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Podcast: Fantastical Truth
Episode: 50. Do Christians Really Need Fiction? | Fiction’s Chief End, part 1
Description: When you reach for a novel, do you ever feel guilty for not picking up your Bible, a devotional, or missionary biography? Some question whether fiction itself is spiritually healthy. And even if novels are harmless entertainment, do we actually need them? Are they worth our time and attention, not to mention our money? Perhaps we have more important questions to ask, such as: What if God made humans to get healthier from reading stories? What if we in fact desperately need them?
We’ll look at how:
Fiction is God’s idea.
Fiction is personally tran...