Elrond And Gandalf – LOTR And The BIble

Listen to this Sunday’s preaching by Joseph Tiu SanJose.

Reading: Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring

Gandalf:
That wound will never fully heal. He will carry it the rest of his life.

Elrond:
And yet, to have come so far, still bearing the Ring, the hobbit has shown extraordinary resilience to its evil.

Gandalf:
It is a burden he should never have had to bear. We can ask no more of Frodo.

Reading: Matthew 13:54-58

He came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue, so that they were astounded and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these deeds of power? Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all this?” And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, “Prophets are not without honor except in their own country and in their own house.” And he did not do many deeds of power there, because of their unbelief.


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