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The
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Making Friends for the
Kingdom
Jesus told his disciples to be as shrewd and
creative as a good business person in order to
"make friends for yourselves" in the Kingdom of
Heaven (Luke 16:9) -- i.e. in order to woo people
into the church. Yet too often the church can come
across as dull or tedious and the Gospel is
presented in a way that whets the appetite about as
much as canned ravioli. We have brilliant engineers
and executives who put tremendous amounts of time
and energy into marketing products and increasing
customer loyalty, yet when it comes to proclaiming
the Good News we can be tragically ineffective.
Meanwhile, as the church competes for the attention
of young people, the creators of video games spend,
for example, $100 million on the Grand Theft Auto
IV game.
Featured Articles
Further Up and
Further In: A C.S. Lewis & Inklings Resource
Blog, by Dr. Bruce L. Edwards: The resource
blog of Lewis scholar and expert Dr. Bruce L.
Edwards (Off-site Link). Read his commentary on
Lewis and Prince Caspian.
A
Man for All Time: C.S. Lewis: Speaking to our
Culture Today, by Dr. Peter Kreeft: Philosopher
Peter Kreeft brings his considerable wit and wisdom
to bear on a discussion with Vision magazine about
C.S. Lewis and the applicability and genius of his
work for today, as well as his own time. The
interview ranges farther, into the reason
intellectuals resist faith, apologetics in a
politically correct milieu and the importance of
reading Lewis.
Not
a Tame Author: C.S. Lewis expert Edwards
defends the famous author and Christian apologist
in light of recent charges that he was
simultaneously too modernist and romanticist. He
explains why someone whose heyday was one-half
century ago is not only still as popular as can be,
but truly relevant as well. From his blog on
Lewis.
C.
S. Lewis Among the Postmodernists, by David C.
Downing: Lewis scholar and English professor
Downing examines C.S. Lewis's uncanny ability to
balance between unwarranted epistemological
certitude regarding texts and "self-canceling
denials" of anti-foundationalism. How? Downing
concludes this is due to Lewis's "characteristic
fusion of metaphysical affirmation and
epistemological humility."
C.
S. Lewis: Memories and Reflections, by Gilbert
Meilaender: Meilaender reviews Lawlor's
first-hand recollections of his association with C.
S. Lewis, who served first as his tutor then as a
lifelong inspiration. "This book not only offers
memories of Lewis; it also reflects upon and
evaluates much of Lewis' literary output," writes
Meilaender.
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