Comments on: Sola Scriptura and Mr. Cs Lewis

By: David W

David W — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 21:39:54 +0000

It’s okay forests, exceptional comedic talents like you and I often go unnoticed…

By: forestsfailyou

forestsfailyou — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 05:16:12 +0000

My attempt to mock the idea went unnoticed.

By: David W

David W — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:33:50 +0000

“…have you not read what God said to you, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.” (just messin’ with you)

By: BrianK

BrianK — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 17:07:47 +0000

“I think CS Lewis himself can handle your critique.”

CS Lewis died on November 22, 1963.

“Recently, my pastor among others is in Chicago for Samuel Lee’s birthday party.”

SL cannot have a birthday party. He too is dead, in 2002. Why continually speak of dead people in the present tense, as if they could participate in any of this?

By: Darren Gruett

Darren Gruett — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:44:54 +0000

Ben, to your point, I think C.S. Lewis would agree. Writing in Mere Christianity on the atonement he says, “Such is my own way of looking at what Christians call the Atonement. But remember this is only one more picture. Do not mistake it for the thing itself: and if it does not help you, drop it.” And if you read the introduction to that book you will get a strong sense of his own humility, which is one of the things that makes him so enjoyable to read. Like Forests here, I also love C.S. Lewis, but I do not always agree with what he says; and I am okay with that. And as you implied, I think Lewis himself would be okay with that too.

By: Ben Toh

Ben Toh — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:40:55 +0000

To revere anyone but Christ would border on idolatry and deification. This I think is spot on: “That sermon (The Weight of Glory) brought me back from nearly losing my faith. If I am not carful I feel myself wanting to assign the reverence that is due to God, to him. Intellectually this seems absurd, but experience proves to me otherwise.”

I think your critique of CS Lewis is helpful. Even if CS Lewis lovers and loyalists may not welcome your critique or the fact that you dared to critique such a towering giant, I think CS Lewis himself can handle your critique.