THEOLOGY APPLIED - What Christians Can Learn from Tom Bombadil of Lord of the Rings

Theology Applied

Right Response Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 801 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Pastor Joel Webbon is joined by C. R. Wiley to discuss his latest book which addresses “TOM BOMBADIL” from J. R. R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings.” Who is this immensely powerful and mysterious character, and what can Christians learn from him?

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Pastor Joel Webbin with Right Response Ministries, and you're listening to another episode of Theology Applied.
0:06.2	In this episode, I was privileged to have as a special guest, C.R. Wiley. He's known for several books.
0:12.6	One of the books that he's written is called The Household and the War for the Cosmos.
0:17.3	But he has an upcoming book, which is all about a peculiar character found in the Lord
0:23.3	of the Rings called Tom Bombadil. And so our conversation today is all things Tom Bobbedadil.
0:29.9	From a Christian perspective, seeing things that I know that I didn't see. I was surprised by them,
0:35.0	and I'm a big fan of Lord of the Rings. But I think it was very insightful, very interesting, looking at Tom Bambudil, and especially
0:41.9	what Christians can take from Tom lessons and principles and apply them in our lives and in our
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1:41.4	ado, here's our episode with C.R. Wiley on Tom Baumdadeau.
1:46.4	Applying God's word to every aspect of life. This is Theology Applied.
1:57.1	All right, welcome to another episode of Theology Applied. As I've already mentioned, I am privileged to have C.R. Wiley as a guest, Pastor Chris,
2:05.1	would you go ahead and take a moment to introduce yourself to our listeners?
2:08.8	Yeah, Joel, thanks for having me on the show.
2:11.0	I'm a pastor in the PCA, and I'm serving a church in the Pacific Northwest just outside of Portland, Oregon, on the
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