“You fast, but Satan does not eat. You labor fervently, but Satan never sleeps. The only dimension with which you can outperform Satan is by acquiring humility, for Satan has no humility."
I often slip into a very quaint view of C.S. Lewis, having read all the Narnia books as Children and then only sporadically his more adult-oriented work. Thank you for this!
I had the pleasure of taking a class on C.S. Lewis this year, and while I had always heard of how great he was, I never truly appreciated his work until I sat down and read it. I was struck by how often he went after modern ideals and philosophies, especially in works like "The Screwtape Letters" and "The Abolition of Man." Furthermore, his Christianity is plainly not wishy-washy, and we can see what Lewis thinks of Liberal Christianity in "The Great Divorce" where one of the characters is a Liberal Theologian!
Reminds me of this well known quote:
“You fast, but Satan does not eat. You labor fervently, but Satan never sleeps. The only dimension with which you can outperform Satan is by acquiring humility, for Satan has no humility."
I often slip into a very quaint view of C.S. Lewis, having read all the Narnia books as Children and then only sporadically his more adult-oriented work. Thank you for this!
Of course, my friend! I am more than glad to give a defense of his works. Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for writing. One of my favorite books by any author is Lewis’ The Discarded Image, about the medieval mind.
One of the last works of his that I have not read- hard to find copies of it, but it is on my list. Thanks for reading!
Thanks, great article, I really enjoyed this and inspired to read more ‘Jack’ Lewis.
Great article.
I remember hearing academics discount Lewis as theologically illiterate. Nowadays, I’d say he is the prophet of our time.
Great work man
Thank you!
I had a post recently on Lewis' Till We Have Faces: a lot in there that connects with what you've said here: https://open.substack.com/pub/codyilardo/p/seeing-the-gods-face-to-face?r=1q8ur0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I will check it out!
I had the pleasure of taking a class on C.S. Lewis this year, and while I had always heard of how great he was, I never truly appreciated his work until I sat down and read it. I was struck by how often he went after modern ideals and philosophies, especially in works like "The Screwtape Letters" and "The Abolition of Man." Furthermore, his Christianity is plainly not wishy-washy, and we can see what Lewis thinks of Liberal Christianity in "The Great Divorce" where one of the characters is a Liberal Theologian!
Indeed! He gets a bad rap for being soft when that is simply not the case. Thanks for reading!