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"The Messiah Comes to Middle-earth" w/ President Philip Ryken

Apr 12, 2019

34:47

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Mind of the Leader

2min

The Three Offices of Christ in Christian Theology

5min

Tolkien's Allegory and Applicability

6min

The Priesthood of All Believers

3min

Tolkien's Middle Earth

3min

The Anglo-Saxon Concept of Middle Earth

2min

The Role of Prophecy in Gandalf

6min

The Inevitability of the Ending

3min

President of Wheaton College, Dr. Philip Ryken sits down with Crystal and David this week to discuss his 2017 book The Messiah Comes to Middle-earth. Dr. Ryken addresses the inspiration for his book, based on his 2015-2016 Hansen lectures. He also discusses the difference between allegory and "applicability" in Tolkien, as the creator of The Lord of the Rings was famously averse to one-on-one correspondences in storytelling.