Should Christians Read Fantasy Literature?
Jun 10th, 2012 | By Bill Heid“But what about these Tree-men, these giants as you might call them?” —Sam Gamgee in Lord of the Rings (1954) The First Fantasy Story Abimelech had slaughtered all of Gideon’s sons, all but one—a young man named Jotham. When the men of Shechem came to make Abimelech their king, Jotham interrupted the coronation by shouting out a parable from a nearby hilltop. This is the story he told (Judg. 9:8-15): The trees of the forest set out to anoint a king for themselves. First, they went to the olive tree. “Reign over us,” they said.
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