Reposting this 2013 review because the Kindle Edition in on sale for $4.50 Summary: A classic book of apologetics. I know it is near heretical in some Evangelical circles, but I have never read Mere Christianity before. As you are reading this I should by Kayaking around a small island in Georgian Bay of Lake … Read more
Re-posting this 2013 review because the Kindle Edition of The Horse and His Boy is on sale for $0.99. (Also The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is only $1.99) Summary: The only the Narnia stories not to include someone from this world magically going to Narnia. After reading Alister McGrath’s very good biography of … Read more
Takeaway: You do not need long books to tell big stories. The thing that keeps striking me as I read through the Chronicles of Narnia recently is how short these books are. In my imagination, these are big books, maybe not Harry Potter length children’s books, but fairly weighty tomes. The reality is that the … Read more
Summary: Wide variety of essays, written versions of talks and letters compiled posthumously. I have been on a Lewis kick over the last year. But I have definitely slowed down on my Lewis reading. God in the Dock was exactly what I needed to be inspired to pick more Lewis up again. God in the … Read more
Summary: A woman starts having dreams about the future, and her estranged husband, a college Don, starts working with a secretive research organization called NICE. Over the past couple months I have read the CS Lewis’ Space Trilogy (or Ransom Trilogy) for the first time. And as a fan of CS Lewis, it is odd … Read more
This is the 50th Anniversary of CS Lewis’ death. That is why McGrath’s new biography of Lewis was released along with his even newer academic treatment of Lewis’ intellectual life (The Intellectual World of CS Lewis). After reading McGrath’s biography I decided to read through a number of Lewis books. But for those that have … Read more
Summary: For many, this is an early introduction to eschatology. It has been years since I have read the Last Battle (probably close to 25). I know it is a book that I read several times. And it definitely influenced my eschatology (theology of the end times). Lewis was not universally loved for this book. In fact, there are probably few books … Read more
Summary: Lewis reads the Psalms as an insightful outsider. I am continuing my quest to read more CS Lewis after reading McGrath’s new biography a few weeks ago. (And to justify the fact that I have purchased so many of Lewis’ books recently. Many of his non-fiction books are less than $3, this one is … Read more
Takeaway: There is real value in working through ideas with friends. I picked this up yesterday with some promotional credits from Audible.com. I have wanted to read it for a while, but I have just never gotten around to it. I am reminded how silly publishers are about pricing with this book. Immediately after purchasing … Read more
Summary: Memoir of CS Lewis’ early life and how he came to faith. CS Lewis is an author that you just have to read if you are a Christian. If you have not read the Chronicles of Narnia, then you will have read Screwtape Letters or Mere Christianity (I never have) or his Science Fiction … Read more