My wife and I, along with our twin sons Isaiah and Micah, just returned from nearly three weeks in London, England. We dined in numerous charming pubs, consumed an unthinkable amount of fish and chips, and drank in the British landscape with a sense of awe. I've been to London a couple of times before, but this time was able…...
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Wouldn't it be great to get some writing tips from the "eccentric genius" of C.S. Lewis? That's exactly what a young American girl named Joan received in 1956 when she sent Lewis a sample of her writing. Below is Lewis' response filled with thoughtful advice for writing well: Dear Joan– Thank you for your letter of the 3rd. You describe…...
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This little booklet is the result of a story my twins helped create. We have long since pretended that a dragon lives in the drainage hole at my work. The dragon in the drain has spilled over to about every and any grated hole we happen to find now. All three of the boys will pick grass and stick it…...
Read MoreBlog Book: The Apologetics of a Talking Faun Excerpt: "The loyal fan of Lewis’ work should not despair—if Lewis was falling back from his apologetic arguments it could mean only one thing: Aslan was on the move."...
Read MoreC.S. Lewis sketched the following poem in the rise of his popularity as a spokesperson and defender of the Christian faith. His apologetic work took a toll on the man, and his poem serves as a helpful prayer for all who work to the advance the gospel in the public square: From all my lame defeats and oh! much more…...
Read MoreIt is fashionable among academicians to hide behind dead men. In order to strengthen one's position, one need only evoke the name of some bygone philosopher or theologian. "Oh, my poisition is Aristotilian" one will say in one breath, but in the next "Well, it's not that Aristotelian." If one really wanted to perpetuate Aristotle's thoughts it would make more…...
Read More“Ignorance is the first penalty of pride.†So wrote H.G. Wells in his 1920 work The Outline of Human History, in which he argued that Christianity had collapsed “like a house of cards†in light of evolutionary theory.  “The whole moral edifice,†Wells said referring to Christianity “was built upon false history.†If ignorance is the first penalty of pride,…...
Read MoreC.S. Lewis gave the most annoying character in the Chronicles of Narnia the same name as a man he debated early in his career. In a book published in 1937 under the title, "The Personal Heresy: A Controversy," Lewis debated Eustace Mandeville Wetenhall Tillyard about the proper manner in which to interpret literature. Eustace is the name used, as you…...
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