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“But a man who has not been the head of his home must confess his abdication as sin - He must treat it the same way he would treat theft, or adultery. It is disobedience.”
― Reforming Marriage: Gospel Living for Couples
― Reforming Marriage: Gospel Living for Couples
“Atonement does not always directly help the one we have sinned against. It does not always help anyone at all. Had Boromir run of with Aragorn, he could have been of greater help in tracking the orcs after Merry and Pippin were captured than he was in giving his life to defend them.”
― Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings
― Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings
“Anyone can suffer but it takes a stout heart to suffer well. Pippin never loses his simple Hobbit sense, nor does he succumb to the temptation to use his suffering as an excuse to sully himself”
― Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings
― Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings
“Galadriel gives each of the companions a gift before they leave Lothlorien, but it may be that her greatest and most perilous gift was given upon their first meeting. Temptation, succesfully overcome, strengthens the will, but succumbing to temptation, even in thought, leads to evil”
― Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings
― Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings
“But none of us are called to sacrifice others to safeguard ourselves, no matter how important we may seem. The proper position of leadership is in front, partaking in the dangers of the lowliest of soldiers. This is what Jesus did, and it is the height of foolishness. May we, in our weakness, be granted to access such heights.”
― Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings
― Tolkien's Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of the Lord of the Rings
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