John-Rhys Davies From ‘Lord of the Rings’ Encourages Listeners This Christmas Season With His ‘Scrooge: A Christmas Carol’

John-Rhys Davies (“Lord Of The Rings,” “Indiana Jones”) brings Charles Dickens’ timeless Christmas classic “Scrooge: A Christmas Carol” to life in a four-episode podcast that arrives just in time for the holiday season. The acclaimed podcast debuted in 2023 and returned on Nov. 22.

In addition to Davies, who narrates the adaptation, “Scrooge: A Christmas Carol” also stars Sean Astin (“Lord of the Rings,” “Goonies,” “Rudy”) as Scrooge, Ben Barnes (“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,” “The Punisher,” “West World”) as the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Juliet Mills (“Greys Anatomy”) as the Ghost of Christmas Future.

After the self-obsessed Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by spirits from Christmas Past, Present, and Future, the miserable old man is transformed into a new person who embodies all the best parts of Christmas. According to the podcast’s synopsis, “Through this journey of transformation, listeners will encounter themes of joy, mercy, hope and more. This fresh retelling of the holiday classic will entertain, inspire and remind you that even the hardest of hearts can find redemption.”

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This award-winning audio drama was created with the hopes of not only entertaining listeners but also inspiring them to believe in God’s profound ability to transform people’s hard hearts through forgiveness and redemption.

To go along with the podcast, the World’s Biggest Small Group Bible Study has created a five-day devotional that explores the timeless lessons from the Christmas Carol classic. The Bible study focuses on “choosing joy, finding contentment, and extending mercy during the holiday season.”

In an interview, Davies told ChurchLeaders that “we all need that wonderful lesson of hope. Hope and forgiveness and the idea that people on the wrong path can find the right path. That there is the possibility of change and the possibility of redemption.” Davies added, “It’s so easy to be dark and depressed and we just need, sometimes, that joy that Christmas encapsulates.”

“Scrooge: A Christmas Carol” is an experience that the entire family can enjoy and one that can be handed down from generation to generation.

“The great stories are our morality stories, aren’t they?” said Davies. “They are about good and evil, right and wrong, yes, and we don’t have to hammer those things home to little children, because children recognize it in a story like this.”

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