Samwise Gamgee

Current Events Theology 

The World Is Too Big

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 Phill Lytle 1 Comment 2 Chronicles, Abortion, Act, Andrew Peterson, Brokenness, Care, Clark Kent, darkness, Disease, Frodo Baggins, Great Physician, Hate, Healing, Human Trafficking, Is He Worthy?, Isaiah, J.R.R. Tolkien, James, Jehoshaphat, Justice, Light, Listen, Man of Steel, Martha Kent, Matthew, Matthew 6, Mordor, Overwhelmed, Persecution, Poverty, Proverbs, Psalm 34, Psalm 9, Psalms, Redemption, Samwise Gamgee, Serving, Shadows, Speak, Suffering, Superman, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Theoden

Kingdom living surrounded by brokenness and shadows.

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Film Literature The Five 

How Hobbits Teach Us Courage

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 Phill Lytle, Gowdy Cannon, Ben Plunkett, D.A. Speer and Nathan Patton 1 Comment Aragorn, Bilbo Baggins, Courage, Dwarves, Elves, Ents, Frodo Baggins, Gandalf, Gimli, Hobbits, J.R.R. Tolkien, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Merry Brandybuck, Middle Earth, Peregrin Took, Pippin Took, Samwise Gamgee, Second Breakfast, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, The Two Towers, Wizards

“Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”

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Literature Theology 

I Am Fatty Bolger, and That Is Okay

February 12, 2020February 12, 2020 Phill Lytle 5 Comments Contentment, Discontentment, Fatty Bolger, Frodo Baggins, J.R.R. Tolkien, Samwise Gamgee, The Lord of the Rings

Overcoming discontentment by understanding the unique role we each have to play.

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Film Literature The Five 

Tolkien vs Peter Jackson: Five Things the Books Did Better Than the Films

September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 Phill Lytle 5 Comments Battle of the Five Armies, Beorn, Elijah Wood, Eowyn, Faramir, Frodo Baggins, Gandalf, Gollum, J.R.R. Tolkien, Peter Jackson, Samwise Gamgee, Sauron, Shelob, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, The Two Towers, Thorin Oakenshield, Witch King of Angmar

Five Times Tolkien was > Peter Jackson.

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Literature Misc Theology 

The Rough Draft of Solace

May 17, 2017August 19, 2019 Phill Lytle 8 Comments 2 Corinthians, Anger, Aslan, C.S. Lewis, Cancer, Comfort, Doubt, Eustace Clarence Scrubb, Frodo Baggins, Galatians, Grief, Hope, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jill Pole, John, Joy, Lazarus, Martha, Mary, Mount Doom, Pain, Prince Caspian, Psalms, Rejoice, Samwise Gamgee, Sorrow, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, The Silver Chair

Searching for hope in difficult times. (2155 words)

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