Guest Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 What do you all think of C.S. Lewis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwikphilly Posted October 5, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 96 Topic Count: 306 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 18,130 Content Per Day: 4.63 Reputation: 27,807 Days Won: 327 Joined: 08/03/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted October 5, 2017 Blessings Welcome to Worthy,to be honest"I don't think of him" but when his name is mentioned "Mere Christianity" & "Chronicles of Narnia"come to mind amongst many other things he has written,I think he was brilliant With love-in Christ,Kwik 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Adams Posted October 5, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 26 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 9,604 Content Per Day: 3.98 Reputation: 7,795 Days Won: 21 Joined: 09/11/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted October 5, 2017 C.S. Lewis used to meet with his buddies in that Oxford pub, The Eagle and Child (350 yrs old). Like Malcolm Muggeridge, he was a fairly late convert. Lewis died just before to the assassination of Kennedy. A brilliant and insightful man with some very sad life stories too. "Out of the Silent Planet","Perelandra" and the other works previously mentioned come to mind. Leanne Payne referred to him a great deal in her healing/teaching workshops. "The Screwtape Letters" is perhaps his most famous book. All his books that I have read demonstrate to me a literary depth of classical understanding that is seldom seen today. If you had a Bible (unabridged) and Wigglesworth's Complete works plus all C.S. Lewis' writings, I think you could be well on your way to understanding and living a very balanced and interesting life. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted October 5, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,990 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,688 Content Per Day: 11.83 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted October 5, 2017 I like C.S. Lewis. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSchool2 Posted October 5, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 701 Topics Per Day: 0.13 Content Count: 7,511 Content Per Day: 1.35 Reputation: 1,759 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/16/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/18/1955 Share Posted October 5, 2017 6 hours ago, Frances in America said: What do you all think of C.S. Lewis? Of his theology, I thought he was a latter day Paul. Earlier this year I caught a one-man performance about him in NYC called "The Most Reluctant Convert" and this month I hope to see "Shadowlands." https://fpatheatre.com/production/shadowlands/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted October 5, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.24 Reputation: 9,760 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted October 5, 2017 7 hours ago, Frances in America said: What do you all think of C.S. Lewis? I am curious as to what you think of him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Patriot21 Posted October 29, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 28 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 15,696 Content Per Day: 2.46 Reputation: 8,516 Days Won: 39 Joined: 10/25/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/27/1985 Share Posted October 29, 2017 I love his non-fiction books, mere Christianity is my favorite. As for as his fictional books such as the chronicals of Narnia, for entertainment value they're amazing. As an allegory....they fall well short and have some major doctrinal issues. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted October 29, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,990 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,688 Content Per Day: 11.83 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted October 29, 2017 I like him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah_ Posted October 29, 2017 Group: Senior Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 790 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 878 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/07/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted October 29, 2017 33 minutes ago, The_Patriot2017 said: I love his non-fiction books, mere Christianity is my favorite. As for as his fictional books such as the chronicals of Narnia, for entertainment value they're amazing. As an allegory....they fall well short and have some major doctrinal issues. The Chronicles of Narnia are not allegories - if you try to read them like that, then you will get into "major doctrinal issues"! They are stories with multiple and many-layered Biblical illusions, often giving deep insights into the Christian faith. I've read them many times over - my favourites are The Horse and His Boy (gets to grips with the interplay between sovereignty and free will) and The Silver Chair (guidance and obedience issues). I also like his sic-fi trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet etc), The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and of course his more serious theological works. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Patriot21 Posted October 29, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 28 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 15,696 Content Per Day: 2.46 Reputation: 8,516 Days Won: 39 Joined: 10/25/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/27/1985 Share Posted October 29, 2017 2 hours ago, Deborah_ said: The Chronicles of Narnia are not allegories - if you try to read them like that, then you will get into "major doctrinal issues"! They are stories with multiple and many-layered Biblical illusions, often giving deep insights into the Christian faith. I've read them many times over - my favourites are The Horse and His Boy (gets to grips with the interplay between sovereignty and free will) and The Silver Chair (guidance and obedience issues). I also like his sic-fi trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet etc), The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and of course his more serious theological works. According to c.s. Lewis they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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