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Video: Desteni TV Presents The Design of Christianity Part 1 Section 1 C. S. Lewis Bible SummaryOriginal at YouTube
• Sat, May 16
By rss@youtube.com (DesteniProdDemons) Author: DesteniProdDemons Keywords: lewis summary bible ethical values prophecies instruction religious Christian crucial zeitgeist 2000 years countless civilization western God human redemption Jesus Christ Superstar Added: May 16, 2009
Video: Optimism.Hope.FaithOriginal at YouTube
• Mon, Mar 30
By rss@youtube.com (maysm412) Author: maysm412 Keywords: Faith Christian Explosions in the Sky Hope C.S. Lewis CS Lewis Added: March 30, 2009
Draining words of their real meaning
Original at Pahrump Valley Times
• Wed, Jun 17
NV CS Lewis once predicted that the term "Christian" might one day lose all meaning. I would argue that process is already underway. When the term can apply to both George Tiller and Matthew Shepard and to their assassins, to anti-gay figures like Richard ...
What in the world is Christian fiction?
Original at Examiner.com
• Tue, Jun 16
From Dead Heat by Joel Rosenberg to The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis, Christian fiction runs the gamut from fantasy to thriller to romance to historical fiction. But, what really defines Christian fiction? Christian publishers keep the definition ...
New Christian fantasy series is reminiscent of JRR Tolkien
Original at Examiner.com
• Mon, Jun 15
The books are described as JRR Tolkien meets CS Lewis, and they focus on the adventures of an ancient race of elves and faeries known collectively as the Faeltheon. The first book, The Alliance, is already available. The second book, Run Before the ...
Christian vs. atheist, round 1
Original at Examiner.com
• Thu, Jun 11
While there may be differing frameworks of Morality or notions Justice, there is no question that an ultimate, true, objective standard exists among humanity—as CS Lewis thoroughly demonstrated in the opening chapters of “Mere Christianity. ...
Anger and British culture
Original at Beliefnet.com
• Sun, Jun 7
NY As we were leaving the pub this evening, the CS Lewis Society was gathering in one of the rooms. I thought later about how so many of us Americans, especially a certain sort of Christian, always wants to come here to find the Britain of Lewis, ...
Built on faith
Original at Austin American-Statesman
• Sat, Jun 6
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TX While any number of Christian authors begin their works with crises of faith — Augustine, Aquinas, Merton, CS Lewis, Henri Nouwen and Anne Lamott, for instance — rarely does an author go straight for the jugular with a child's abduction and death. ...
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How Tim Keller Found Manhattan
Original at ChristianityToday.com
• Fri, Jun 5
IL Kathy had become a Christian after reading the Chronicles of Narnia as a girl; the books opened her to a wider world in which the unthinkable was true. (She wrote to CS Lewis, and his replies, among her most precious possessions, are included in CS ...
Undercover at Falwell's Liberty University, Finding Common Ground
Original at Religion Dispatches
• Thu, Jun 4
CA He read CS Lewis' apologetic works and Susan Harding's classic study of the Lynchburg scene, The Book of Jerry Falwell. A Christian friend tutored him in some of the jargon. He decided to go undercover; to his new friends at Liberty, Roose said he had ...
The poet who brought Christian teaching to life
Original at Catholic Star Herald
• Fri, May 29
NJ Boccaccio, Chaucer, Shelley, Byron, Tennyson, Milton, CS Lewis and countless others cite Dante as influential in their development and writings. He has today ascended to the ranks of the most highly regarded and technically proficient authors in ...
Chesterton for Children: Publisher Announces 'Uncle Chestnut' Book ... - Christian News Wire
Original at christiannewswire.com
• Thu, May 28
Chesterton for Children: Publisher Announces 'Uncle Chestnut' Book ... Christian News Wire (press release) CS Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia, credited Chesterton as a significant influence in his conversion to Christianity. ... and more »
Well, Merry Smutmas
Original at The Free Lance-Star
• Mon, May 25
anyhow) to its feet with "The Hallelujah Chorus"; PBS' children's programming has included adaptations of CS Lewis' Narnia tales, Christian allegories. ... and more »
Holy longing: A meditation on Christian melancholy
Original at Examiner.com
• Tue, May 19
I find that this sort of music evokes a deep sense of longing, perhaps akin to the concept of Sennsucht that CS Lewis discusses in his book Surprised by Joy. Literally, the word means “longing” in German, but with a sense of nostalgia, ...
Sir revival instinct
Original at stuff.co.nz
• Sun, May 17
New Zealand Narnia creator and Christian apologist CS Lewis declined his knighthood to avoid possible association with any political issues; not because he had anything against the notion of courtly knights. He certainly didn't. Lewis maintained that by nature ...
Thank God For Star Trek... Literally
Original at io9
• Sat, May 16
CA The signs are everywhere, folks. And I believe that "Star Trek," and similar shows, are some of these signs. There's a reason that a favorite Christian writer, CS Lewis, wrote so much science fiction.
Choosing Tylenol and God
Original at newsweek.washingtonpost.com
• Fri, May 15
DC While it is true that I made the final break with Christian Science because I was drawn to a simpler, "mere Christianity," as CS Lewis described it, what initially beckoned me from the faith was Tylenol. As a Christian Scientist, I had been taught that ...
Local religious leaders share opinions on faith and torture
Original at Abilene Reporter
• Thu, May 14
TX I agree with CS Lewis' statement that pacifism is both a theological mistake and a practical disaster, and my beliefs on torture are an extension of that theory," Christian said. Christian concedes that recent vernacular has broadened the use of the ...
