Using stories and drawing on personal experiences, Sherrard teaches the importance of holiness, treating skeptics with respect, engaging in authentic conversations instead of shouting matches, and having well thought out answers to the skeptic’s questions. And it is about drawing people to Jesus through your kindness. It is about demonstrating the power of God through your holiness. It is about showing that He is real by the way you live. Defending your faith is not just about answering questions and “proving” that God exists. Every relationship you have is an opportunity for you to connect people to their creator by displaying your hope, both in word and deed. Relational Apologetics is about your life becoming a defense of the Christian faith. Guided by Ryken, readers will discover that they can learn much about the one who is the true prophet, priest, and king through Tolkien’s imaginative storytelling.ĭefending the Christian faith by demonstrating its reality In the characters of Gandalf, Frodo, and Aragorn, Ryken hears echoes of the threefold office of Christ―his prophetic, priestly, and royal roles. Wade Center by Philip Ryken, this volume mines the riches of Tolkien’s theological imagination. Yet he acknowledged that his work is imbued with Christian symbolism and meaning.īased on the inaugural Hansen Lectureship series delivered at the Marion E. It is well known that Tolkien disliked allegory.
Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings has generated much discussion about the relationship between Christianity and literature.
How can we grasp the significance of what Jesus Christ did for us? Might literature help us as we seek to understand the Christian faith? This e-book was chosen by our readers to be placed on sale.
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