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Pilgrim’s Progress: Delectable Mountains
After escaping the Giant, Christian and Hopeful continue on their journey, coming to a restful spot, for once. Let’s see what happens up in those delightful, delectable mountains of the Lord:) Shepherds They make it to a beautiful mountainside, where several friendly Shepherds greet them. Sheep mill about peacefully. The Shepherds give them advice about…
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Pilgrim’s Progress: Doubting Castle
Christian is faced with more challenges as his journey continues, but he is not alone, because of his new friend Hopeful. Let’s follow the two pilgrims as they meet new foes and are captured by a giant of Doubting Castle… The first part of this chapter tells about Christian and Hopeful meeting By-Ends, an inconsistent…
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THE HOBBIT
you’ve heard all about Lord of the Rings from me…but what about a time before Frodo and Aragorn, before all those wars? what about The Hobbit? the original book of the Hobbit is really long, so they film makers split it into three full-length movies, the first called ‘An Unexpected Journey’. Guests, if You Can…
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Pilgrim’s Progress: Vanity Fair
Let’s get back into the Pilgrim’s Progress and see what happens next in Christian’s journey… Christian and his companion Faithful made it to a city called Vanity, where a never ending fair was being held. As soon as they’d walked into the fair they were bombarded with questions and taunts from the residents of Vanity…
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Pilgrim’s Progress: The Valley of Humiliation
The Palace Beautiful has rested and refreshed Christian, preparing him for upcoming challenges, including monsters, demons, smooth talk, and other dangers around each corner After being armed and dressed in armor, Christian descends into the Valley of Humiliation. He is attacked by a “foul fiend coming over the field to meet him; his name is…
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Pilgrim’s Progress: The Palace Beautiful
The next leg of Christian’s journey brings him to a resting place: the Palace Beautiful. His entrance to the palace isn’t easy–he has to walk past two lions. After he does so, bravely putting his trust that the King’s way will not lead him in the wrong, Christian makes it to the door and realizes…
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Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
The last movie in the Lotr series is Return of the King, and today I’m going to tell you the highlights of the film (spoilers included) and share a few thoughts. We get a couple different perspectives in this film: This movie was a little longer and more complicated than the other ones, so this…
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Pilgrim’s Progress: Salvation Hill
The last time we read Pilgrim’s Progress, we read about the Interpreter. Today we’ll look at Christian’s journey up, then down, Salvation Hill. Quick summary: Christian comes to a difficult path up Salvation Hill. Trusting that the King will help him if needed, he follows the path and makes it to the top, his burden…
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Lord of the Rings: More Characters
In my last post, I shared a review of the second Lotr movie: The Two Towers. But today I’m going to look at a few of my favorite characters in this film…let’s get started! Gimli First up we have the best (and practically only) dwarf! Gimli is a surprisingly important character in this movie, especially…
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Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers
As an addition to my last few Lotr posts, I’m going to summarize and share my opinion on the second movie: The Two Towers! Going back in time, The Two Towers’ opening scene shows Gandalf. He had seemingly given up his life so that the rest of the Fellowship could escape the fiery monster inside…
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The Interpreter: Part Two
This post is about the second half of the Interpreter chapter in Pilgrim’s Progress (see previous posts). In it, the interpreter shows Christian another vision. This vision is of a man in a cage, weeping. He is called Despair. He represents the one who used to follow God and thought himself a believer, but has…
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Lord of the Rings: Best Characters
Welcome back to Lord of the Rings post! If you’ve never seen these movies or read the books, check out my previous post for a quick background and plot explanation. Anyways, today will be fun because I’m going to share my thoughts on the four best characters–at least, they’re the best ones in my opinion.…