TOPIC INDEXJ.R.R. Tolkien (28)

  1. Epiphany in Middle-earth

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    01/14/19
    9 mins
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    Each of these little epiphanies in Middle-earth are like the star the magi saw arise in the sky, a light that reflects and points to Jesus who is the Light of the world.

  2. The Tolkien Option: Consolation and Eucatastrophe

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    10/30/18
    12 mins
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    Consolation is the breath of life filling our lungs, hearts, and minds with the fresh, incorruptible air of the new creation.

  3. Our God: the God of Failures

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    06/12/18
    8 mins
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    God is the God of failures, for He became one for you. There is no failure of ours that is bigger than Jesus’ cross, no sin of ours that can overshadow the cross.

  4. The Tolkien Option, Part 3: Escape

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    03/28/18
    10 mins
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    Jesus is the great Houdini of the grave for us. And through His death, He gives us the Great Escape from death that leads to the great joy of the Resurrection.

  5. The Tolkien Option, Part 2: Recovery

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    09/27/17
    9 mins
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    Recovery helps us see beauty in the ordinary; the miracle and wonder of creation in the oak leaf or the evergreen needle.

  6. The Tolkien Option—Introduction

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    07/28/17
    9 mins
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    What do the events of good stories, like The Lord of the Rings teach us about the rise and fall of civilizations in our own world?

  7. The Great Eucatastrophe

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    04/19/17
    9 mins
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    Eucatastrophe combines two Greek words: ‘eu’ meaning ‘good’ (as in eulogy or euphoria), and ‘katastrophe’ for destruction.

  8. Hobbits and the Greatest Story of All

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    09/23/16
    12 mins
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    Fairy tales are but one chapter in the book we call storytelling. We may prefer reading other kinds of stories (mystery, science fiction, and so on).

  9. Heidelberg and Hobbiton: Theology of the Cross in Middle-earth

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    05/27/16
    10 mins
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    As the story unfolds we see Luther’s Heidelberg theses on display, even before the Fellowship leaves Rivendell.

  10. The Great Easter Entmoot

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    03/27/16
    9 mins
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    On this night of nights, Christ arises victorious and sends the devil’s hordes running with no darkness to find cover; death’s dark shadow is gone

  11. The Lord of Hosts' Bounty in the Shire

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    02/10/16
    8 mins
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    The only thing Hobbits love more than a good meal, is good company with whom they can share it.

  12. Hobbits and Evangelism: Friendship

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    06/11/15
    8 mins
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    I have found that Gandalf’s words above ring true, not only in Middle-earth, but in our world as well.
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