1. 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?
  2. Eucatastrophe combines two Greek words: ‘eu’ meaning ‘good’ (as in eulogy or euphoria), and ‘katastrophe’ for destruction.
  3. 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).
  4. As the story unfolds we see Luther’s Heidelberg theses on display, even before the Fellowship leaves Rivendell.
  5. 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
  6. The only thing Hobbits love more than a good meal, is good company with whom they can share it.
  7. I have found that Gandalf’s words above ring true, not only in Middle-earth, but in our world as well.
  8. It is Tolkien's adept ability at combining imagination with Sub-Creation to give his fictional world of Middle-Earth that ‘inner consistency of reality’ which points to the truth of the Gospel.
  9. Paul's conversion is a death and resurrection story. And in reality, so is every conversion, whether it was an awe-inspiring experience like Paul's or not. Dead to sin and alive in Christ.
  10. Every child builds. Some build castles out of wooden blocks handed down from an older sibling. Some construct forts out of blankets, chairs, and miscellaneous living room artifacts.
  11. God wired us to be storytellers. God made man in his own image and that image includes a rational mind that communicates in large part through stories.
  12. But there’s more to this movie than excellent Lego graphics and artistic; in other words, imaginative storytelling.
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