"Before and since Tolkien’s death there have been numerous articles and books on the meaning of his fiction. Kilby [one of his biogra...

  "The immediate and continual inspiration of the Holy Spirit is absolutely needed in your life." — Andrew Murray, Daily in His Pr...

I began Paul’s Ponderings in 2004. Twenty years ago, I was an unmarried youth pastor who read a wide variety of books. I used this blog as ...

John Eldredge in his book Beautiful Outlaw shares a common thought about the woman at the well, that she was “sexually loose.”  But as you c...