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Buy full audiobook: www.qksrv.net In this book, CS Lewis tells of his search for joy, a spiritual journey that led him from the Christianity of his early youth into atheism and then back to Christianity.
This is the second video of my week in Ireland, a tour of sites on and near the north coast of Ulster, facing north on the north sea. "Northerness" is considered a theme of Lewis's early life, another name for sehnsucht or the longing for things that seemed to call him in his boyhood like sea sirens. Professor John Gillespie of the University of Ulster, a Lewis expert, generously took us on the tour. For more details, see my blog for this day: www.nantyglo.com
This 4-part DVD lets you explore how CS Lewis transformed from an outspoken opponent of Christianity—an atheist—to one of its most powerful defenders. You'll go visit the sites Lewis knew so well, and meet men and women who knew him personally. Get to know the spirit and mind that led to Lewis's worldwide influence and see what challenges and trials he faced during the last decade of his life. Click here to view full feature: tinyurl.com
Fourth part of a four-segment video titled "Founding the Future," a video about the establishment of CS Lewis College. This segment discusses the CS Lewis Foundation's role in starting the new College. 2010 Copyright CS Lewis Foundation. This film is dedicated to the memory of Derick Bingham, 1946-2010. Photographs of CS Lewis used by permission of the Marion E. Wade Center, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois.
Man or Rabbit? CS Lewis Summary by Sarah Rollins What reference is CS Lewis referring to in the title? • CS Lewis is referring to the mindset of those who realize the importance of Christianity referring them to "man" and those who want to go about their day doing what feels good to them without expecting to face consequences for their actions referring them to "rabbits". Men have great potential whereas rabbits are limited in the measure of their creation. What examples does CS Lewis use to explain his reasoning? • "One of the things that distinguishes man from the other animals is that he wants to know things, wants to find out what reality is like, simply for the sake of knowing." When that desire is completely quenched in anyone, I think he has become something less than human. • "Christianity claims to give an account of facts—to tell you what the real universe is like. Its account of the universe may be true, or it may not, and once the question is really before you, then your natural inquisitiveness must make you want to know the answer. If Christianity is untrue, then no honest man will want to believe it, however helpful it might be: if it is true, every honest man will want to believe it, even if it gives him no help at all. If Christianity should happen to be true, then it is quite impossible that those who know this truth and those who don't should be equally well equipped for leading a good life." • "The one believes that men are going to live forever, that ...
CS Lewis From Wikipedia Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 22 November 1963), commonly referred to as CS Lewis and known to his friends and family as Jack, was an Irish-born British[1] novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist. He is also known for his fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilogy. Lewis was a close friend of JRR Tolkien, and both authors were leading figures in the English faculty at Oxford University and in the informal Oxford literary group known as the "Inklings". According to his memoir Surprised by Joy, Lewis had been baptised in the Church of Ireland at birth, but fell away from his faith during his adolescence. Owing to the influence of Tolkien and other friends, at the age of 32 Lewis returned to Christianity, becoming "a very ordinary layman of the Church of England".[2] His conversion had a profound effect on his work, and his wartime radio broadcasts on the subject of Christianity brought him wide acclaim. In 1956, he married the American writer Joy Gresham, 17 years his junior, who died four years later of cancer at the age of 45. Lewis died three years after his wife, as the result of renal failure. His death came one week before his 65th birthday. Media coverage of his death was minimal, as he died on 22 November 1963 the same day that US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and the same day another famous author died, Aldous ...
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This is the ReformedAudio.org version of CS Lewis' essay "On the Reading of Old Books". This essay is taken from his book "God in the Dock".
A Visit to Co Down, Northern Ireland on a little of the CS Lewis Trail of His Childhood Narnia during April 2010. Music "Are you going to Narnia?" from "The Roar of love" album by 2nd Chapter of Acts. You can read and view the photos in greater detail at these 2 links Part 1: leavesnbloom.blogspot.com Part 2: leavesnbloom.blogspot.com
www.NarniaFans.com - Hosted by the Rev. Walter Hooper Narration by Peter Ustinov, as the voice of CS Lewis This is the story of the quiet and studious man whose writing made such a profound impact on modern day theology. Clive Staples Lewis was a devout atheist much of his life, but after becoming a college professor at Oxford, Lewis embarked on a personal spritual journey that would result in his rebirth into Christianity, being "surprised by joy, " as he would describe it. A prolific writer and humanitarian, CS Lewis penned over forty books, many dealing with, and confirming, the intricate issues of his newfound faith. These books include, The Screwtape Letters, Mere Christianity, The Great Divorce, and The Chronicles of Narnia. This powerful documentary looks at the life of this remarkable man and the legacy he lefty behind. Hosted by Lewis' private secretary and friend, Rev. Walter Hooper, together with visits to Lewis' birthplace, boarding schools and beloved home at Oxford University, all serve to present a moving and candid portrait of a man to whom modern day Christianity owes much.
