Sanctified Storytelling: A Wise Disciple Podcast

Logan and Tyler sit down to chat with  Wise Disciple's Nate Sala! Join us for a great and wide-ranging conversation about the story of Job, how the story teaches us about God's care for us, how to better wrestle with unexplained suffering, and more! -- Read the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! -  https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/   Join our community on Discord! If you have a question...

Logan and Tyler are joined by Hannah White to talk about the recently aired finale of Severance's 2nd season. Written by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller the science fiction thriller show asks all sorts of interesting questions about personhood and identity all while taking work-life balance to an extreme. Check it out!   Join the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! -  https://sanctifiedstor...

Logan and Tyler put down some thoughts in this month's story journal. Tune in for discussions about recent emo news, The Black Cauldron, Monster Hunter Wilds, and more!   Join the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! -  https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/   Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to  logan@wisedisciple.org  or  tyler@wisedisciple.org . Get...

Logan and Tyler talk discuss the classic film Casablanca. Along the way they talk about everything from timeless performances to overcoming indifference in the face of evil.  Check it out! Join the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! -  https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/   Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to  logan@wisedisciple.org  or  tyler@wise...

Logan and Tyler talk about the Prophet Hosea and how uncomfortable Bible narratives can help us better understand God.  Check it out! Join the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! -  https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/   Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to  logan@wisedisciple.org  or  tyler@wisedisciple.org . Get your Wise Disciple merch here:  www....

Logan and Tyler chat about Obsidian Entertainment's 2022 adventure game Pentiment. The game centers on the story of Andreas Maler, a journeyman artist from Nuremberg who becomes embroiled in a series of murder mysteries in a fictional town in Upper Bavaria. Along the way they discuss the way stories both historical and spiritual change over time. Check it out! Join the Sanctified Storytelling Subs...

Logan and Tyler break down their favorite stories from 2024 and some from years past. Check it out! Join the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! -  https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/   Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to  logan@wisedisciple.org  or  tyler@wisedisciple.org . Get your Wise Disciple merch here:  www.wisedisciple.store Check out our Y...

Logan and Tyler discuss Barbara Robinson's excellent short story all about the power of the Gospel and how it can change even the most rowdy of souls! This book tells the story of six misfit children who volunteer to star in their town's local Christmas Pageant and end up teaching the town the true meaning of Christmas. Check it out! Join the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! -  https://sanctified...

Logan and Tyler discuss the utterly absurd novel A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Ignatius J. Reilly is an overweight and unemployed thirty-year-old with a master's degree in Medieval History who lives with his mother in New Orleans. He utterly loathes the modern world, which he feels has lost the medieval values of "geometry and theology". One afternoon Ignatius is waiting on the st...

Logan and Tyler put down some thoughts in this month's story journal. Tune in for discussions about the worlds of Brandon Sanderson, Linkin Park's new album From Zero, the upcoming Warframe 1999 update, and more. Check it out! Join the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! -  https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/   Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to ...

This week, Logan brings you a special chat with Reed Lackey of the Fear of God Podcast! The two talk about screenwriting, story analysis, and the horror genre, and how all of these things interact with the Christian faith. Check it out! Reed is a screenwriter and co-host of the Fear of God Podcast. Most recently, Reed co-wrote the documentary Valley of the Shadow with Tyler Smith, which explores t...

Tyler is out this week, so Logan is joined by Wise Disciple's Nate Sala! Join us for a great and wide-ranging conversation about the gospel of Matthew, how narrative Bible books are different from others, understanding the Bible in context, and more! -- Read the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! -  https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/   Join our community on Discord! If you have a question...

Logan and Tyler dive into the delightfully silly and laugh-out-loud  The Importance of Being Earnest , drawing from Tyler's experience as a stage hand on a production of the play and Logan's experience watching the 2002 film. Join the guys as they explore the division of identity, whether uncertainly truly is the heart of romance, and why this timeless social commentary was so popular with the upp...

Logan and Tyler list albums that made them better Christians including offerings from Relient K, Demon Hunter, Showbread, and more! Check it out! Join the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! -  https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/   Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to  logan@wisedisciple.org  or  tyler@wisedisciple.org . Get your Wise Disciple merch...

Logan and Tyler discuss the 1964 short story Revelation  by Flannery O' Connor. Along the way they discuss questions of pride, self-righteousness, American race relations, and confidence in Christian salvation.  Check it out! Join the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! -  https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/   Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to  l...

Logan and Tyler review G.K. Chesterton's 1909 novel The Ball and the Cross. Along the way they talk about everything from duels over world view, to dreams and societal structures. Check it out! Join the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! -  https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/   Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to  logan@wisedisciple.org  or  tyler...

Logan and Tyler put down some thoughts in this month's story journal. Tune in for discussions about Lewis's The Horse and his Boy, Bilmuri's American Motor Sports, The Women by Kristin Hannah, Albert Camus' The Stranger, and more. Check it out! Join the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! -  https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/   Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the...

Grab your spacesuits and keep your hand at the level of your eyes. Logan and Tyler talk about the Alien franchise and Logan reviews Alien: Romulus (2024). Check it out! Join the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! -  https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/   Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to  logan@wisedisciple.org  or  tyler@wisedisciple.org . Get y...

Logan and Tyler discuss their experience playing the 2024 game Indika developed by Russian developer Odd Meter. In the game, players take control of Indika, a nun who goes on a surreal road trip with the Devil and other memorable characters. Along the way she'll tackle issues of faith-shaking problems with the Catholic Church, and questions of free will. Hang on everybody, this is a bizarre one. C...

Logan and Tyler are joined by a long-time friend of the show, Gene Gosewehr, to chat about the Merc with the Mouth's 3rd big screen outing. Is this new MCU flick just empty crude fun or is there something more redeeming underneath? Join us as we consider this successful summer comedy. Check it out! Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to  logan@wisedisciple.o...

Logan and Tyler revisit The Lands Between  in Logan's introduction to both Eldin Ring and Fromsoftware's unique style of storytelling. Join us as we discuss what role ambiguity plays in crafting a narrative and if anything can be gleaned from this approach when compared to our Bible study practice. This episode contains heavy spoilers for both Shadow of the Erdtree as well as the Eldin Ring base g...

Break out the sunglasses and SPF40. It's time for some summer storytelling! Logan and Tyler cover some summer fun including reminiscing about their youth at summer Bible camps and how it's helped them grow into the Christians they are today. We also discuss Inside Out 2, The Salvation's Edge raid from Destiny 2, The First Omen and more. Check it out! https://shldbiblecamp.com/ - SHLD Bible Camp In...

This week, we share an episode from the vault! In this blast from the past, Logan and Nate talk with musician and author Andrew Peterson about Christian creativity in a dicussion ranging from Peterson's music to his fiction and everything in between.  -- Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to  logan@wisedisciple.org  or  tyler@wisedisciple.org . Get your Wis...

Logan and Tyler dig into one of this year's biggest stories in gaming, Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion! The guys explore the role that divine silence has played in the story's worldbuilding, as well as the role of purpose-driven communities, how self-sacrifice pulls on threads from the Christian story, and much more.  -- Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, sen...

Logan and Tyler are joined by a long-time friend of the show, Gene Gosewehr, to chat about the new film in one of the longest-running sci-fi franchises. We compare religious themes in the newest entry to the original 1968 film and discuss the greater perspectives on human nature. Check it out! Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to  logan@wisedisciple.org  o...