Do we have free will in dreams?
What about during our nightmares?
Either way, @nadinebrandes shares how her own challenges turned into plot points for her new novel, in last week's #FantasticalTruth episode.
(You can seek the podcast on all major streamers and with all show notes at Lorehaven.com .)
#TheNightmareVirus @enclavepublishing #sciencefantasy #orcanwecallit #scifan #Christianfantasy #Christianscifi #FantasticalStoriesForGodsGlory
Alas, some Christian stories can feel like first drafts.
We're getting better. Yet our recent guest Darby Kern says he's striven for years to create dramas that are realistic and entertaining while exalting Jesus.
He's adapted #LeftBehindTheKids for a 72-episode series, plus the last two #LeftBehind dramatic audio adaptations and #LeftBehindTheRising ... and many others, such as:
- #TheJakeMullerAdventures,
- #KidsCorner
- #LamplighterTheatre
- The Extraordinary Adventures of G. A. Henty
Hear more in #FantasticalTruth episode 220, part of our #LeftBehindLegacy💥 summer series.
#LeftBehindseries #GAPDigital #endtimes #WeInRevelation #FantasticalStoriesForGodsGlory
We asked Left Behind author Jerry Jenkins if he has a favorite Revelation plague.
Stinging demon locusts?
Invisible assassin creatures?
A mountain-sized comet cast into the sea?
Hear his actual answer in this week's new episode of #FantasticalTruth. And see you at @realmmakers!
#LeftBehindLegacy💥 #LeftBehindseries #endtimes #fourhorsemen #TimLaHaye #JerryBJenkins #WeInRevelation #FantasticalStoriesForGodsGlory
Todd Busteed was looking for great drama to make.
He found one in the Left Behind series.
But first he had to make the pitch.
And it didn't seem to go well...
If you want to hear what happened, listen to podcast #FantasticalTruth episode 219. And don't miss our finale to the #LeftBehindLegacy💥 series with series author @jerrybjenkins , streaming tomorrow.
#LeftBehindseries #audiodrama #GAPDigital #TimLaHaye @tyndalehouse #WeInRevelation #FantasticalStoriesForGodsGlory
😈 Christians sometimes cast out demons.
But when the demons look like mutant locusts, can you also whack them with a fungo bat?
Even in the Tribulation, saints of all ages must fight for their humanity. @chrishfabry shares how he found a little fun with that while writing the #LeftBehindTheKids series, which concluded with book 40 exactly twenty years ago.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear episode 218 of #FantasticalTruth. You can also find all six episodes of our summer series #LeftBehindLegacy💥.
Next week: author @jerrybjenkins enters the studio!
#LeftBehindseries #TimLaHaye #JerryBJenkins @tyndalehouse #endtimes #WeInRevelation #FantasticalStoriesForGodsGlory
🕊 The Left Behind series caught some criticism.
It also brought quite a soul harvest of readers.
Dan Balow, former Tyndale House marketing director, was there to see it happen and to play a part.
During the series' heyday, publishers heard from many, many readers who weren't simply afraid of being left behind or persecuted by the Antichrist. They were convicted of their sin. They wanted to know Jesus. They wanted to repent and be saved.
We think that's worth some end-times debating!
Seek out the #FantasticalTruth podcast for the full interview in episode 217. You can also scope the show notes at Lorehaven.com and track our podcast series #LeftBehindLegacy💥 through this summer!
#LeftBehindSeries #LeftBehind #SoulHarvest #TimLaHaye #JerryBJenkins @jerrybjenkins #chrisfabry #toddbusteed #gapdigital #darbykern #WeInRevelation #SomehowJesusReturned #FantasticalStoriesForGodsGlory
🤖 The legend of the golem lives on ...
Or perhaps not so legendary?
@triciagoyer recounts the origin of this powerful and protective being that is brought back, clockwork fashion, in her and @nathan.goyer 's alternate historical fantasy BREATH OF BONES.
#BreathOfBones #golemgolem #madefromclay #RabbiLoew #Prague #WorldWar2 #steampunk #TheClockworkChronicles @enclavepublishing #FantasticalStoriesForGodsGlory
⏰ Even broken secularism can be right about fantasy exploitation.