Combined clips from the wonderful and thought provoking movie "Shadowlands" which is based on a period of the life of CS Lewis (known as Jack) played by Sir Anthony Hopkins and his brief (he only had four years with her before her death), but very meaningful and enlightening relationship with Joy Gresham (Debra Winger) and her son Douglas (Joseph Mazzello). CS Lewis wrote the book "A Grief Observed" in 1961 as a result of his life-changing experience with Joy and Douglas. Nominated for 2 Oscars. The clips combined the opening and closing themes with credits as well as clips of the beautiful choir singing and the bells of Oxford. If you have not seen this movie, it is one that everyone should see, especially since it is a true story.
Excerpts on the life of CS Lewis from "The Question of God-Sigmund Freud And CS Lewis" with Dr. Armand Nicholi. Assembled together the clips, although of varying length make a compelling, well formed narrative. CS Lewis brilliantly portrayed by Simon Jones
Excerpts on the life of CS Lewis from "The Question of God-Sigmund Freud And CS Lewis" with Dr. Armand Nicholi. Assembled together the clips, although of varying length make a compelling, well formed narrative. CS Lewis brilliantly portrayed by Simon Jones
Excerpts on the life of CS Lewis from "The Question of God-Sigmund Freud And CS Lewis" with Dr. Armand Nicholi. Assembled together the clips, although of varying length make a compelling, well formed narrative. CS Lewis brilliantly portrayed by Simon Jones
Excerpts on the life of CS Lewis from "The Question of God-Sigmund Freud And CS Lewis" with Dr. Armand Nicholi. Assembled together the clips, although of varying length make a compelling, well formed narrative. CS Lewis brilliantly portrayed by Simon Jones
Excerpts on the life of CS Lewis from "The Question of God-Sigmund Freud And CS Lewis" with Dr. Armand Nicholi. Assembled together the clips, although of varying length make a compelling, well formed narrative. CS Lewis brilliantly portrayed by Simon Jones
Excerpts on the life of CS Lewis from "The Question of God-Sigmund Freud And CS Lewis" with Dr. Armand Nicholi. Assembled together the clips, although of varying length make a compelling, well formed narrative. CS Lewis brilliantly portrayed by Simon Jones
Excerpts on the life of CS Lewis from "The Question of God-Sigmund Freud And CS Lewis" with Dr. Armand Nicholi. Assembled together the clips, although of varying length make a compelling, well formed narrative. CS Lewis brilliantly portrayed by Simon Jones
Excerpts on the life of CS Lewis from "The Question of God-Sigmund Freud And CS Lewis" with Dr. Armand Nicholi. Assembled together the clips, although of varying length make a compelling, well formed narrative. CS Lewis brilliantly portrayed by Simon Jones
Excerpts on the life of CS Lewis from "The Question of God-Sigmund Freud And CS Lewis" with Dr. Armand Nicholi. Assembled together the clips, although of varying length make a compelling, well formed narrative. CS Lewis brilliantly portrayed by Simon Jones
Excerpts on the life of CS Lewis from "The Question of God-Sigmund Freud And CS Lewis" with Dr. Armand Nicholi. Assembled together the clips, although of varying length make a compelling, well formed narrative. CS Lewis brilliantly portrayed by Simon Jones
Excerpts on the life of CS Lewis from "The Question of God-Sigmund Freud And CS Lewis" with Dr. Armand Nicholi. Assembled together the clips, although of varying length make a compelling, well formed narrative. CS Lewis brilliantly portrayed by Simon Jones
Excerpts on the life of CS Lewis from "The Question of God-Sigmund Freud And CS Lewis" with Dr. Armand Nicholi. Assembled together the clips, although of varying length make a compelling, well formed narrative. CS Lewis brilliantly portrayed by Simon Jones
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Highlights of a conversation between Inklings of God host Kurt Bruner and the late CS Lewis (as portrayed by actor David Payne) discussing his life, writings and influence.
