength, but female characters needn’t be boxed into stereotypes to be considered strong.
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55. Should Christians Embrace Cultural and Digital Enclaves? | with Austin Gunderson

Christians fleeing cancel culture should consider becoming “Amish cyberpunks” and build cutting-edge digital enclaves.
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54. How Can Christian Fans React When Fantasy Creators Get Cancelled? part 2

How can Christians react to possibly necessary “cancellations” of badly behaving fantasy creators?
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53. How Can Christian Fans React When Fantasy Creators Get Cancelled? part 1

Can you avoid “cancel culture” by apologizing? How can Christian fans respond to “cancellations” and enjoy stories from fallen creators?
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51. Do Christians Really Need Fantasy? | Fiction’s Chief End, part 2

Christians need fantastical imagination to believe in God and the gospel, train to be like Jesus, and engage our world and neighbors.
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50. Do Christians Really Need Fiction? | Fiction’s Chief End, part 1

Fiction isn’t just optional for Christian readers, but a God-given gift we actually need to grow as redeemed people.
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49. How Can We ‘Terraform’ the Church to Enjoy Fantastic Fiction?

We can’t expect “chosen one” authors to save Christian-made fiction overnight, so instead, let’s slowly transform our “deserts” into habitable kingdoms.
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48. What Were the Top Seven Issues for Lorehaven Readers in 2020?

From little space babies eating tadpoles, to that Jesus TV show, to not-quite-forgotten trends, we’re exploring 2020’s top issues at Lorehaven.com.
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47. Why Do Some People Long for Escape to a Galactic Community?

What rumors of UFOs spread throughout 2020, and why can’t people look away from these alien accounts?
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46. Ten Years Later, Why Did ‘Dawn Treader’ Sink the Narnia Movies? | with Rilian of NarniaWeb

This month brings release anniversaries for two Narnia movies. The first roared, but the last sank hard. How did this fantasy franchise fizzle?
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45. How Can a Wingless Piskey Learn to Fly? | The Flight and Flame Trilogy, with R. J. Anderson

Explore the creation and truths of R. J. Anderson’s Flight and Flame fantasy trilogy, in which a tiny heroine finds big adventure.
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42. What if Invaders Kidnapped Your Brother in a Frozen Land? | Seventh City, with Emily Hayse

Fantastical Truth explores the 2020 Realm Award–winning Arctic fantasy novel Seventh City with author Emily Hayse.
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41. Should Christians Boycott Popular Culture Like Halloween or Netflix? | with Cap Stewart

What could Christian boycotts of streaming services or holidays change in our culture or in ourselves?
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40. How May Fantastic Stories Help Us See Politics in Biblical Perspective?

Our political beliefs and fears are not always based on facts. Experiences and hidden pictures shape how we debate and vote.
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39. How Might Bram Stoker’s Novel ‘Dracula’ Cast Light Against Modern Vampires? | with Geoffrey Reiter

Welcome to our house. Enter freely, and explore the biblical virtues of using common and sacred weapons to fight vampires.
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38. Should Christians Enjoy Fantasy with Fictional Magic? Part 2

Idolatrous occult magic isn’t usually the same as fictional magic, but how can Christian fans love people who think they’re the same?
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37. Should Christians Enjoy Fantasy with Fictional Magic? Part 1

Christian fans must carefully compare fictional magic with the Bible’s warnings against occult idolatry.
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36. How Do Paranormal Tales Edify the Christian Reader? | The Reagan Moon series, with Mike Duran

Paranormal images like ghosts and other creatures have risks, but also help awaken our imaginations to the spiritual worlds around us.
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35. Did C. S. Lewis Say It’s ‘Pure Moonshine’ to Create Stories that Teach Christian Truth?

Did C. S. Lewis set the example of enjoying only images to create stories, without wanting to “say something about Christianity to children”?
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34. How Has Lorehaven Been Questing Through the Great 2020 Pandemic?

We’re fighting to continue book enjoyments during the pandemic, and we share how Lorehaven has fared In These Uncertain Times™.
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33. How Does Portraying Fantastical Characters Develop Christian Character? | with Julie Novak

Christian Youth Theater’s Julie Novak joins us to share what’s it like to bring fantastical figures to life onstage.
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32. What Five Questions Help Us Engage Popular Culture for God’s Glory? | The Pop Culture Parent, part 2

These five questions from The Pop Culture Parent can help us engage our messy popular culture, and teach our kids to do the same.
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31. What If Popular Culture Was Actually God’s Idea All Along? | The Pop Culture Parent, part 1

Christians debate whether popular culture is mostly good or bad. But what is the point of popular culture in God’s universe anyway?
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30. How Can The Babylon Bee’s Satire Reflect Our Crazy Reality? | with Frank J. Fleming

Babylon Bee senior writer Frank J. Fleming joins today’s episode to explore satire, politics, and his own comedic sci-fi.
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29. What If You Escaped from Captivity but Left Your Brother Behind? | These Nameless Things, with Shawn Smucker

Novelist Shawn Smucker joins us to explore memories and mystic challenges at life’s margins.
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28. How Should Christians Discern ‘The Chosen’ and Other Biblical Fiction?

