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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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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?

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?

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.

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?

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

52. Do Christians Really Need Science Fiction? | Fiction’s Chief End, part 3

Christians need science fiction to fulfill the Cultural Mandate, build bridges with our neighbors, and anticipate a future world of sci-fi wonders.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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”?

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™.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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