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248. What Are Fairy-Tale Retellings? | with Kendra E. Ardnek04 févr. 202501:00:08
For centuries readers have loved to re-read, retell, or research the classic stories of magical lands where Christlike good defeats evil.
247. How Does Lorehaven Curate Christian Fantastical Fiction?28 janv. 202501:15:29
Since 2018, Lorehaven.com creators have explored fantastical stories for God’s glory, and now we’ve upgraded our Library book search.
246. What is Soft Science Fiction? | Echo Nova with Clint Hall21 janv. 202501:13:52
Some harder sci-fi treats humans as spectators to science, while softer sci-fi may use "handwavium" to explain tech while focusing on heroes.
245. What is Medieval Fantasy? | Squire of Truth with Jill Williamson14 janv. 202501:04:42
Castles with knights and wild lands full of creatures remind us of real-life European history, often with one added fantastical ingredient of magic.
244. How Did Speculative Faith Lead to the Lorehaven Mission?07 janv. 202501:00:46
As we launch our 2025 podcast season, we celebrate legacies of the original website that boosted many authors and Lorehaven itself.
243. What Were Your Favorite 2024 Lorehaven Articles and Podcast Episodes?31 déc. 202401:16:09
After a Christmas break, we return with our first New Year’s Eve special to review last year’s top features, from fantasy apologetics to false “liberation.”
242. Should Christians Read Lewis and Tolkien But No Newer Fantasy?17 déc. 202401:08:14
These classic authors are fantastic, but they also enjoyed new stories across many genres and would recommend today’s readers do the same.
241. What Are the Best and Worst Fantastical Christmas Stories?10 déc. 202401:10:27
In this holiday special about versions of the Nativity, Santa, and more, let’s open the spiced eggnog to celebrate the best and boo the rest.
240. How Could We Adapt C. S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy for the Screen?03 déc. 202401:21:22
Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength would pose unique challenges for even the most Christ-exalting filmmakers.
239. Do You Prefer ‘Literary’ or ‘Genre’ Fantastical Fiction?19 nov. 202400:51:30
Complex tales share layers of language and symbols, while basic stories usually get straight to the point—and both offer benefits to readers.
238. Do Christians Need Dystopian Fiction?12 nov. 202401:04:15
Stories about bad governments and struggling subjects can prepare us to confront real problems, while helping us beware the darkness within.
237. How Has ‘The Chosen’ Become The World’s Top Christian-Made Fandom? | with Ryan Swanson05 nov. 202401:28:33
The cowriter of "The Chosen" and "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!" joins our early Thanksgiving to celebrate the growth of Christian film.
236. How Can Scary Stories Expose Human Sin? | Christian Horror with Mike Duran29 oct. 202401:16:42
Horror fiction may have hazards and sinful subgenres, but frightening fiction can also serve us by exposing the unfruitful works of darkness.
235. What Are the Scariest Stories About Aliens Among Us?22 oct. 202401:01:50
These fictional space creatures can stalk humans like other horror monsters, but armies of aliens also destroy cities and demon-like beings attack human nature.
234. Who Are the Future Voices of Christian Fantastical Storytelling? | with Brett Harris and Kara Swanson15 oct. 202401:17:49
With popular genres changing every month, The Author Conservatory founders help us dare to speculate on the stories of tomorrow.
233. Should Christian Fans Really ‘Avoid the Appearance of Evil’?08 oct. 202401:00:08
This twisted interpretation of 1 Thessalonians 5:22 isn't biblical, doesn't work, and enables fake holiness or even spiritual abuse.
232. What If You Fought a Forest that Cursed Your Family? | The Burning Tree with Helen Dent01 oct. 202400:52:19
One girl in rural Georgia must confront the ancient tree that cursed two families, and her whole community, in this deep-rooted rural fantasy.
231. Should Readers Look for ‘Clean’ or ‘Wholesome’ Stories?24 sept. 202401:07:50
If we look for books without obvious “poisons,” we may overlook our imaginations' need for stories of good taste and nutritional value.
230. Why Do Modern Stories Keep Reversing Heroes and Villains?17 sept. 202401:08:13
Cynics often envy real-life heroes like national leaders and astronauts, which drives the self-righteous subversions of heroic virtue in fiction.
229. What If Christians Joined Civil War Against Immortal Elites? | The Wall by Brian Penn10 sept. 202400:52:37
Soldier-spy Asher must wrestle with faith and life behind enemy lines, just as Christians engage the challenges of fictional dystopian worlds.
228. Why Don’t Christian-Made Arts Top Secular Charts?03 sept. 202401:07:47
Many Christians ask why “the world” tends to make the most popular stories, but we have real answers for why secular culture stays no. 1.
227. Is Christianity Preventing a ‘Star Trek’ Future? | with Dr. Sarah Salviander27 août 202401:13:36
Christian scholars helped create modern science, yet many sci-fi speculators assume believers should have no place in their visions of progress.
226. Does the Holy Spirit ‘Inspire’ Fantastical Stories?20 août 202401:07:27
When wonderful stories or songs make us feel "inspirational," we can thank God for His gifts of human talent, despite our sins and struggles.
225. Why Do Modern Fans Love Middle-Earth Mixing? | with Evan Cooney13 août 202401:13:06
Fans across generations have learned to love The Lord of the Rings books, films, and memes for reasons deeper than simplistic morals.
224. Why Does ‘Church Back Home Syndrome’ Distort Christian Imagination?06 août 202401:19:11
Victims of bad experiences with Christians cannot help but see most stories in light of their desires to avoid hurt or punish the perpetrators.
223. Why Celebrate Stories #MadeByHumans?30 juil. 202401:08:42
Generative AI might help fill creative gaps, but God calls his people to reflect His image with natural humanity in the stories we create.
