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Jan 16, 2019 · In Reflections on the Psalms, he explains that for the Christian, the Bible is holy and inspired, referencing Romans 3:2, “the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.”. Of course, it is written by men, but inspired by God. In all the retellings of the oral stories, Lewis says these are with, “aid from the Father of Lights,” that ...
Sep 27, 2013 · Then for two-and-a-half years, he studied with William Kirkpatrick, whom he called the Great Knock. And there his emerging atheism was confirmed, and his reasoning powers were refined in an extraordinary way. Lewis said, “If ever a man came near to being a purely logical entity that man was Kirk” (Surprised by Joy, 135). He described ...
- Raised in A Christian Home
- Pessimism, Atheism, and Popular Realism
- Philosophical Idealism
- Pantheism
- Theism
- Christianity
Lewis’s spiritual journey began within the confines of a home in which he experienced the love and security communicated to him by his mother, Flora, the daughter of an Anglican priest. Born in 1898, his early years afforded him great happiness. His mother read stories from the Bible, prayed with Lewis daily, and introduced him to the teachings of ...
In boarding school Lewis’s antagonism toward Christian faith grew as he experienced the hypocrisy of the “Christian” boarding school. The cruel hazing of the younger boys by the older boys burnt an indelible impression on Lewis, as he later wrote of the pain inflicted by those in the “inner circle.” Lewis’s first headmaster frequently beat his stud...
Lewis was an outstanding student who attained a triple first at Oxford in classics, philosophy, and English. A triple first means that Lewis was at the top of his class in each of these subjects. His photographic memory, ability to write well, and gifting as a logician shot him to the head of the class. During his student days, as many in his gener...
The phase of philosophical idealism didn’t last long, as Lewis’s commitment to logic soon found the British Hegelian “Absolute” to be too vague and ambiguous. Now Lewis explored pantheistic religions such as Hinduism and the monistic world of Buddhism. He was intrigued by the idea that the “Absolute” rather than being vague was somehow immanent, wi...
Lewis eventually became a tutor and lecturer at Magdalen College, Oxford. He really enjoyed the lively discussions on philosophy, literature, and religion that took place among his colleagues, and Lewis developed some good friendships. Lewis soon realized that most of the people he gravitated to were Christians, such as J.R.R. Tolkien, Hugo Dyson, ...
Up to now, Lewis had systematically “dated” the worldviews of atheism, a number of different philosophies, the pantheistic world of Hinduism and Buddhism, agnosticism, and had conceded that monotheism made the most sense of the world. He knew that God existed. Now he would need to explore Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He looked closely at one q...
Apr 16, 2018 · In his essay “God in the Dock”, Lewis ties in the Old and New Testaments with the revelation we know in Jesus. The Bible can be divided into two parts – the Old and the New Testaments. The Old Testament contains fabulous elements. The New Testament consists mostly of teaching, not of narrative at all: but where it is narrative, it is, in ...
Mar 5, 2014 · For Lewis, Holy Scripture was the supreme authority for faith and practice, and reading the Bible had life-giving influence for the Christian. These writings are “holy,” Lewis said, “inspired,” “the Oracles of God.” 3 The way for us to know God is on the authority of His Word, which provides the data for doing theology. 4.
Sep 13, 2024 · Episode 101: Making Sense of Science and Faith – Sharon’s Story. Cambridge educated Dr. Sharon Dirckx was raised in a secular culture where religion played a minimal role. Intellectual authorities led her to believe that science and belief in God were incompatible until she began investigating the verifiable claims of Christianity.
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May 14, 2012 · And this matters to us because Christians in heaven will be unified with Christ after the same pattern. Lewis explains by noting the difference between “begetting” and “making.” A sculptor can make a statue, but he begets children. To beget is to make something like you. The Bible says Christians will become sons of God (Galatians 3:26).