Moira Brown interviews Will Vaus regarding the life and teachings of CS Lewis. Will Vaus Author/Speaker Book: "The Professor of Narnia - The CS Lewis Story" www.willvaus.com
Moira Brown interviews Will Vaus regarding the life and teachings of CS Lewis. Will Vaus Author/Speaker Book: "The Professor of Narnia - The CS Lewis Story" www.willvaus.com
Desteni TV Presents The Design of Christianity Hosts: Andrea Rossouw, Darryl Thomas Part1 Christianity is a religious belief system which has defined and influenced Western Civilization for nearly 2000 years. Countless beings have lived and died within their faith and devotion regarding a man who they believe was God in human form, who lived amongst the poor and the sick, and whose sacrificial death promised to bring sinful Man and the divine God together, once and for all, for all of eternity. There are those who believe their faith in Christianity is beyond doubt, and that the Bible is the Infallible Word of God. For them, the matter is settled. Their faith secured. But there are others who are not as secure in their beliefs. There are so many contradictions and inconsistencies within the religion that makes them question whether or not religion actually provides a sensible answer to questions they have about life. Desteni TV will take a look at these inconsistencies to see if there is anything there that would be instructive to take on the main points of the Christian religious belief system's interpretation of reality and pull it apart to reveal the many common sense deficiencies and self-dishonest principles that lie at the heart of this belief system. We hope you will join us. In dealing with some of the more stridently critical Christian responses to the Desteni material, we decided that it would be best to answer these critics by providing a video response ...
New Testament scholar, Douglas J. Moo, discusses one of the most influential books in his life, Mere Christianity by CS Lewis.
Zondervan author, Peter Enns, discusses how CS Lewis influenced his life and thinking.
CS Lewis Institute Fellows describe their experiences and insight into the life enriching program that the CS Lewis Institute offers. Begun in 1999, the CS Lewis Fellows Program is designed to strengthen the discipleship of men and women who want to grow deeper in their relationship with Jesus Christ and to be more credible and effective for Christ in their vocations and spheres of influence. The Fellows Program offers life-changing teaching in theology and spirituality and provides small group fellowship/discussion and one-on-one mentoring as well. Additionally, opportunities are provided for fellowship, social gatherings, and special sessions with respected authors and speakers. Past guests have included Dr. Jim Houston, Dr. Alister McGrath, Dr. JI Packer, Dr. Michael Ramsden, Lee Strobel and others. Fellows will grow significantly in their knowledge of biblical truth and can expect to experience substantial spiritual growth, becoming more loving as a person, more effective in church, and more credible in the workplace. The program has two levels: Year One and Year Two. Participants begin with Year One and may opt to continue the following year (or in a later year) with Year Two. Within each Year level there are groups for men and groups for women. Year One further divides the groups based on seasons of life: Young Professionals and Mid-Career Professionals. This small group format allows Fellows to build close friendships within their group of like-minded men/women in ...
Based on a popular Harvard course taught by Dr. Armand Nicholi, author of "The Question of God," this 2004 series illustrates the lives and insights of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), a life-long critic of religious belief, and CS Lewis (1898-1963), a celebrated Oxford don, literary critic, and perhaps this century's most influential and popular proponent of faith based on reason. The series focuses upon the perennial questions: What is happiness? How do we find meaning and purpose in our lives? How do we reconcile conflicting claims of love and sexuality? These excerpts focus on this: How do we cope with the problem of suffering and the inevitability of death? [1/6] A panel discussion (led by Nicholi) with atheists, agnostics, and theists regarding the origins of morality - is morality God-given or part of our evolutionary heritage? For Freud, "cultural experience" and "expediency" are the sources, while for Lewis it is a "discoverable," transcendent law authored by God...
2/6: A continuation of the panel discussion; archival footage of Freud (narrated by his daughter Anna) in the last decade of his life (the 1930s) when he was terminally ill with cancer - this led him to examine the psychology of death once again, focusing on the wish not to die (as he later states: "the unconscious does not believe in its own death - it behaves as if it were immortal") as well as the growing scourge of Nazi anti-Semitism - in 1934 he began to write one of his last works: "Moses and Monotheism" arguing that Moses was actually Egyptian, and his introduction of monotheism led his followers to murder him...
