1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 On episode 247, John visits with Michael Jahosky, author of the book The Good News of the Return of the King. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Purchase The Good News of the Return of the King» https://amzn.to/3gSos5d For more info on Michael, visit his website » https://mythicmission.com/&amp;nbsp; Topics include: &amp;nbsp; - Michael's inspiration for this book » 5:15 - Lord of the Rings as Michael's &quot;road to Jerusalem&quot; » 7:37 - Lord of the Rings and the sensation of reality » 14:10 - Non-Christian mythological elements in Lord of the Rings » 22:15 - Allegory, Fairy-story, Parables, and Tolkien » 27:51 - Lord of the Rings as &quot;Good News&quot; » 42:32 - Thorin as King David » 53:00 - The Debate of Finrod and Andreth » 57:45&amp;nbsp; Join us! Become a patron of The Tolkien Road. For more on this episode and The Tolkien Road podcast, please visit&amp;nbsp;TolkienRoad.com&amp;nbsp;or&amp;nbsp;Facebook.com/TolkienRoad. Also, follow us on Twitter via&amp;nbsp;@TolkienRoad. This episode is executive produced by Kaitlyn of&amp;nbsp;Tea With Tolkien, Liis U,&amp;nbsp;Andrew T,&amp;nbsp;John R,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Ms. Anonymous. Special thanks to the following patrons: Liis U Andrew T John R Ms. Anonymous Kaitlyn of&amp;nbsp;Tea with Tolkien Shannon S Brian O Emilio P Zeke F James A James L Chris L Chuck F Asya V Ish of the Hammer Teresa C David of&amp;nbsp;Pints with Jack Jonathan D Eric S Joey S Eric B Johanna T Mike M Robert H Paul D Julia The Tolkien Road https://tolkienroad.com/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/19593908/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/00c441/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/106097639