Cap Stewart reminds us about that in this week's new Fantastical Truth episode about game heroines:
"It's not like we could never or should never try to evaluate what's behind this cultural thing going on. That's not inherently sinful. But it's so easy to get caught up in that to where we're losing sight of the end result regardless of the motive.
"If we're getting to situation where a female character is getting less sensual, less sexualized ... I'm just grateful we're getting away, to a degree, anyway, from some exploitation."
https://lorehaven.com/podcast/212-should-video-games-star-sensual-heroines-paeter-frandsen-cap-stewart/
Seek out #FantasticalTruth episode 212 on all major podcast streamers!
#SensualHeroines #StellarBlade #StarWarsOutlaws #DEI #respect #imagoDei #IsThisSecularPurityCulture #fantasticalstoriesforgodsglory
🎮 Games change how we see people.
Says @christiangeekcentral's Paeter Frandsen in our new episode:
"I've certainly noticed, over the course of my life as a gamer and as somebody enjoying entertainment, that the more often I'm exposed to ... either crass, macho sexual humor or sexualized models in video games and stuff like that, that my mentality shifts and becomes more selfish.
"As I step away from those things, I am more able to see my wife more like I'm meant to and not see her ... someone I want to love and serve."
https://lorehaven.com/podcast/212-should-video-games-star-sensual-heroines-paeter-frandsen-cap-stewart
For the rest of this conversation, seek out Fantastical Truth episode 212!
#FantasticalTruth #sensualheroines #FantasticalStoriesforGodsGlory
👉🏻J. J. Johnson wants YOU to join the RealmSphere.
If you do, you’ll have a better time at the @RealmMakers 2024 event.
Says the #IggyandOz author and RM marketeer in this week’s episode:
“Realm Makers is one of those conferences where I don’t really see a lot of people just being super weird and annoying. I’ve seen it at other conferences. And so I think that that is a testament to the community.”
J. J. adds more special tips to Realm Makers newcomers—over 150 of them:
“This is where I want to give my piece of advice here. If you’re not involved in the RealmSphere, you need to get involved in the RealmSphere. If you’re coming to the conference this year, you need to get involved in the 2024 group that is on the RealmSphere:
1. “Figure out how to turn your notifications on,
2. “Get in there,
3. “Start building conversations,
4. “Start building relationships.
“Because if you have relationships before you show up at the conference, there’s less of a chance that you’re going to be the weird one that nobody wants around. And here’s the thing: everybody at Realm Makers is so amazingly kind and so amazingly patient that you don’t hear these stories about people being weird at [the] conference.”
Seek out #FantasticalTruth for the full episode 210. Listen to the end for #RealmMakers2025 spoilers!
#RealmMakers2024 #RealmSphere #Christianfantasy #Christianscifi #ChristianBeyond #DontBeWeird #FantasticalStoriesforGodsGlory
🎭 "That story was too preachy."
That might mean the story was bad.
But don't all stories teach us in some way?
As our guest Noah Stratton reminds us, "preaching" = proclaiming. And we as Christians can proclaim the gospel to one another and the world in many ways.
For churches, we have specially trained preachers to preach the Bible at pulpits. For example, Noah himself is a local church pastor, as was the late Dr. Nicky Chavers, founder of @thelogostheatre.
But for theatre stages (and shelves), we have specially trained creators to illustrate beauty and truth! That's what The Logos Theatre has done since its parent ministry began in 1971. In the last few years they've dramatized three of seven Chronicles of Narnia, with many more plays on the way.
Explore the world of Aslan in this week's new Fantastical Truth episode. Seek out this podcast on every streamer or at Lorehaven.com!
#FantasticalTruth #FantasticalTroupe #TheLogosTheatre #NoahStratton #NicoleStratton #TheLionTheWitchandtheWardrobe #PrinceCaspian #TheHorseAndHisBoy #TheChroniclesofNarnia #FantasticalStoriesForGodsGlory
🖼 Does the Second Commandment ban pictures of Jesus?
