Another great collection of essays by CS Lewis. I was astounded many times by how timely many of these essays are for our time right now. Lewis may noAnother great collection of essays by CS Lewis. I was astounded many times by how timely many of these essays are for our time right now. Lewis may not have been a prophet but he saw what was coming very clearly. My favorites from this collection were: Answers to Questions on Christianity, On the Transmission of Christianity, Dangers of National Repentance, God in the Dock, and We have no “Right to happiness”
This was a great book. Maybe a little longer than it needed to be. The arguments seemed at times to repeat themselves. I could see how this was restatThis was a great book. Maybe a little longer than it needed to be. The arguments seemed at times to repeat themselves. I could see how this was restated in other books that came after this one. But overall I was blessed to read it as a part of my read through of all of Lewis’s works. Highly recommended ...more
2022: Second time through this (this year as a part of my read through all of CS Lewis’s major works) and I was equally as amazed as I was the first t2022: Second time through this (this year as a part of my read through all of CS Lewis’s major works) and I was equally as amazed as I was the first time. There are so many good chapters here. My favorites are obviously the first chapter Weight of Glory, chapter 2 Learning in Wartime, chapter 6 The Inner Ring and chapter 7 Membership. In many ways Lewis is writing more to our current cultural crisis than he was to his. At least that’s the way it seems to me. I think (as with God in the Dock) someone should just start publishing these chapters (save for Weight of Glory because everyone knows quotes from that) in a modern Christian blog or magazine and not list who the author is and I am sure many commenters would be saying “this man gets our culture” or “what a 21st century voice for Christians this man is” and all the while it is Lewis who wrote these around 75 years ago!!! Amazing! Highest recommendation again!
2021 review: Simply amazing! I had quoted the first chapter dozens of times but now I have read the whole thing and it just as spectacular as that first chapter!! Highest recommendation!...more
The title of this book is a little misleading, it sounds like it's an outreach book, not what it actually is an explanation of sin and how to defeat iThe title of this book is a little misleading, it sounds like it's an outreach book, not what it actually is an explanation of sin and how to defeat it. The sub title really gives it plainly saying "defeating sin with superior pleasure". I highly recommend this book...more
Loading...
