Fantastical Truth

Apr 08 2025 260 ep. 70 mins 88
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In the Fantastical Truth podcast from Lorehaven.com, hosts E. Stephen Burnett and Zackary Russell explore fantastical stories for God's glory.

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257. By Aslan’s Mane, is Netflix Really Casting a Lady as the Lion?

Apr 08 2025 52 mins  
The headline sounded like an April Fool’s prank. Then others confirmed it and fans raised the uproar. Here’s why it matters that Aslan is male.

256. When Have Newer Christian Authors Explored Mars?

Apr 01 2025 31 mins  
From a wheelchair-wielding robo-pioneer to the Ares 10 mission and other astronauts, many faithful storytellers settled on our sister planet.

255. What Are Space Westerns? | After Moses with Michael F. Kane

Mar 25 2025 70 mins  
After the first age of rocketry, some cowboy heroes traded their six-shooters for rayguns and rode beyond Earth to settle a new genre frontier.

254. Who Would Win in a Fight Between Spaceships and Dragons? | Embergold with Rachelle Nelson

Mar 18 2025 66 mins  
Fantasy has magical beasts while science fiction has fantastical vehicles, and both have their biblical redemptive qualities. Now, let them fight.

253. How Do Classic Sci-Fi Novels Explore the Planet Mars?

Mar 11 2025 66 mins  
Earth’s neighbor is a frozen desert, but it has inspired many fantastical stories—from adventures to big ideas, hard science, and human nature.

252. What if Space Missionaries Fought the Secular State? | Above the Circle of Earth with E. Stephen Burnett

Mar 04 2025 67 mins  
Stephen and Zack explore the Christian heroes, challenging ideas, and speculative science of this possible future when oversheltered believers resist a one-world CAUSE.

251. Could a Cultural ‘Vibe Shift’ Advance Christian-Made Fiction?

Feb 25 2025 83 mins  
Storytellers who hope for gospel witness to the world must discern today's rising audience of cultural conservatives who like some biblical ideas.

250. How Does Scripture Reveal the God of Story? | with Daniel Schwabauer

Feb 18 2025 70 mins  
When readers treat the Bible as a resource for carving out doctrine-blocks or extracting shiny morals, we miss the Hero and true gospel Story of the Scripture.

249. What is ‘Romantasy’? | with Parker J. Cole

Feb 11 2025 79 mins  
Though all their friends thought them enemies, fantasy and romance have grown into lovers, and now bear the new ship name of "romantasy."

248. What Are Fairy-Tale Retellings? | with Kendra E. Ardnek

Feb 04 2025 60 mins  
For centuries readers have loved to re-read, retell, or research the classic stories of magical lands where Christlike good defeats evil.