{"title":"Books by C. R. Wiley","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-purloined-boy-book-1-pbk","title":"The Purloined Boy (Book 1) PBK","description":"\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"The doors were locked and the windows were latched the night the bogeyman kidnapped Trevor.\"}' data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":513,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"12\":0}'\u003eThe doors were locked and the windows were latched the night the bogeyman kidnapped Trevor.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"The doors were locked and the windows were latched the night the bogeyman kidnapped Trevor.\"}' data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":513,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"12\":0}' style=\"color: #6fa8dc; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/FC-151.pdf?2755\" style=\"color: #6fa8dc; text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eLook Inside the Book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;Trevor Upjohn was stolen by bogeys and taken far away to the unearthly kingdom of Superbia. Most kids can't remember where they came from, but Trevor's own memories launch him on a collision course with the grand kitchen of the bogeys, fishers, a guild of humans and their magical tree, a dark sorcerer, spiders, and much more. Trevor must choose whether to help out his newfound friends or continue his search for a home he scarcely knows.\\nThe Purloined Boy is Book 1 of the Weirdling Cycle by C.R. Wiley.\\nCanonball Books is the children's imprint of Canon Press. At Canonball, we believe stories are soul food, so you can expect excitement, danger, loyalty, virtue, and family in your Canonball books. Feed your kids the right books! \\nDownload a helpful and informative reading guide for The Purloined Boy by clicking here.\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}'\u003eTrevor Upjohn was stolen by bogeys and taken far away to the unearthly kingdom of Superbia. Most kids can't remember where they came from, but Trevor's own memories launch him on a collision course with the grand kitchen of the bogeys, fishers, a guild of humans and their magical tree, a dark sorcerer, spiders, and much more. Trevor must choose whether to help out his newfound friends or continue his search for a home he scarcely knows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;Trevor Upjohn was stolen by bogeys and taken far away to the unearthly kingdom of Superbia. Most kids can't remember where they came from, but Trevor's own memories launch him on a collision course with the grand kitchen of the bogeys, fishers, a guild of humans and their magical tree, a dark sorcerer, spiders, and much more. Trevor must choose whether to help out his newfound friends or continue his search for a home he scarcely knows.\\nThe Purloined Boy is Book 1 of the Weirdling Cycle by C.R. Wiley.\\nCanonball Books is the children's imprint of Canon Press. At Canonball, we believe stories are soul food, so you can expect excitement, danger, loyalty, virtue, and family in your Canonball books. Feed your kids the right books! \\nDownload a helpful and informative reading guide for The Purloined Boy by clicking here.\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;Trevor Upjohn was stolen by bogeys and taken far away to the unearthly kingdom of Superbia. Most kids can't remember where they came from, but Trevor's own memories launch him on a collision course with the grand kitchen of the bogeys, fishers, a guild of humans and their magical tree, a dark sorcerer, spiders, and much more. Trevor must choose whether to help out his newfound friends or continue his search for a home he scarcely knows.\\nThe Purloined Boy is Book 1 of the Weirdling Cycle by C.R. Wiley.\\nCanonball Books is the children's imprint of Canon Press. At Canonball, we believe stories are soul food, so you can expect excitement, danger, loyalty, virtue, and family in your Canonball books. Feed your kids the right books! \\nDownload a helpful and informative reading guide for The Purloined Boy by clicking here.\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}'\u003eCanonball Books is the children's imprint of Canon Press. At Canonball, we believe stories are soul food, so you can expect excitement, danger, loyalty, virtue, and family in your Canonball books. Feed your kids the right books! \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;Trevor Upjohn was stolen by bogeys and taken far away to the unearthly kingdom of Superbia. Most kids can't remember where they came from, but Trevor's own memories launch him on a collision course with the grand kitchen of the bogeys, fishers, a guild of humans and their magical tree, a dark sorcerer, spiders, and much more. Trevor must choose whether to help out his newfound friends or continue his search for a home he scarcely knows.\\nThe Purloined Boy is Book 1 of the Weirdling Cycle by C.R. Wiley.\\nCanonball Books is the children's imprint of Canon Press. At Canonball, we believe stories are soul food, so you can expect excitement, danger, loyalty, virtue, and family in your Canonball books. Feed your kids the right books! \\nDownload a helpful and informative reading guide for The Purloined Boy by clicking here.\u0026quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}'\u003eDownload a helpful educator's guide for \u003cem\u003eThe Purloined Boy\u003c\/em\u003e by clicking \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/PurloinedBoy_EducatorsGuide.pdf?5374\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This very competent work should appeal to middle grade readers and imagines a world in which children are stolen away from their families. Trapped in Superbia, where stolen boys and girls are watched over by guardians until they become food for the bogeys, Trevor wakes up in cold sweats every night from terrifying dreams. With the help of a spunky mouse named Zephyr and a clever girl named Maggie, Trevor escapes from Superbia and is reunited with Epictetus, a friendly slave from Superbia who is also a member of the Guild of the Sun-Eaters. After being pulled in two directions by guild members with opposing visions, Trevor finds that his greatest mission and adventures lie in the future. ...this jaunty outing—and its cliffhanger ending—could be just the beginning of Trevor's story.