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		<title>The Lord of the Rings (Prologue-2)</title>
		<link>http://lordofthekingdom.com/2007/01/15/the-lord-of-the-rings-prologue-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Note: This post originally appeared on May 3, 2006.]
Hobbiton. Shire Year, 1401. - Before beginning the tale of the War of the Ring, as chronicled in The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien presents his readers with a Prologue that introduces Middle-earth to those who perhaps have not read The Hobbit.  So rich is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;But as for sermons!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They are bad, aren&#8217;t they!  Most of them from any point of view.  The answer to the  mystery is prob. not simple; but part of it is that &#8216;rhetoric&#8217; (of which preaching is a dept.) is an art, which requires (a) some native talent and (b) learning and practice.  The instrument [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tolkien on the Purpose of Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 22:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the age of 77, Tolkien was asked by his publisher&#8217;s daughter about the meaning of life.  In a letter postmarked May 20, 1969, he said (in part):
So it may be said that the chief purpose of life, for any one of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God [...]]]></description>
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