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FROM
THE BISHOP From But
now, after the film success of
Tolkien's epic story, The Lord of
the Rings, it's the imaginative
literature of Lewis that's capturing
the attention of
Hollywood. I'm
ashamed to admit it, but I've never
read The Chronicles of Narnia --
or any of Dr. Lewis's fantasy stories
for that matter. But I have read almost
everything else that he wrote! His
works, The Problem of Pain,
The Screwtape Letters, and
Surprised by Joy, have
influenced my thinking as much as the
works of any classic theologian.
Thanks
to C.S. Lewis, I came to understand --
on an intellectual basis -- that I had
a choice to make. Dr. Lewis put it this
way in Mere Christianity: Jesus
Christ had to be one of three things --
"a liar, a lunatic, or
Lord." Faced
with that choice, I decided Jesus was
Lord -- of Lindsey Davis and of all
creation. I
pray that the Narnia film will
lead people to read more of Lewis, and
find faith and hope in
Christ. Bishop
G. Lindsey Davis
Gateway
Church gathers
for worship
Sundays
at 10:30 a.m.
(Hwy. 129) in Athens,
Georgia.
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A
debt to C.S. Lewis
The
author of The Chronicles of Narnia
helped me understand the claims of
Christ
Decades
ago, when C. S. Lewis and J. R. Tolkien
were eating "pub grub" and having
intellectual discussions at Oxford, I
doubt either one would have anticipated
their "rock star" popularity in the
21st century.
His
book, Mere Christianity, was an
important part of my spiritual journey.
Reading Lewis put "intellectual meat"
on the "bones" of my faith.
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