Tolkien
The Long Defeat (8) – Conclusion
David de Bruyn
July 26, 2022
Tolkien was not a premillennialist, or even an evangelical. But Tolkien’s imaginative oeuvre is nevertheless…
The Long Defeat (7) – Premillennialism and the Kingdom Before the Kingdom
David de Bruyn
July 18, 2022
The diagram above illustrates how the three major schools of eschatology relate to one another.…
The Long Defeat (6) – Premillennialism and the Glory of Lost Causes
David de Bruyn
July 12, 2022
Premillennialism is called pessimistic because it teaches that evil will grow, a great apostasy will…
The Long Defeat (5) – Premillennialism and Power
David de Bruyn
July 5, 2022
In a letter to Milton Waldman, Tolkien explained much of the meaning and purpose of…
The Long Defeat (4) – Premillennialism and the Mortality of Culture
David de Bruyn
June 27, 2022
Since premillennialists are accused of a pessimistic eschatology, it is with some glee that we…
The Long Defeat (3) – Premillennialism and the Eucatastrophe
David de Bruyn
June 20, 2022
J.R.R. Tolkien felt there should be another word in the English language. Taking the Greek…
The Long Defeat (2)- Helpful Pessimism in Middle Earth
David de Bruyn
June 14, 2022
Premillennialists are told that their hermeneutic must be faulty because its pessimism is contrary to…
The Long Defeat (1) – The Poignant Beauty of Premillennialism
David de Bruyn
June 6, 2022
Those who reject and critique premillennial eschatology may have several reasons for doing so. The…
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