In late 2012 I initially released a short series of podcasts based on a book by Dr. Devin Brown entitled The Christian World of The Hobbit. At the time the none of three movies on The Hobbit had been released. Fast forward to now and (at the time of this posting) we are less than a month away from …
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Saying Mere Christianity is a book that has influence millions of people would not only be obvious, but also an understatement! Yet, despite it’s nearly universal appeal, there are those who have difficulty “getting into it.” This might be because the material is over 70 years old (they were first radio talks in the 1940’s) and they …
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Dr. Devin Brown is back with another book about C.S. Lewis’s (more famous) friend, J.R.R. Tolkien. This one is a brief biography simply called Tolkien. At the time I’m releasing this podcast, the final part of the movie version of The Hobbit will be out in a few weeks. Learn, or be reminded of, the interesting story …
Back in late 2012 I released a five-part mini-series about a book that had just come out called The Christian World of the The Hobbit by Dr. Devin Brown. This was before the first of three movies hit the big screen. Now that the final major motion picture is coming out in three months I thought it would be a great time to re-post the entire series. Normally I just post one show a week (even when posting a previously released episodes), but because I’m moving my podcast hosting and I have an upcoming new series I decided to re-release them over a five day period. So far the first two shows are posted.
It’s no secret that C.S. Lewis was friends with J.R.R. Tolkien (unless you didn’t know). Did you also know that Lewis read what we now know as The Hobbit several years before it was published in 1937?! This year (2202) makes the 85th anniversary of its publication, so it seemed fitting to highlight some of the …
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The first season of The Rings of Power recently began. The following is a conversation with Dr. Sørina Higgins about her initial reactions to the first two episodes. William O’Flaherty recorded this with her the day before she was giving a talk about the Holy Grail. Sørina actually attended one of the premiers of The Rings …
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This is the second of a two-part episode featuring highlights from the 2021 Inklings Weekend that was held in Montreat, NC at Montreat College from July 9-11. Previously, two talks given by Dr. Devin Brown were shared. This time highlights from addresses given by Dr. Hal Poe and Dr. Don King are presented. The theme of …
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The 2021 Inklings Weekend was just held in Montreat, NC at Montreat College. Two of the four talks given were by Dr. Devin Brown (author of A Life Observed: A Spiritual Biography of C.S. Lewis and other great books). The theme of the weekend was “The Radio Broadcasts at Eighty; A Celebration of Mere Christianity.” The …
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UPDATE: The book is NOW available for sale! To learn the various places you can buy it FOLLOW THIS LINK. I’m happy to announce that after years of research and writing, my book dealing with questionable quotations associated with C.S. Lewis will be available soon. The book cover (at the right) was just sent to …
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