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Fantastic Subversion: When Sacrifice Rewrites the Story
In the third century, a devastating plague swept through the Roman Empire. At its height, thousands were dying each day in major cities. The healthy fled. Families abandoned sick relatives in the streets to protect themselves. Fear became the ruling instinct. But...
Story 3: Baptizing the Imagination — Learning to Desire the Truth
Every person lives in two worlds at once. One is the world we can see and touch. The other is the world we picture inside our minds. In that inner world, we replay conversations, imagine the future, fear what might happen, and dream about what could be. Though it...
Story 2: When Imagination Lifts Us Toward God — And When It Leads Us Away
Behind a false wall in a quiet watchmaker’s house in Haarlem, six people once stood in complete silence while soldiers searched the rooms. The hidden space was small and close, built just inches from discovery. It existed because Corrie ten Boom and her family...
Story 1: Tolkien, Disney, and the Battle for Fantasy
J.R.R. Tolkien went to see Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He did not like it. That surprises many people. After all, Tolkien loved fairy stories. He filled his own books with dwarves, dragons, dark forests, and ancient songs. Walt Disney did the same, though in a...
Introduction: What Is True Fantasy?
There is a quiet embarrassment that many Christians feel but rarely admit. It surfaces in college classrooms, in conversations with scientifically minded friends, or even in our own private thoughts when we read the opening chapters of Genesis. Talking snakes. A...
COMING SOON: True Fantasy Podcast
True Fantasy is coming—a new podcast hosted by Steve Kroening that invites listeners into a realm where fantasy is not escapism, but revelation. Each episode explores stories, symbols, and Scriptures that point to a reality far bigger than imagination—a world charged with meaning, wonder, and eternal truth. True Fantasy dives beneath the surface of culture, myth, and storytelling to uncover how God has woven His reality into every generation’s longing for something greater. Along the way, select episodes will feature special guests—visionary creators, thinkers, and storytellers—who bring thoughtful, Scripture‑rooted insights into both the Bible and the world we live in today. This is fantasy as it was always meant to be: true, vast, and alive.