{"id":825,"date":"2013-09-23T13:59:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T18:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/?p=825"},"modified":"2013-09-23T13:59:32","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T18:29:32","slug":"the-spiritual-world-of-the-hobbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/09-23-2013\/the-spiritual-world-of-the-hobbit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spiritual World of the Hobbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hobbit\/The Lord of the Rings series has been popular for years, but is it just an entertaining story? Is there anything more in it than just a fairy tale? James Stuart Bell looks into what can be learned from <em>The Hobbit<\/em>, specifically, in\u00a0<em>The Spiritual World of the Hobbit<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>J. R. R. Tolkien&#8217;s book has captivated audiences of all ages, and there is more to it than just a good story. Tolkien used his beliefs as a Christian to craft a book that would keep people reading, but that would also offer an opportunity to better understand what is meant by be a Christian. Woven throughout the story, you can find what Tolkien believed, from struggles with fear and pride to being a wise steward of what you have.<\/p>\n<p>Both simple concepts and more complex ones are covered by Bell. Fear is something we all are familiar with, whereas becoming a new creation in Christ may not be as easily understood. Bell does a good job of drawing all the concepts out in a way that is simple to read.<\/p>\n<p>Being a fan of Tolkien&#8217;s works, I enjoyed reading Bell&#8217;s book, and seeing what Tolkien intended for the series. There were concepts that I had found when I read the series, but\u00a0<em>The Spiritual World of the Hobbit<\/em>\u00a0had more that I had not seen, yet.<\/p>\n<p>I received a free copy from Bethany House in exchange for my review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hobbit\/The Lord of the Rings series has been popular for years, but is it just an entertaining story? Is there anything more in it than just a fairy tale? James Stuart Bell looks into what can be learned from The Hobbit, specifically, in\u00a0The Spiritual World of the Hobbit. J. R. R. Tolkien&#8217;s book has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":826,"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions\/826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grfxbox.com\/thb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}