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Lorehaven explores fantastical stories for God’s glory: fantasy, sci-fi, and beyond.

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246. What is Soft Science Fiction? | Echo Nova with...

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2025/01/21

Some harder sci-fi treats humans as spectators to science, while softer sci-fi may use "handwavium" to explain tech while focusing on heroes.

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1:04:42

245. What is Medieval Fantasy? | Squire of Truth with...

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2025/01/14

Castles with knights and wild lands full of creatures remind us of real-life European history, often with one added fantastical ingredient of magic.

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1:00:46

244. How Did Speculative Faith Lead to the Lorehaven...

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2025/01/07

As we launch our 2025 podcast season, we celebrate legacies of the original website that boosted many authors and Lorehaven itself.

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1:16:09

243. What Were Your Favorite 2024 Lorehaven Articles...

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2024/12/31

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.”

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1:08:14

242. Should Christians Read Lewis and Tolkien But No...

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2024/12/17

These classic authors are fantastic, but they also enjoyed new stories across many genres and would recommend today’s readers do the same.

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1:10:27

241. What Are the Best and Worst Fantastical...

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2024/12/10

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.

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1:21:22

240. How Could We Adapt C. S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy...

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2024/12/03

Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength would pose unique challenges for even the most Christ-exalting filmmakers.

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239. Do You Prefer ‘Literary’ or ‘Genre’ Fantastical...

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2024/11/19

Complex tales share layers of language and symbols, while basic stories usually get straight to the point—and both offer benefits to readers.

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1:04:15

238. Do Christians Need Dystopian Fiction?

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2024/11/12

Stories about bad governments and struggling subjects can prepare us to confront real problems, while helping us beware the darkness within.

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1:28:33

237. How Has ‘The Chosen’ Become The World’s Top...

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2024/11/05

The cowriter of "The Chosen" and "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!" joins our early Thanksgiving to celebrate the growth of Christian film.

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1:16:42

236. How Can Scary Stories Expose Human Sin? |...

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2024/10/29

Horror fiction may have hazards and sinful subgenres, but frightening fiction can also serve us by exposing the unfruitful works of darkness.

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1:01:50

235. What Are the Scariest Stories About Aliens Among...

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2024/10/22

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.

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1:17:49

234. Who Are the Future Voices of Christian...

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2024/10/15

With popular genres changing every month, The Author Conservatory founders help us dare to speculate on the stories of tomorrow.

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1:00:08

233. Should Christian Fans Really ‘Avoid the...

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2024/10/08

This twisted interpretation of 1 Thessalonians 5:22 isn't biblical, doesn't work, and enables fake holiness or even spiritual abuse.

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232. What If You Fought a Forest that Cursed Your...

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2024/10/01

One girl in rural Georgia must confront the ancient tree that cursed two families, and her whole community, in this deep-rooted rural fantasy.

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1:07:50

231. Should Readers Look for ‘Clean’ or ‘Wholesome’...

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2024/09/24

If we look for books without obvious “poisons,” we may overlook our imaginations' need for stories of good taste and nutritional value.

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1:08:13

230. Why Do Modern Stories Keep Reversing Heroes and...

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2024/09/17

Cynics often envy real-life heroes like national leaders and astronauts, which drives the self-righteous subversions of heroic virtue in fiction.

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229. What If Christians Joined Civil War Against...

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2024/09/10

Soldier-spy Asher must wrestle with faith and life behind enemy lines, just as Christians engage the challenges of fictional dystopian worlds.

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1:07:47

228. Why Don’t Christian-Made Arts Top Secular Charts?

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2024/09/03

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.

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1:13:36

227. Is Christianity Preventing a ‘Star Trek’ Future?...

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2024/08/27

Christian scholars helped create modern science, yet many sci-fi speculators assume believers should have no place in their visions of progress.

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