If so, then guess who's in trouble:
1. @thechosentvseries
2. Your church's Easter pageant
3. Our guest @jennethleed_author
In this week's new episode, Jenneth reminds us that some Christians think more in pictures than in words.
Our Creator uses both to reach us.
In fact, the Bible itself wields symbols and evocative language to show us many "pictures" of Jesus even before His arrival. (Read His return in Rev. 19!)
Shouldn't we read any Old Testament commandment in light of the New?
What do you think?
Listen to Fantastical Truth episode 206 and tell us how Jesus pictures have affected you or folks you know! (Seek out Fantastical Truth on any podcast streamer or at Lorehaven.com.)
#FantasticalTruth @estephenburnett @ztrussell #gravenimages #C2V #SecondCommandment #idolatry #Easterpageants #art #iconoclasm #Jesuspictures #FantasticalStoriesforGodsGlory
😢 Jesus wasn't fooling when he promised to wipe away every tear.
Imagine it. Our resurrected hero and Great Physician doesn't just save us from our own villainy. He heals our brokenness from living in a sin-cursed world.
No more mental health struggles.
No more chronic illness.
No more trauma from real abuse.
No more aging and suffering and death.
"Behold," He says. "I am making all things new."
In our newest episode, @jjfischerauthor joins @ztrussell and @estephenburnett to explore how Jesus will save us from death and suffering. And, of course, how great stories help reflect this reality!
#TheNightingaleTrilogy #TheSoulMarkDuology @enclavepublishing @mountainbrookfire #Revelation21 #AllThingsNew #NewEarth #GreatPhysician #FantasticalStoriesForGodsGlory
Jesus came to slay dragons.
But what did the disciples think when the dragon of death killed Him first?
Don't miss Laurie Christine in this new Fantastical Truth episode. It's part of our pre-Easter series He Saves Us, exploring how Jesus defeated the Devil, human sin, and our suffering.
https://lorehaven.com/podcast/203-how-did-jesus-save-us-from-that-dragon-the-devil-with-laurie-christine/
Look for Fantastical Truth on any podcast player. Subscribe free at Lorehaven.com to get updates for every Tuesday's new episode.
#HeSavesUs #JesusChrist #Easter2024 #TheDragonTheDevil #DragonSlayers #DragonSlayerBibleSeries #FantasticalStoriesForGodsGlory
😇 How can we find Jesus Christ in a work of "Christian fiction"?
Is He in a character's John 3:16 quote?
Or in a sermon disguised as "story"?
Maybe the story being "clean" means that it shows Jesus better than others.
We have a different answer in episode 200 of Fantastical Truth: Why Should We Love to Explore Fantastical Stories for God's Glory. Here's a clip.
https://lorehaven.com/podcast/200-why-should-we-love-to-explore-fantastical-stories-for-gods-glory/
Find the whole episode on any podcast streamer or at Lorehaven.com!
#FantasticalTruth #Episode200 #Christianstories #Christianfantasy #Christianscifi #Christianbeyond #WhatMakesAStoryChristian #FantasticalStoriesforGodsGlory
🏰 Imagine you're building a castle. Or spaceship. Or story. You want this amazing artwork to glorify God.
Must you only hire Christians to help?
After all, those nonbelievers are so... ugh. They cuss. They leave their beer bottles all over the place. They might wave the wrong kinds of flags (really).
Recently one Christian-made show (psst, it was "The Chosen" TV series) got criticized for such an incident. That's why we made this recent podcast episode. We have two Christian hosts, E. Stephen Burnett and Zackary Russell, but they used microphones, software, bandwidth, computers, and power supplied by unbelievers. Is this okay?
Find the Fantastical Truth podcast in your favorite app! Then just scroll back a few weeks to find episode 166.
https://lorehaven.com/podcast/166-should-christians-hire-nonbelievers-to-help-make-fantastical-stories/
#UhOhWeGotUnbelieversOnTheSet #MixedUpWorld #CultureCreation #FantasticalStoriesForGodsGlory
