Dracula and Martyrdom

Scripture-ish · Oct 29, 2026 · 30m · transcript

I was telling you why I love the 1897 novel Dracula so much, and what lessons I think a Christian might learn from Bram Stoker. Last time I introduced the novel and ended my thoughts with a focus on the eucharist. I myself have cited Dracula several times during communion meditations at church, and people tell me that those meditations are … um … memorable. But there is more to say about this book. Before getting to the moral qualities of the novel, some scattered thoughts—

Money

We’ll start with money: our heroes are all rich, and this is necessary for the story. One of them is a member of…