62 years after his death: 5 reasons why people find CS Lewis appealing
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“I suspect many of my readers would be quick to name him as a spiritual influence, as would I. But why? What is so compelling about C.S. Lewis?” - CPost
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“I suspect many of my readers would be quick to name him as a spiritual influence, as would I. But why? What is so compelling about C.S. Lewis?” - CPost
“When friends mention some new Christian artwork, movie or novel, I confess my first thought is usually, ‘I wonder how bad it is.’” - RNS
“Apparently an offer has been made to Meryl Streep to portray Aslan, as in the Christ figure in the Narnia stories, in an upcoming Chronicles of Narnia movie” - Gavin Ortlund
“Other false Lewis quotes can even make him appear to put forth theologically disputable claims, like this quote, referenced by big-name leaders and cycled with regularity: ‘You do not have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.’” - Christianity Today
“C. S. Lewis… asks us to imagine that the world accessible to us right now is nothing more than a black-and-white pencil drawing done by an imprisoned mother trying to teach her child what things look like beyond the walls.” - Word by Word
“The production, presented by The Logos Theatre, a division of the nationally acclaimed Academy of Arts Ministries based in Taylors, South Carolina, will run at the Museum of the Bible from March 1 through April 27.” - CPost
“It’s not easy to admit that the Inklings—Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and their friends who met weekly to share their writings—weren’t the perfect heroes revered in Christian homeschool guides.” - Mere Orthodoxy
“Years later, after I had come to Christ and was by then reading every book by C. S. Lewis I could find, I discovered that Lewis had died the same day as Kennedy.” - Randy Alcorn
“Lewis argued that discovery of life on other planets wouldn’t challenge Christian theology very much. He admitted the discovery of extraterrestrials could, however, raise questions about the Incarnation.” - CToday
“1. The Need to Cojoin Substance with Accessibility….2. The Power of Explanatory Reasoning….3. The Idea of Mere Christianity” - Reasons to Believe
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