Denison on the name `Christian'
Original at Dallas Morning
• Wed, May 13
TX CS Lewis points out that "gentleman" used to mean a member of the landed gentry; now it is a name on a restroom door. So it is with "Christian." Today the word means whatever you want it to. Most Americans think a "Christian" is a good person who ...
A prayer for unity: Annual Mayors Prayer Breakfast meets with ...
Original at Signal
• Fri, May 8
CA Pastore talked about how he went from being an atheist for the first 27 years of his life to reading the works of CS Lewis and becoming a Christian. His talk ran the gamut from personal testimony to political exhortation. A country's rights, he said, ...
Why We Need Earthquakes
Original at MorungExpress
• Fri, May 1
India Christian apologists such as CS Lewis have attempted to account for natural disasters by showing how they draw people together, or how they provide moral instruction to the survivors, or how they turn our eyes to God. Ehrman asks, but couldn't God have ...
Genres within Christian fiction, part 1
Original at Examiner.com
• Fri, May 1
My favorites are by CS Lewis, written decades ago. But this is a growing genre with plenty to choose from. Fantasy – An imaginary world with imaginary creatures. The world can differ from ours slightly or in every way. Often the author establishes a ...
Needed: A New Culture
Original at Hot Air
• Tue, Apr 28
MD Klavan's words remind me of a quote by CS Lewis who said something along the lines of ‘what we need are not more Christian writers, but good writers who are Christian.' I don't quote that to suggest that only good art can come from believers, ...
Why We Need Earthquakes
Original at ChristianityToday.com
• Tue, Apr 28
IL Christian apologists such as CS Lewis have attempted to account for natural disasters by showing how they draw people together, or how they provide moral instruction to the survivors, or how they turn our eyes to God. Ehrman asks, but couldn't God have ...
Surprising book takes a close look at Christian liturgy
Original at Salisbury Post
• Sun, Apr 26
NC - Susan Triplett, Susan Triplett This book is occasionally reminiscent of the writings of CS Lewis, whom the author references. It's a book which won't benefit from a quick perusal. It is Christ-centered, Biblically based and written compellingly in the belief that we are in this ...
Two couples say they're protective of the current concept of marriage
Original at Bangor Daily
• Fri, Apr 24
ME - Judy Harrison, Judy Harrison I agree with CS Lewis that there is no such thing as a "mere mortal" but that every individual is beloved of God. That means that I (as a Christian) have a duty to care about every person and treat each one as I would want to be treated, just as Jesus ...
Graduation treadmill
Original at World Magazine
• Fri, Apr 24
NC One reason some students even at Christian colleges graduate without adequate intellectual defenses is that many faculties join in what CS Lewis calls "the quest for the inner ring" (Ring worms, Nov. 22, 2003). Anne Hendershott's well-written critique ...
Keeping the Faith
Original at eye.columbiaspectator.com
• Thu, Apr 23
NY So Sy took an IB introductory philosophy course and started reading some Christian books—by CS Lewis, Charles Colson, and others—that his father had given him. He joined a service project to help impoverished Eastern Europeans. ...
What is an Everyday Miracle?
Original at Examiner.com
• Mon, Apr 20
CS Lewis really nails the concept when he talks about charity in Mere Christianity. “Charity means love in the Christian sense. But love in the Christian sense does not mean an emotion. It is a state, not of feelings, but of the will. ...
Brand New Supernatural Suspense for Tweens from Bill Myers - Christian News Wire
Original at earnedmedia.org
• Mon, Apr 20
Neilsen is also the cover illustrator for various editions of the Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis. "Suspense, supernatural happenings and likeable characters are the winning ingredients in Bill Myers' latest tween series." -- Christian Retailing ...
• Master Arts Theatre explores truth, temptation in CS Lewis ... - The Grand Rapids Press
Original at MLive.com
• Sun, Apr 19
by Sue Merrell | The Grand Rapids Press BYRON TOWNSHIP -- "Down with up" pretty well summarizes the reverse allegory of CS Lewis's Christian satire, "The Screwtape Letters." "Everything is in reverse," said Pris McDonald, who is directing a stage ...
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - Angle
Original at cccangle.com
• Fri, Apr 17
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe Adapted from Joseph Robinette's screenplay, Narnia came to Clearwater Christian College in a delightful depiction of CS Lewis' classic allegory. From Tumnus' umbrella to the White Witch's wand and Aslan's roar, audience members of every age were ...
A British writer returns to the faith
Original at Dallas Morning
• Thu, Apr 16
TX Despite being closely identified with such religiously themed works (he also wrote a biography of CS Lewis), Wilson fell away from his own Christian faith as a young man. In this essay for the Web site of The Daily Mail, a British paper, ...
Dr. Radaker to offer portrayal: “A Visit from CS Lewis”
Original at Anderson University Ravens
• Fri, Mar 13
IN This fall Dr. Kevin Radaker, Professor of English and Department Chair, will begin offering a dramatic portrayal of CS Lewis entitled, “A Visit from CS Lewis.” The program lends insight into the life and writings of one of the most renown Christian ...
Vicky Beeching to Perform, Speak on Lewis at Disney World’s ...
Original at Narnia Fans
• Sun, Jan 11
- Christian artist Vicky Beeching is going to be performing some songs, but mostly, she says, speaking on CS Lewis for ‘Narnia Day.’ Part of their Homeschool ...