ISBN # 1-58134-515-1 and available at www.crossway.com From the Foreword - "One of the best things about being a parent is having an excuse for reading the Narnia books all over again." Jesus had Lewis's heart, and Lewis's head was filled with biblical knowledge. In writing these stories, Lewis wasn't allegorizing Scripture, however. As he says, "With me all fiction begins with pictures in my head"-some that had been there since he was sixteen. But as he spun the tales, because his mind was so thoroughly suffused with Scripture, he wrote, second nature, stories of profound theological heft. It was simply part of who he was and how his mind worked. In this sense, Lewis worked from the Bible to the stories. Lewis took seriously the Bible's command to bring "every thought captive to...Christ." (Wayne Martindale, Professor English at Wheaton College)
Monday, January 23, 2006
ISBN # 1-58134-515-1 and available at www.crossway.com From the Foreword - "One of the best things about being a parent is having an excuse for reading the Narnia books all over again." Jesus had Lewis's heart, and Lewis's head was filled with biblical knowledge. In writing these stories, Lewis wasn't allegorizing Scripture, however. As he says, "With me all fiction begins with pictures in my head"-some that had been there since he was sixteen. But as he spun the tales, because his mind was so thoroughly suffused with Scripture, he wrote, second nature, stories of profound theological heft. It was simply part of who he was and how his mind worked. In this sense, Lewis worked from the Bible to the stories. Lewis took seriously the Bible's command to bring "every thought captive to...Christ." (Wayne Martindale, Professor English at Wheaton College)
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