Five Faith Lessons in The Hobbit
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Devin Brown, author of "The Christian World of The Hobbit," explores the Christian element vitally important to Tolkien's writings and in these articles offers five short lessons about faith evident in "The Hobbit."
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Product The Christian World of The Hobbit
In his beloved story, The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien takes readers into a world unlike any other, yet so much seems familiar. As Bilbo journeys there and back again, glimpses of the…
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Video The Christian World of The Hobbit
Author Devin Brown has also written a five-part series, "Five Faith Lessons from The Hobbit" — Perfect for discussing with youth or adult small groups after seeing the new…
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Articles Lesson #1: No Such Thing as Luck
Seeing God’s Providence in the Events Around You The word luck appears twenty-five times in The Hobbit, luckily is used eleven times, and the word lucky nine times. We find …
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Articles Lesson #2: Strange Help in The Hobbit
In chapter ten, Bilbo looks out over the landscape as he floats downriver on the raft of barrels. Soon the trees of Mirkwood thin out and come to an end, the lands open wide, and…
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Articles Lesson #3: “Very Good for You”
Purpose in The Hobbit As we have seen, Bilbo’s adventures are brought about not with luck, but with a special kind of providential help. They also have a special kind of…
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Articles Lesson #4: Figuring Out What is Right and Deciding to Do It
In Tolkien’s fiction, although the moral decisions characters must make are often complex and therefore difficult, there is always a choice that is right—not just…
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Articles Lesson #5: The Power of Gold
Perhaps the most pervasive problem which Tolkien sets within the moral landscape of The Hobbit is the excessive desire for wealth. A problem at the root of much, if not all, of…
This Sunday June 23, 2013
June 23rd is the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost. (1 Kings 19:1-15a; Psalm 42; Galatians 3:23-29; Luke 8:26-39)
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