6/6: The panel discussion regarding suffering and death continues - Nicholi concludes with this: "It may be that Freud and Lewis represent conflicting parts of ourselves. Part of us yearns for a relationship with the source of all joy, hope and happiness, as described by Lewis, and yet, there is another part that raises its fist in defiance and says with Freud, 'I will not surrender.' Whatever part we choose to express will determine our purpose, our identity, and our whole philosophy of life."
He claims to forgive sins. He says He has always existed. He says He is coming to judge the world at the end of time. Now let us get this clear. Among Pantheists, like the Indians, anyone might say that he was part of God, or one with God: there would be nothing very odd about it. But this man, since He was a Jew, could not mean that kind of God. God, in their language, meant the Being outside the world Who had made it and was infinitely different from anything else. And when you have grasped that you will see that what This man said, was, quite simply, the most shocking thing that has ever been uttered by human lips. goodnewsnow.wordpress.com http US Congress passes stimulus plan The US Senate follows the House in giving final approval to Barack Obama's $787bn (£548bn) economic stimulus plan. Battle exposes partisan rifts Q&A: Obama stimulus plan Obama diary: The first 100 days Pakistan map 'US strike' kills 25 in Pakistan Pakistani officials say a suspected US missile attack near the Afghan border has left at least 25 people dead. Wreckage of crashed plane 'Ice build-up' on crashed plane The crew of a plane that crashed in New York state killing 50 people noticed "significant ice build-up", investigators say. Haka Thigh slapping Maori style - It's Odd Box Woman in Iran Life in Iranian leader's hometown Robert Mugabe Secret meetings Testing the ground for Zimbabwe's power sharing Satanic Verses burning, file image Divisive untruths Rushdie's Satanic Verses still spark ...
Armand Nicholi, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, gives an address based upon his recent book, "The Question of God: CS Lewis and Sigmund Freud debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life" based on a popular seminar he has taught at Harvard for the past 35 years. Series: Let There Be Light [2/2005] [Humanities] [Show ID: 9304]
A project done for Faith, Reason and Justice class at Eastern University attempting to illustrate four main points in Book III of CS Lewis' Mere Christianity.
Our Roving Reporter travels into east Belfast to visit the childhood sites of author CS Lewis' life and sees how Northern Ireland can be found in his work.
David Payne stars in this one-man play recalling the life and times of CS Lewis. Presented as part of the "Let There Be Light Series". Series: "Let There Be Light" [3/2003] [Humanities] [Show ID: 7183]
Documentary exploring the later life author and scholar CS Lewis. Created for the CS Lewis Foundation. www.cslewis.org
The CS Lewis Foundation Faculty Forum is dedicated to networking and supporting Christian faculty and administrators in advancing the renewal of Christian thought and creative expression throughout the world of learning. The Christian faith at one time constituted the over-arching paradigm that inspired and shaped the intellectual and aesthetic work of countless scholars and artists. The momentum it generated throughout western culture and beyond contributed vitally, not only to the formation of the culture at large, but also to the development of the modern university itself. In stark contrast, all traces of this once vibrant intellectual and imaginative tradition have, within the last century, virtually disappeared from the academic landscape of mainstream higher education. Christianity's cogent and redemptive perspective on life and thought now finds few defenders, let alone dynamic proponents, within the ranks of today's teaching and research faculty.
