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A good example of an informed, gracious Christian\u2019s participation in the salvation of another took place on September 19, 1931, at Magdalen College, Oxford. That evening three men were strolling along Addison\u2019s Walk. One man, Jack, was a longtime atheist who had recently embraced theism but had many objections to Christianity. The other two men were Christians. They shared a common interest in mythology and that night were discussing what gave myths their truth. Tollers, one of the Christians, argued that the truth of myth is the degree to which it reflects the story of Jesus. He then went on to explain and argue for the truthfulness of Christianity. The conversation continued into the early morning back in Jack\u2019s room.<\/p>\n

The arguments and manner of Tollers and Hugo Dyson, the third friend, had a profound impact on Jack. Twelve days later Jack wrote in a letter, \u201cI have just passed on from believing in God to definitely believing in Christ\u2014in Christianity\u2026. My long night talk with Dyson and Tolkien had a good deal to do with it.\u201d10 Jack had committed himself intellectually and spiritually to Jesus. Over the next thirty years Jack grew to become the most popular Christian apologist of the twentieth century. Jack was the nickname of C. S. Lewis, author of not only apologetics works, but also of novels for both children and adults as well as works in his academic specialty\u2014 medieval and renaissance literature.<\/p>\n

Tollers went on to incorporate his ideas about myth into his own elaborate mythology. His works of fantasy are now widely regarded as the greatest works of the fantasy genre. Tollers was the nickname of J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of\u00a0The Lord of the Rings<\/em>\u00a0trilogy as well as\u00a0The Hobbit<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Tolkien and Dyson had no way of knowing, of course, what impact that conversation would have, or even that the conversation on their walk would turn to that subject. But they were prepared to respond when the subject did arise. And who knows how many others they helped in the same way.<\/p>\n

This post is an excerpt from the\u00a0<\/em>Holman QuickSource Guide to Christian Apologetics\u00a0by Doug Powell. It is used with permission. You can purchase this resource in its entirety\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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