A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War kristyn getty In One Thousand Gifts

In One Thousand Gifts

survived the trenches

Union with Christ is a core doctrine of salvation

Long fascinated by the apostle

A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War kristyn getty In One Thousand GiftsFor a generation of men and women, First World War brought the end of innocenceand the end of faith. Yet for J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, the Great War deepened their spiritual quest. Both men served as soldiers on the Western Front, survived the trenches, and used the experience of that conflict to ignite their Christian imagination. Had there been no Great War, there would have been no Hobbit, no Lord of the Rings, no Narnia and perhaps no