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A story that anybody can appreciate and indeed thrill to, but whose deeper foundations can be glimpsed by those with eyes to see. \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eGilbert Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, the official publication of \u003cem\u003eThe American Chesterton Society \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A fantasy world to rival the most unique.\" -\u003cstrong\u003eFlashlightWorthyBooks.com \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A great story, ...a pleasure to read. ...beautifully written....\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Teensreadtoo.com \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Everything that kids look for in Young Adult books and more. ...a major find and certainly a joy to read.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Fantasy Book Critic \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Took me completely by surprise. ...Mortimus Clay's writing style is absolutely charming and sinister all in the same breath...\" \u003cstrong\u003e-DreamStuffBooks.com\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eC.R. Wiley\u003c\/strong\u003e is a senior contributor to \u003cem\u003eThe Imaginative Conservative\u003c\/em\u003e and a minister living in the Pacific Northwest. His short stories have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Mythic Circle\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFear and Trembling\u003c\/em\u003e, and his nonfiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eTouchstone Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRelevant Magazine Online\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eModern Reformation\u003c\/em\u003e, and he is the author of \u003cem\u003eMan of the House. \u003c\/em\u003eThe Purloined Boy, Book 1 of the Weirdling Cycle, is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eONESHEET: Download the marketing onesheet \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/PurloinedBoy_Onesheet.pdf?3850\"\u003eHERE\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIMPRINT: Canonball Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGENRE: Middle Grade (Grades 4-9)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAUTHOR: C.R. Wiley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePAGE COUNT: 304\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIZE: 5.5x8.5\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN-10: 1947644408\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781947644403\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBINDING: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePUB. DATE: Dec. 5, 2017\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"C.R. Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":22797550846000,"sku":"FC-151PB","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/products\/c-r-wiley-books-the-purloined-boy-book-1-pbk-28066998681648.png?v=1616230281"},{"product_id":"the-household-and-the-war-for-the-cosmos","title":"The Household and the War for the Cosmos","description":"\u003ch3\u003eYour household is not just a shelter from a war zone; it is the command center from where you launch your attacks. It's this vision of the world, with the Christian family at the heart, that modern parents desperately need to recover.\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}' data-sheets-value=\"{\u0026quot;1\u0026quot;:2,\u0026quot;2\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;We tend to think being \\\u0026quot;stressed out\\\u0026quot; is a normal state of affairs, and that contentment means sitting back and just bottling things up. For the Christian, however, contentment is something we must apply, work at, and make our own in every circumstance, because anxiety and frustration are not neutral behaviors.\\nIt is certainly easier to go with our natural impulses when times are very hard or even just \\\u0026quot;annoying,\\\u0026quot; but contentment is an important part of our Christian life. Even the apostle Paul had to \\\u0026quot;learn\\\u0026quot; contentment. So we shouldn't wonder why we're still in spiritual kindergarten—repeating the same lessons over and over again—if we haven't given ourselves to study contentment. Thankfully, every test God gives on contentment is open book (even the pop quizzes!). In Learning Contentment, Nancy Wilson looks to the Bible and Puritans like Jeremiah Burroughs, Samuel Rutherford, Thomas Watson, and Charles Spurgeon to help us develop the practical, spiritual strength and the perspective that comes from contentment's deep satisfaction with the will of God. This encouraging little book follows after Nancy Wilson's Virtuous: A Study for Ladies of Every Age. Learning Contentment includes concise explanations, application questions and assignments that will involve and challenge everyone, and lots of biblical wisdom for individuals and groups.\u0026quot;}\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #6fa8dc;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #6fa8dc; text-decoration: underline;\" title=\"The Household and the War for the Cosmos Look Inside the Book\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/I-139.pdf?3851\"\u003eLook Inside the Book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e or \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/canonpress.com\/app\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #2b00ff;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eListen on Canon+\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this truly original book, C.R. Wiley shows that, although the family has become dislocated and pushed to the side by modern society, this wasn't always the case. At one time, the world was not seen as a random assortment of time and matter, but as an ordered whole—as a Cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause people saw themselves as part of an ordered whole, they also believed that they had obligations to the people around them. They were not just autonomous individuals, but members of households with unique duties to past and future generations. Words like \"piety\" and \"religion\" did not refer to what you did in your quiet time, but were more like the seemingly obsolete values of \"duty\" and \"honor.