My good friend, Aaron Tubbs, and I jump on the backs of the Eagles of Middle Earth and take a bird’s eye view of the ripe motifs and themes that shape the final chapter of the Lord of the Rings.  We talk good and evil in Middle Earth, the Ring and the weight of sin, redemption and mercy, sacrifice and friendship, love and bearing one another’s burdens, and how all of this ties into God’s big story, the mega-narrative, of the Gospel.

We’re not breaking any ground that has not been broken before by super smart professors and English teachers and countless sermon illustrations from pastors, but it was a fantastic conversation that connects the movie going experience of Return of the King with faith and theology.  Enjoy the show!

Contributors:

Aaron Tubbs:

http://aarontubbs.wordpress.com – Aaron’s website

Josh Crabb:

Josh on Twitter – @jorshcrebb

Josh on Facebook – Joshua Crabb

Josh on Letterboxd – Jorsh Crebb

Josh’s personal blog – www.13past1.wordpress.com

Movie Church website – www.moviechurchpodcast.com

What We’ve Been Watching:

Josh:

Super (directed by James Gunn, Rainn Wilson)

I Declare War (dir. Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson)

Aaron:

The LEGO Movie (directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller)

The Final Sacrifice (IMDb Page) – MST3K version on YouTube

Discussion:

<6:20> Movies we saw over the summer

<19:20> Lord of the Rings Trivia Face-Off

<31:31> Run down of the movie

<34:20-end of show> Discussion of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Important Links:

IMDb for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Ziox Cult from the Final Sacrifice Wikipedia Page

How It Should Have Ended – The Return of the King

Blackfish on IMDb

Sea World blames Black Fish documentary for losing a third of its value – via Relevant Magazine

Credits:

Our intro and outro music comes courtesy of The Gray Havens, the pop/folk duo of Dave and Licia Radford hailing from Crystal Lake, Illinois.  Check out their music by going to www.thegrayhavensmusic.com and you can check them out on iTunes, Bandcamp, or Amazon Music.  Listen and buy their new single “The Stone†off their upcoming album, “The Fire and Stone†that releases on January 6th, 2015.