222. What If You Had to Fight Your Own Dreams? | The Nightmare Virus with Nadine Brandes24 juil. 202400:46:37
When dream-worlds turn into humankind's next pandemic, we must ask big questions about how best to defeat the darkness.
221. How Did The Left Behind Series Enrapture Millions of Fans? | with Jerry Jenkins16 juil. 202401:19:33
Left Behind series author Jerry Jenkins looks back on the series' legacy over sixteen thriller novels, forty teen spinoff books, and beyond.
220. How Did the ‘Left Behind’ Kids Audio Drama Speed-Run the Tribulation? | with Darby Kern09 juil. 202401:11:03
Twenty years after Judd, Vicki, Lionel, and Ryan fought the Antichrist, writer Darby Kern shares how GAP Digital stewarded the audio series.
219. How Did GAP Digital Turn Left Behind Into Cinematic Audio Drama? | with Todd Busteed02 juil. 202401:22:24
Based on the best-selling novels, here's how GAP Digital and Tyndale House Publishers presented the dramatic audio edition of Left Behind.
218. How Did The Kids Get Left Behind? | with Chris Fabry25 juin 202401:26:04
From school resistance to global plagues, Chris Fabry wrote the Young Trib Force's adventures for the bestselling Left Behind: The Kids series.
217. How Did Publishers Steward the Blockbuster Left Behind Series? | with Dan Balow18 juin 202401:20:45
Twenty years ago, one end-times fiction series thrilled millions of souls, and Tyndale House marketing chief Dan Balow helped make it happen.
216. Why Do Christians Fight Over End-Times Prophecies? | E. Stephen Burnett vs Zackary Russell11 juin 202401:42:48
Christians love to wield charts, create thrillers, and debate our doom, so naturally that’s how we will start our new series: Left Behind Legacy.
215. What if Heroes Made Robots to Save Jews? | Breath of Bones with Tricia and Nathan Goyer04 juin 2024
This new author team shares how homeschool families learn to love fantasy fiction, plus the clockwork challenges of alt-history wartime.
214. What if a False Christ Started a Cult in Your Town? | The Visitation28 mai 2024
Twenty-five years after release, Frank Peretti’s supernatural thriller still boldly shows a struggling ex-pastor fighting foes scarier than demons.
213. Are ‘Memes’ and Viral Content Ruining Fantastical Franchises?21 mai 202401:23:12
Many movies and shows seem designed to “go viral” and provoke free promotion based on flippant references instead of sincere story value.
212. Should Video Games Star Sensual Heroines? | with Paeter Frandsen and Cap Stewart14 mai 202401:26:03
Just as bad religious rules can barely restrain our visual sins, secular legalism can't make us respect game heroines as human beings.
211. Why Do Failed Heroes Feel So Frustrating?07 mai 202401:05:16
Fans want to cheer our heroes despite their bad choices, including King David in history, King Arthur in mythology, and Paul Atreides in fiction.
210. What Can First-Time Guests Expect at a Christian Writers’ Conference? | with J. J. Johnson30 avr. 202401:13:54
Christian authors make amazing stories while conferences like Realm Makers help make the authors—and are poised to grow even bigger.
209. How Can We Avoid Clichéd Criticism of Christian Fiction?23 avr. 202401:05:29
If you still think Christian-made stories have shallow heroes and cheap evangelism, you may be surprised how much these stories have grown.
208: How Does The Logos Theatre Adapt Narnia for the Stage? | with Noah Stratton16 avr. 202401:06:42
The Logos Theatre producer and actor arrives from a magical train station to explore stage performance and puppetry for Christ’s glory.
207. Should We Get Mad When Christians Scorn Fantastical Fiction?09 avr. 202401:17:04
When mechanistic critics accuse you of valuing “entertainment” over holiness, we can graciously challenge their mechanical beliefs.
206. Can Pictures of Jesus Fool People Into Worshiping Idols? | with Jenneth Dyck02 avr. 202401:32:02
Some critics claim that Easter pageants, streaming dramas, or Christ-figures in fantastical novels are “graven images” that lead to idolatry.
205. How Will Jesus Save Us From Suffering and Death? | with J. J. Fischer26 mars 202401:09:50
The Nightingale Trilogy and Soul Mark Duology author joins us to celebrate how Christ will destroy humankind’s last enemy.
204. How Does Jesus Save Us From Our Own Wicked Villainy?19 mars 202401:12:05
Jesus doesn’t only save people from Satan and suffering, but from the worst plot-twist enemy all along—the darkness of our human hearts.
203. How Did Jesus Save Us from That Dragon the Devil? | with Laurie Christine12 mars 202401:09:40
This season we celebrate our ultimate Hero, Jesus Christ, who defeats not just sin and suffering but our ancient serpentine enemy.
202. Four Years Later, How Did Pandemic Lockdowns Change Our Reading Experience?05 mars 202401:04:07
Hand-washing. Social distancing. Fired employees. Air transmission. Four long years ago, everything changed when COVID-19 attacked.
201. How Do Some Stories Fail to Help Us Love Our Neighbors?27 févr. 202401:18:30
Despite many creators' good intentions, stories that undervalue God-given beauty, goodness, or truth can harm people we’re called to love.
200. Why Should We Love to Explore Fantastical Stories for God’s Glory?20 févr. 202401:06:59
Let’s consider not just how to find the best Christian-made fantasy, but why God commands us to explore His creation and manmade culture.
199. How Should Christians Fight to Love a Declining Disney? | with Josh Shepherd13 févr. 202401:25:45
After fired actors and many flopped franchises, we can discern Disney’s real problems yet appreciate its legacy of stories.
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