The Priest invites those present to praise God: Let us bless the Lord. All reply: Thanks be to God. Another acclamation may be sung or said. Blessing and Giving of Rings. Option 1 Priest: May the Lord bless these rings, which you will give to each other as the sign of your love and fidelity. Response: Amen. Option 2 (#194) Priest: Bless, O Lord First, encountering God in unexpected places as reflected in books including the best-selling Finding God in The Lord of the Rings. Second, the priority of the home --represented by such books as Your Heritage, How To Mess Up Your Child's Life, and the best-selling Family Night Tool Chest series. Madly in love with his wife, Olivia, and their According to these verses, if Tolkien’s intent was to accurately and biblically reflect Christianity in The Lord of the Rings, he would have included a Christ-type hero who brings about the salvation (or turning from the evil side to the good side) of some of the evil characters. But this never occurs in The Lord of the Rings. Sauron, Saruman Looking For God in The Lord of the Rings By Jim Ware For Wireless Age Magazine, August 2001. September 1931. A dark and stormy night.Windy, at any rate. On the grounds of Magdalen College, Oxford, two tweed-jacketed, pipe-puffing professors go crunching down the gravel path known as Addison's Walk, under the deeper shadows of an ancient grove of trees -- a mysterious, murky wood where, in the I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor.Gandalf, to the Balrog of Moria During Gandalf's fight with the Balrog in The Lord of the Rings, he says of himself that he is the wielder of the flame of Anor. It is nowhere else referred to in the trilogy, so its particular meaning remains unclear. Anor is the Elvish word for the Sun, so literally the flame of Anor would have Finding God in the Lord of the Rings on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Finding God in the Lord of the Rings Considered the most popular books of the 20th century, The Lord of the Rings trilogy is more than a great story. It's a much-needed reminder that Christians are all on an epic quest. In examining the Christian themes in the trilogy, authors Kurt Bruner and Jim Ware find that truth and fiction are not as far apart as they seem. When read in the light of Scripture, Tolkien's trilogy reveals a It's a much-needed reminder that we Christians are all on an epic quest. In examining the Christian themes in the trilogy, authors Kurt Bruner and Jim Ware find that truth and fiction are not as far apart as they seem. When read in the light of Scripture, Tolkien's trilogy reveals a rich tapestry of redemption, values, and faith against all odds. rzqsD1T.

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