Telling the Truth in a World of Lies - Brian Godawa

Brian Godawa has spent his life living in two worlds at once. A screenwriter and novelist, Brian grew up in the northwest suburbs of Chicago in a religious home. After coming to faith in high school, he began to see film and story differently, not just as entertainment but as powerful vehicles for truth and worldview. Along the way he was shaped by voices like C.S. Lewis, Francis Schaeffer, Greg Bahnsen, and Michael Heiser, all of whom helped him wrestle with how art, theology, and apologetics intersect.In this episode of Work Is Calling, Brian and Wayne Kuna explore how a love of movies became a sense of calling to be a “truth-teller” through story. Brian talks about Ecclesiastes 12 and the tension between endless books and simple obedience, why he thinks both head and heart must be converted, and why the Sermon on the Mount, especially loving your enemies, remains the hardest part of following Jesus. They also dig into his craft: how he uses appendices like Michael Crichton to ground “fantastical” biblical fiction in research, why he reads exhaustively on controversial issues, and why lies, propaganda, and the erosion of free speech grieve him so deeply. It’s a candid look at what it means to see writing, film, and imagination not as escapism, but as a serious calling from God.