Fantasy literature
92An Unlikely Hero - Fantasy
15 Nov 2021
27:58¶ 89
“Fantasy goes another step further. It says, “Look, what if the world were different?” Lewis called this supposal. “Suppose the world were different. Suppose…”
28:27¶ 90
“Then giving that supposal – still grounding his stories to some degree in our reality – he goes on and tells a story and…”
29:09¶ 92
“The question becomes how far can you legitimately push this fantasy thing, because aren’t you rewriting God’s world? Well, fiction rewrites God’s world, and…”
69Should Christians Read Fiction?
9 May 2021
21:20¶ 62
“I think in looking at fantasy, we can see that a lot of things you can mess with. Here we have trees, who don’t…”
21:38¶ 63
“It is difficult for a Christian to generate or enjoy living in a fictional world where God isn’t God, where God’s standards are not…”
22:48¶ 65
“So as Christians we can say there’s a place for fantasy stories, for imaginative stories, for stories of things that haven’t happened, couldn’t happen.…”