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eC.R. Wiley illustrates these ancient values through the Roman Aeneas, and shows how this founding myth inspired people to things we need. However, he also shows how this myth failed and it was succeeded by a greater myth—the myth of Abraham and His God's war for the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eYou can also purchase this as an audiobook here or on \u003ca title=\"The Household and the War for the Cosmos on Audible\" href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/B07VYVP62K\/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-159534\u0026amp;ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_159534_rh_us\"\u003eaudible\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e* All purchases made through this link will earn us a small commission through Amazon Associates, an affiliate program.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eWhat People Are Saying:\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"It's easy to see how the household as a foundational institution is crumbling, and Wiley puts forth a robust macro-level vision for why it's worth saving. He dissects words—their origins, implications, and context within history and Scripture—like \u003cem\u003epiety\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eduty\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ecosmos\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ehousehold\u003c\/em\u003e. Put together, a picture emerges of the family not as a personal lifestyle choice, but as a microcosm with interconnected duties and dependencies intended to reflect how the Church—the household of God—operates. This book has encouragement for fathers, for family enterprise, and for weary, modern parents in need of restored vision.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eWORLD Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Today the true revolutionaries are not feminists, homosexual activists, or other progressives but those who are seeking to halt any further erosion of the family, and even reverse the process—families who are intentionally working to restore at least some of the traditional functions of the household.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-Nancy Pearcey, author of \u003cem\u003eTotal Truth\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLove Thy Body\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"C.R. Wiley is calling upon us to remember that we have duties that go by the name of piety, what those duties are, why they have gone unregarded in our time, how they are founded in our human and bodily nature, and why they are essential for the Christian to practice…. And he is cheerful about it, more cheerful by far than our obliviousness deserves.\" \u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthony Esolen, author of\u003cem\u003e Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"What is needed ...is an account of creaturely life in the world that sees the health of the person linked to the health of the place, the life of man linked to the life of the earth. In his new book \u003cem\u003eThe Household and the War for the Cosmos\u003c\/em\u003e, Connecticut pastor C. R. Wiley takes a major step toward defining what such a relationship ought to be.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003eMere Orthodoxy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003eThis book is the good beans... Wiley’s book is one, long sustained argument, and you find yourself on the edge of your seat as you approach the end of it, leaning toward the conclusion. And my best way of summarizing that conclusion is this. He shows—to take the book of Ephesians for my example—that the New Testament “household code” instructions are not some extraneous thing dragged in, disrupting the flow of the book. No, husbands loving their wives and wives respecting their husbands has a tight connection to the fact of our spiritual warfare, as we wrestle with the principalities and powers.\"\u003cstrong\u003e -Douglas Wilson, pastor and author of \u003cem\u003eReforming Marriage, Future Men\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFather Hunger\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eC.R. Wiley\u003c\/strong\u003e is a senior contributor to \u003cem\u003eThe Imaginative Conservative\u003c\/em\u003e and a minister living in the Pacific Northwest. His short stories have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Mythic Circle \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eFear and Trembling\u003c\/em\u003e, and his nonfiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eTouchstone Magazine, Relevant Magazine Online, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eModern Reformation\u003c\/em\u003e, and he is the author of \u003cem\u003eMan of the House\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eThe Purloined Boy\u003c\/em\u003e, Book 1 of the \u003cem\u003eWeirdling Cycle\u003c\/em\u003e, is his first novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe data-dashlane-frameid=\"1687\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8idi0g3DW_M\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0154\/4706\/4624\/files\/I-139.pdf?3851\"\u003eLook Inside the Book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eAUTHOR: C.R. Wiley\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003ePAGE COUNT: 145 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eSIZE: 5.5x8.5\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eBINDING: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eISBN-10: 1947644912\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eISBN-13: 9781947644915\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003ePUB. DATE: June 18, 2019\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"C.R. 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Tolkien’s invented world or, frankly, about 20th-century literature…. Here is a book of intense wisdom and penetrating thought.” ~Bradley J. Birzer, author of \u003cem\u003eJ.R.R. Tolkien’s Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-earth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, C.R. Wiley shows that Tom is not an afterthought but Tolkien’s way of making a profoundly important point. Tolkien once wrote, “[Tom Bombadil] represents something that I feel important, though I would not be prepared to analyze the feeling precisely. I would not, however, have left him in, if he did not have some kind of function.