Fantastical Truth

Fantastical Truth


Latest Episodes

262. How Do Great Stories Train Students to Follow Jesus as Adults? | with Dr. Robert Sloan
May 13, 2025

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

261. Why Do We Love The Magician’s Nephew?
May 06, 2025

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

260. How Do Great Stories Show Both Law and Grace?
April 29, 2025

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

259. What is Biblical Fiction?
April 22, 2025

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

258. How Would We Restore Disney Film Franchises?
April 15, 2025

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

257. By Aslan’s Mane, is Netflix Really Casting a Lady as the Lion?
April 08, 2025

The headline sounded like an April Fools prank. Then others confirmed it and fans raised the uproar. Heres why it matters that Aslan is male.

256. When Have Newer Christian Authors Explored Mars?
April 01, 2025

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
March 25, 2025

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
March 18, 2025

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?
March 11, 2025

Earths neighbor is a frozen desert, but it has inspired many fantastical storiesfrom adventures to big ideas, hard science, and human nature.