Fantastical Truth

Audiobooks and ebooks have many benefits, but can't beat the classic practice of gathering and reading real books in real places.

When we work only to keep poisonous content out of stories, we might miss readers' greater needs for nutritious truth, goodness, and beauty.

This summer's lackbuster movies left some fans liking fun franchises with simpler morals, while others await mythic tales with challenging ideas.

Critics who suppose artificial imaginations will destroy "big Hollywood" ignore inhuman threats against skilled creators and faithful Christians.

For decades the Bancroft brothers have animated classic characters across many realms, including this fall's new movie about our greatest Hero.

We need no automatic loyalty for big-budget movies that fall into made-up moralities, flippant franchises, and scandalized or sillified superheroes.

Faithful gamers are finding fertile soil in digital worlds, leading to this year's crossover between Realm Makers and Christian Game Developers.

Let's heed the Narnia author's wise warnings against pacifism or violence, and his praise for biblical courage and defense of good causes.

Christian fans often hear warnings about fantasy stories' temptations, but Scripture shows differences between real occult and fictional spellcraft.

Inspired by Jesus's parable of the two sons, Perry Wilson and Landon Hawley have created this new audio adventure from the Christian ministry Cru.

Men may defend their families and nations by flying amazing airships, yet struggle with the temptations and tough decisions of earthly callings.

Hear the backstory of Realm Makers, from its 2013 origin as a fantastical writers conference to the new 2025 Realm Makers Expo coming this July to Grand Rapids.

Christian-led conferences attract saints as well as nonbelievers who like wholesome stories, making them fantastic fields for creative missions.

God likes the physical world He created, and that's why He will redeem human subcreations for eternity, including fantastical novels we enjoy for His glory.

Some heroines need no machines or solar slingshots to awaken in a romantic past and discover true love or deeper truths about the Lord.

Just in time for graduation season, the Houston Christian University president tells of stories that really matter to children and students.

Seventy years after C. S. Lewis's sixth Chronicle of Narnia released, we recall the reasons we love this tale of magic rings and other worlds.

Shallow fictions insult the work of Christ by implying we can cheapen the law to make ourselves better, or cheapen grace to save others.

Christian critics toss tomatoes at this newly popular genre. But biblical fiction isn't meant to preach, only to illustrate the Scripture we honor.

After fractured fairy-stales, flippant super-capers, and “Stalled” Wars, here's how we could rebuild the fallen castles of this media Babylon.

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.

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

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.

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

Earth's neighbor is a frozen desert, but it has inspired many fantastical stories—from adventures to big ideas, hard science, and human nature.

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

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

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.

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

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

Since 2018, Lorehaven.com creators have explored fantastical stories for God's glory, and now we've upgraded our Library book search.

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

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

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

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.”

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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