Myth and the Gospel: The Lord of the Rings' stroll with Screwtape

Razormouth.com ^ | 12/30/03 | John W. Whitehead

[Maria S]

"The Screwtape Letters, a series of letters from a senior demon to a junior demon."


If you've never read 'The Screwtape Letters', get a copy and read it. Not too long, reads easily, and is one of THE classics of all time. Outstanding.

After you've read it, get a copy of C.S.Lewis' 'Mere Christianity'. All Christians (and non-believers) should read it. Lewis's supreme effort!

[Lil'freeper]

Ping!

[Corin Stormhands]

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[rhema]

I've read both, and you're right: they are outstanding. I try to read at least something by Lewis, whether fiction or nonfiction, every year. This year it was Perelandra.

[Dahlseide]

He would also write the beloved children’s books The Chronicles of Narnia,

Children's books
I have read & enjoyed them throughout the last 35 years. First read when I was 35. As Lewis said - to me of course - in the preface to Lion Witch & Wardrobe you are now old enough to begin.

Thanks for the post, I had not heard it before.

[N8VTXNinWV]

Ping-a-ling-a-ling for LOTR

[asformeandformyhouse]

After you've read it, get a copy of C.S.Lewis' 'Mere Christianity'. All Christians (and non-believers) should read it. Lewis's supreme effort!

And if you have children, have them read (or read to them) 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe'.

[auboy]

Bump!

[rhema]

BUMP

[Woahhs]

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[Hebrews 11:6]

Nicely judged and well said.

[Gritty]

A BUMP for two of the greatest authors of the twentieth Century!

[justshutupandtakeit]

Saw The Return of the King yesterday afternoon with my younger boy. Fantastic movie. I loved the whole series which is permeated by the Spirit of Christ. Highly recommended.

[jimt]

Lewis's trilogy, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength are books I'd also recommend highly. Each stands alone quite well, but taken in series they enhance each other.

Perelandra has the most chilling description of pure evil I've ever read.

Good morals, good stories - C.S. Lewis is well worth your time.

[ecurbh]

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[ibheath]

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[sweetliberty]

"The Great Divorce" was a real gem too.

[Mudboy Slim]

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[LadyDoc]

Tolkien was a catholic. Catholics don't believe in Millenialism, i.e. that there will be a thousand years of peace with perfect people. I haven't seen that quote before.

Most Catholics believe the millenium is the period of time that started with Christ's saving death, but that the war against evil will last til the end of time...in LOTR there is a quote where Gandalf says there are other threats that will come in the future: we cannot master all the evils of the world, but we only have to chosse what to do with the time we are given...(I don't have time to look up the entire quote, sorry, but Jackson's movie gives the shorter version: you only have to choose what to do with the time we are given.

Tolkien was a pessimist on human's ability to make a perfect world, but believed that the ultimate joy would be found at the end of time, meaning after the end of the world there would be a new world to come, an eternal world without death ("a new heaven and a new earth" is the bible quote)...this is not the same as a milleneum, which is assumed to occur BEFORE christ's return to earth.