PWJ: S4E37 – AH – “After Hours” with Chris R. Armstrong

For Christmas this year, David gave Matt a book by Dr. Chris R. Armstrong called “Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians”, in which the author encourages his readers to draw from the riches of the Medieval Church, using C.S. Lewis as their model. In today’s episode Matt discusses this book with the author.

S4E37: “After Hours” with Chris R. Armstrong (Download)

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PWJ: S4E36 – TSL 18 – “What’s love got to do with it?”

Former guest of the show, Dr. Jason Lepojärvi, returns to discuss Screwtape’s thoughts on love, sex, and marriage, as well as to listen to some Tina Turner and ask “What’s love got to do with it?”

S4E36: “What’s love got to do with it?” (Download)

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Know Your Valar: Introduction

I’m going to be doing a series of posts here as I read The Silmarillion to help me keep all the Valar straight in my head. This is an introductory post, giving an overview of the Valar…

The Main Valar

Not all of the Valar come up that often in The Silmarillion. Here are the main ones to remember:

…and here’s a slightly larger collection:

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Reading the Silmarillion

I’ve been reading the Silmarillion this year. I’ve found it really helpful to recap on the stories as I’ve progressed through the book, making sure that they’re firmly established in my head, as well as the geography, genealogies and all the different pronunciations! I’ve done this chiefly through podcasts and YouTube videos.

This post contains all the different videos which I’ve watched…

Tolkien Road Summaries

Detailed Level Overview

These videos are great because they include lots of maps…

High Level Overview

I’ll also soon post an article where I share the images I used to help keep the different Valor straight in my head.

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