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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

115. How Do Lorehaven Creators Strive to Follow Biblical Statements of Faith?

For centuries Christians have confessed their faith as individuals, churches, and other groups, so here’s what we believe at Lorehaven.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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