Christians must think differently not only about popular streaming series “The Chosen” but about biblical fiction as a genre.
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27. What Wackiness Awaits in the Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle? | with Bill Myers

Bill Myers shares his incredible worlds of Wally McDoogle, McGee and Me, and many other stories for kids and adults.
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26. How Do We Defeat the Top Seven Myths about The Chronicles of Narnia? Part 2

Did C. S. Lewis doom Susan, bring Emeth to heaven, fill Narnia with allegories, or make it a “safe” series? We explore these four myths.
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25. Which Christian Fantastical Books Won Big at the 2020 Realm Awards?

We just returned from the Realm Makers conference with new award-winners and breaking news about next year’s event.
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24. How Do We Defeat the Top Seven Myths about The Chronicles of Narnia? Part 1

Do the Chronicles of Narnia show random myths? Are they just children’s stories? Should we only sort them by chronological order?
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23. What If You Could Turn Stories into Sculptures? | The Weaver Trilogy, with Lindsay A. Franklin

Stephen and Zack invite The Weaver Trilogy author Lindsay A. Franklin to explore her fantasy series about Tanwen, the girl who literally weaves stories.
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22. How Do Christians Discern UFO Accounts in Light of Scripture?

Zack and Stephen explore UFO sightings, alien beliefs, and how Christians can respond to the notions of sentient life beyond our planet.
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21. In a Blind World, What If Only One Boy Could See? | For Whom the Sun Sings, with W. A. Fulkerson

Stephen and Zack are joined by W. A. Fulkerson, whose novel For Whom the Sun Sings just released this spring.
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20. What if a Space Plague Turned the Amish into Zombies? | clip from Amish Zombies from Space

Preview chapter 8 of Amish Zombies from Space, the audiobook, written by Kerry Nietz and read by Randy Streu.
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19. How Do Christian Authors Stay Sensitive About ‘Grittier Than PG-13’ Content?

In this special panel courtesy of Realm Makers, you can listen to fantasy novelists wrestle with challenging content in fiction.
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18. Who Are the First Real Superheroes Hiding in the Bible? | with Chase Replogle

Chase Replogle joins us to explore how Scripture rarely presents its heroic figures as true role models.
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17. What Can Christian Fans Learn From #ReleaseTheSnyderCut’s Success?

We explore the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement’s big victory, challenge super-film expectations, and engage the controversies.
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16. How Do We Discern Stories That Claim ‘Humans Are A Virus’ on the Earth?

“The earth is healing; we are the virus.” Under this slogan lies this suspicion that something is wrong with us and we don’t belong here.
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BONUS: How Might Biblical Fiction Best Explore Jesus’s Early Life? | with R. S. Ingermanson

Our conversation continues with author R. S. Ingermanson, whose new series time-travels to the world of first-century Israel.
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15. What if NASA Finally Launched for Mars, But One Astronaut Was a Saboteur? | Oxygen with Randy Ingermanson

Randy Ingermanson joins us to explore his foray into sci-fi with his 2001 novel Oxygen.
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13. What if Jesus Promised to Redeem Not Just His People But His Creation?

We continue our Epic Resurrection series, anticipating Jesus’s renewal of planet Earth and all of his material creation.
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12. What if Jesus Promised to Redeem Not Just Our Souls but Our Bodies?

After the resurrection that Jesus promised his people, we will become more fully human, and nothing less.
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11. What If Your Suicidal Space Battle Failed, Then You Defected to the Enemy? | Firebird with Kathy Tyers

Come aboard the good ship Fantastical Truth for our first interview with space opera novelist Kathy Tyers.
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10. How Can Excellent Christian Fiction Strengthen Our Faith in Jesus?

How have stories shaped the desires and beliefs of “ex-Christians,” and how can better stories help build our faith?
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9. What If the Armies of Hell Tried to Invade Your Hometown? | This Present Darkness

Lorehaven review chief Austin Gunderson joins us to explore Frank E. Peretti’s 1986 spiritual warfare thriller “This Present Darkness.”
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8. How Does Pandemic Fiction Help Us Seek God’s Strength in Scary Times? | The Line Between

Pandemic stories, such as Tosca Lee’s 2019 novel The Line Between, can help Christians prepare our imaginations for these trials.
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7. How Does Jesus Define and Redeem His Gift of Imagination? | with Brian Godawa

Novelist and nonfiction author Brian Godawa joins our team to explore the epic theme of imagination in light of Scripture.
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6. How Did You First Discover Fantastical Stories?

This time it’s personal: Fantastical Truth shares some of your stories about how you first discovered amazing fiction.
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5. What Harm Are ‘The Witcher’ and Other Shows Doing to Their People? | with Jason Morehead

OpusZine writer Jason Morehead helps us engage a sensitive topic: the challenges and exploitation of “mature” streaming fantasy dramas.
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4. What Are the Top Recent Debates Among Christian Fantasy Fans?

We survey seven debates Christian fans followed in 2019, from female heroes, to fictional magic, to “cancel culture” versus young-adult novels.
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3. What If Dancing Could Control the World? | Hidden Current

Sharon Hinck’s novel Hidden Current glides into a fantastic island world, where powerful people have twisted God’s creative gifts.
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2. What Do We Mean By Saying ‘It’s A Christian Story’?

Let’s explore a big debate: Should we look for the “Christian label” on Christian-made novels, movies, music and other creations?
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1. What If the Three Wise Men Actually Wanted to Crown a King? | The End of the Magi​

We explore Patrick W. Carr’s novel The End of the Magi, which follows the guiding star of Scripture while speculating on the Bible’s mysteries.
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