The Best of 2025

Logan and Tyler chat about The Haunting of Bly Manor from Mike Flanagan and wrestle with its deeper meaning. Along the way they get into themes like sacrificial love, identity, and memory. Along the way, they ask how the show echoes (and sometimes challenges) biblical ideas about love, death, and the soul. Check it out! -- Read the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! - https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/ Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to [email protected] or [email protected]. Get your Wise Disciple merch here: www.wisedisciple.store Check out our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@WiseDisciple. Want a BETTER way to communicate your Christian faith? Check out our website: www.wisedisciple.org

Logan and Tyler sit down with their friend Jacob to talk about The Book of Jeremiah. Along-the-way they talk all about how to study biblical prophecy, the nature of covenants, and what it means to truly know God.  Check it out! -- Read the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! - https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/ Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to [email protected] or [email protected]. Get your Wise Disciple merch here: www.wisedisciple.store Check out our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@WiseDisciple. Want a BETTER way to communicate your Christian faith? Check out our website: www.wisedisciple.org

Logan and Tyler talk about the latest Rian Johnson mystery featuring Daniel Craig as the larger-than-life detective Benoit Blanc. Alongside a clever and somewhat silly murder-mystery the film has alot to say about faith communities and what can go wrong when church leaders stray from the message of the Gospel. Check it out! -- Read the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! - https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/ Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to [email protected] or [email protected]. Get your Wise Disciple merch here: www.wisedisciple.store Check out our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@WiseDisciple. Want a BETTER way to communicate your Christian faith? Check out our website: www.wisedisciple.org

Tyler and Logan tackle the world of Hawkins, Indiana, in this spoilerific Stranger Things episode that explores Stephen King influences, upside down fairy tale structure, and asks whether the long-awaited finale of this last vestige of the monoculture fulfills expectations. Check it out! Editor's Note: Something went wrong with the audio on the original version of this episode. I think I got it fixed but you may have to redownload. Sorry! -- Read the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! - https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/ Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to [email protected] or [email protected]. Get your Wise Disciple merch here: www.wisedisciple.store Check out our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@WiseDisciple. Want a BETTER way to communicate your Christian faith? Check out our website: www.wisedisciple.org

Tyler and Logan tackle the world of Hawkins, Indiana, in this spoilerific Stranger Things episode that explores Stephen King influences, upside down fairy tale structure, and asks whether the long-awaited finale of this last vestige of the monoculture fulfills expectations. Check it out! -- Read the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! - https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/ Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to [email protected] or [email protected]. Get your Wise Disciple merch here: www.wisedisciple.store Check out our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@WiseDisciple. Want a BETTER way to communicate your Christian faith? Check out our website: www.wisedisciple.org

Logan and Tyler reflect on their favorite artifacts from 2025. It's always a treat to check in and consider how we've been blessed during the course of the year.  Check it out! Logan's 2025 List: Biggest Spiritual Impact: Hosea/Memorization Biggest Disappointment: Superman, Biggest Surprise: The Phoenician Scheme Favorite album: Wasteland by Wolves at the Gate, Favorite Game: Clair Obscure: Expedition 33 Favorite book: The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith Favorite film: Train Dreams Most Anticipated of 2026: The Odyssey Tyler's 2025 List:  Biggest Spiritual Impact: - 2nd Thessalonians  Biggest Surprise &: Disappointment: The $40 Multiplayer Experiment (Nightreign/Wildgate)  Favorite Album: Creature in the Black Night - Dayseeker  Favorite Game: Clair Obscure: Expedition 33  Favorite Book: 11/22/63 – Stephen King  Favorite Film/Show: The Haunting of Hill House   Most Anticipated: Control Resonant -- Read the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! - https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/  Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to [email protected] or [email protected]. Get your Wise Disciple merch here: www.wisedisciple.store Check out our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@WiseDisciple. Want a BETTER way to communicate your Christian faith? Check out our website: www.wisedisciple.org

Logan and Tyler put down some thoughts in this month's story journal! Join us for discussions about Hogwarts Legacy, Arcane, Arc Raiders, and It: Welcome to Derry. Is there anything redeeming or edifying in these artifacts? Check it out! -- Read the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! - https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/  Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to [email protected] or [email protected]. Get your Wise Disciple merch here: www.wisedisciple.store Check out our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@WiseDisciple. Want a BETTER way to communicate your Christian faith? Check out our website: www.wisedisciple.org

Logan and Tyler react to Guillermo del Toro's take on Mary Shelly's original creature feature! Join us as we chat about this modern spin. Is it still wrong to play god in 2025? Check it out! Editor's note: Tyler's mic is a bit quiet on this episode. Sorry about that! -- Read the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! - https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/  Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to [email protected] or [email protected]. Get your Wise Disciple merch here: www.wisedisciple.store Check out our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@WiseDisciple. Want a BETTER way to communicate your Christian faith? Check out our website: www.wisedisciple.org

Happy Halloween from Sanctified Storytelling! Logan and Tyler chat about the most famous vampire to have ever filled the page and screen. Join us for this spooky conversation about how Dracula fills the public consciousness and how Satan can twist every good thing into something wicked. Also make sure to check your kid's candy for some scary madlibs and Tyler loses his mind as an editor. Check it out! -- Read the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! - https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/  Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to [email protected] or [email protected]. Get your Wise Disciple merch here: www.wisedisciple.store Check out our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@WiseDisciple. Want a BETTER way to communicate your Christian faith? Check out our website: www.wisedisciple.org

Logan and Tyler air their grievances with an author they both promise they like! Tune in for conversations about the recent works of Brandon Sanderson, including spoilers for most of the Stormlight Archive and especially Wind and Truth. What virtues are worth pursuing and how do our modern sensibilities sometimes get in the way? Check it out! -- Read the Sanctified Storytelling Substack! - https://sanctifiedstorytelling.substack.com/  Join our community on Discord! If you have a question for the show, send it to [email protected] or [email protected]. Get your Wise Disciple merch here: www.wisedisciple.store Check out our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@WiseDisciple. Want a BETTER way to communicate your Christian faith? Check out our website: www.wisedisciple.org