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTom Bombadil and his wife Goldberry are a small glimpse of the perfect beauty, harmony, and happy ending that we all yearn for in our hearts. To understand Tom Bombadil is to understand more of Tolkien and his deeply Christian vision of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can purchase the audiobook on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/In-the-House-of-Tom-Bombadil-Audiobook\/B09VBTL32S?qid=1647359142\u0026amp;sr=1-1\u0026amp;ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1\u0026amp;pf_rd_p=83218cca-c308-412f-bfcf-90198b687a2f\u0026amp;pf_rd_r=X2NY3TJNWPSCYQKQNKX7\"\u003eaudible\u003c\/a\u003e,* or wherever great audiobooks are sold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e* All purchases made through this link will earn us a small commission through Amazon Associates, an affiliate program.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Though Wiley’s work is short, it ends up touching on some of the major characters, moments, and themes of \u003cem\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/em\u003e. That he can do so while never straying from a focus on a character so allegedly inconsequential as Tom Bombadil suggests that Tom might be important after all.\" \u003cstrong\u003e~\u003cem\u003eNational Review\u003c\/em\u003e online\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[It is] a rich and rewarding banquet Wiley has prepared; I encourage you to pull up a chair \u003cem\u003eIn the House of Tom Bombadil\u003c\/em\u003e, and partake of the feast for yourself.\" \u003cb\u003e~\u003cem\u003eFront Porch Republic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Wiley’s brisk, thought-provoking book helps us see how Bombadil, far from being a superfluous oddity, helps us envision both happiness and a home in this world — and beyond it.\" \u003cstrong\u003e~\u003cem\u003eThe University Bookman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}' data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"\\\"When a husband has been chronically unfaithful to his wife, to say that he remains a husband is not to approve of his infidelity. It is the basis of the disapproval. Perhaps his wife should divorce him, but, until she does, he is a husband. No one would look at the pattern of his adulteries, and then say, “Oh, well, at least he is married.” The fact that he is married compounds the sin, and in no way lessens it. In the same way, for an overt unbeliever to deny the deity of Jesus Christ is a great sin. But it is a worse sin for a baptized believer to do so, and for an ordained minister to reject the gospel in this way is far worse still. Such treachery should make us angrier; the fact that additional covenantal vows were broken ameliorates nothing.\\nBranches in Christ that bear much fruit are pruned and blessed. Do they have communion with those branches that bear no fruit, and which will be cut off and burned? They do not have a common future, but they do have a common present place on the same vine. To change the image slightly, together they partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree. And this means that true ecumenical dialogue with unfaithful Christians should consist of solemn warnings.\\nAt the same time, we should see that our disapproval of fellow covenant members is an objective disapproval. We no longer disapprove because their “lack of regeneration” has been weighed in the balances of our discernment and been found wanting.\\\" ~ from the book\"}'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":769,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"11\":4,\"12\":0}' data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"\\\"When a husband has been chronically unfaithful to his wife, to say that he remains a husband is not to approve of his infidelity. It is the basis of the disapproval. Perhaps his wife should divorce him, but, until she does, he is a husband. No one would look at the pattern of his adulteries, and then say, “Oh, well, at least he is married.” The fact that he is married compounds the sin, and in no way lessens it. In the same way, for an overt unbeliever to deny the deity of Jesus Christ is a great sin. But it is a worse sin for a baptized believer to do so, and for an ordained minister to reject the gospel in this way is far worse still. Such treachery should make us angrier; the fact that additional covenantal vows were broken ameliorates nothing.\\nBranches in Christ that bear much fruit are pruned and blessed. Do they have communion with those branches that bear no fruit, and which will be cut off and burned? They do not have a common future, but they do have a common present place on the same vine. To change the image slightly, together they partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree. And this means that true ecumenical dialogue with unfaithful Christians should consist of solemn warnings.\\nAt the same time, we should see that our disapproval of fellow covenant members is an objective disapproval. We no longer disapprove because their “lack of regeneration” has been weighed in the balances of our discernment and been found wanting.\\\" ~ from the book\"}'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eC.R. Wiley\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eis a senior contributor to \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Imaginative Conservative\u003c\/em\u003e and a minister living in the Pacific Northwest. His short stories have appeared in \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Mythic Circle \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFear and Trembling\u003c\/em\u003e, and his nonfiction has appeared in \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTouchstone Magazine, Relevant Magazine Online, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eModern Reformation. \u003c\/em\u003eHe is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Household and the War for the Cosmos \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMan of the House\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Purloined Boy\u003c\/em\u003e, Book 1 of the \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWeirdling Cycle\u003c\/em\u003e, is his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eAUTHOR: C.R. 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