This is just a short excerpt from a much longer lecture available from the Episcopal Bookstore. Here CS Lewis talks about the novels of his friend and fellow member of The Inklings--Charles Williams. The photo on the right is Lewis, left is Williams. Williams wrote many books and slews of book reviews during his tenure as editor with Oxford Press. He is best known for his seven otherworldly novels, of which "All Hallows' Eve" and "Descent Into Hell" are probably the most widely celebrated. Besides CS Lewis, TS Eliot and WH Auden were also both good friends and big fans of Williams. There is also an excellent DVD movie available about CS Lewis from Discovery House simply called: "The Life Of CS Lewis". The link below will take you to the cheapest outlet I've been able to find for it (only $12.00). www.christiancinema.com
CS Lewis wrote, "I do not mean that God hears and will grant such prayers as that psalmist uttered. They are wicked. He condemns them. All resentment is sin." (p120, All quotes from "Christian Reflections", published 1967) Why did Lewis call the Word of God "wicked"? How did he arrive at such a position? Well, Lewis assumed the Psalms describe the personal hatred and cursing of the Psalmist. And since the Bible forbids men to curse, Lewis concluded that many of the Psalms are wicked. Ask yourself. Would Lewis have criticized and ridiculed the Psalmist, if he had seen Christ speaking through the Psalmist? If Lewis had seen Christ -- the Righteous Judge -- condemning his enemies in the Psalms, would Lewis have still called these Psalms, "wicked"? Of course not. Sadly, by reading Lewis, we can see the fatal consequences of thinking the Psalms are David's own personal experience. He wrote, "... there is no better psalm to begin with than No. 109. It ends with a verse which every Christian can at once make his own: the Lord is 'the prisoner's friend', standing by the poor (or friendless) to save him from unjust judges. ... In a word, if we read only the last verse we should feel a full sympathy with this psalmist. But the moment we look back at what precedes that verse, he turns out to be removed from us by infinite distances; or, worse still, to be loathsomely akin to that in us which it is the main business of life to purge away. Psalm 109 is as unabashed a hymn of hate as ...
CS Lewis in his book "Christian Reflections" (published in 1967), wrote, "The dominant impression I get from reading the Psalms is one of antiquity... In that momentary proximity they are almost shockingly alien; creatures of unrestrained emotion, wallowing in self-pity, sobbing, cursing, screaming in exultation (p114) ... we shall find in the Psalms expressions of a cruelty more vindictive and a self-righteousness more complete that anything in the [Greek] classics. If we ignore such passages and read only a few selected favourite Psalms, we miss the point. For the point is precisely this: that these same fanatic and homicidal Hebrews, and not the more enlightened peoples, again and again -- for brief moments -- reach a Christian level of spirituality. It is not that they are better or worse than the Pagans, but they are both better and worse." (p116, "Christian Reflections") Lewis is right about one thing. The Psalmist's claim that he is perfectly righteous is "shockingly alien" to us. We're sinners, but here the Psalmist is saying that he's without sin? Who can the Psalmist possibly be? Who can say the following? I will behave myself in a perfect way ... I will not know evil. Psa 101:2,4 O Jehovah, judge me according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity in me. Psa 7:8. And Jehovah has returned to me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands before His eyes. Psa 18:24 Preserve my soul for I am holy. Psa 86:2 My comment ...
CS Lewis - author of Mere Christianity - said some Psalms are "diabolical", "petty", "vulgar", "terrible" and "contemptible". Lewis assumed that the imprecatory Psalms are David's own personal cursings. And thus, Lewis thought that the imprecatory Psalms were "diabolical". After all, the Scripture forbids men to curse. And since the imprecatory Psalms contain cursing, Lewis concluded that these Psalms are "un-Christian". Sadly, Lewis did not see the other option (the imprecatory Psalms are actually Christ cursing his enemies, the reprobate) Christ says, "But these HOSTILE to me, those not desiring me to reign over them, bring them here and EXECUTE THEM BEFORE ME." (Luke 19:27) ...And here's an Article on How we should interpret the Psalms in general... The following quotes below will be interesting to you. They are written by James E Adams (no physical relation to the writer Jay E Adams) and taken from James' book, "War Psalms of the Prince of Peace - Lessons from the Imprecatory Psalms." In the words below (which have been edited and cut back for space sake), Adams explains how he came to see Christ, not David in the Psalms. My favorite part is when he challenges us with, "How you wondered whether the Psalmist's prayers, "May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed, ... may they perish in disgrace" (6:10, 83:17) are an expression of sinful revenge, as some writers say? Too many sincere Christians rush past such expressions as if shielding their faces from the heat of ...
This is a low-res sample from a DVD Product available from www.arn.org. The Veritas Forums are university events that engage students and faculty in thoughtful intellectual dialogs on important philosophical and theological issues. ARN is now distributing the following Veritas Forum video lectures and debates. Actor David Payne stars in this one-man play recalling the life and times of CS Lewis
Lewis: The new Psychology was at that time sweeping through us all. We were all influenced. We were all concerned about fantasy, or wishful thinking. I formed the resolution of always judging and acting with the greatest good sense. Walter Hooper: He was saying that all youth at that time were trying to escape from wish fulfillment dreams. They got that from Freud. And they wanted to in one way spit on the images of their youth, and go onto they knew not what. But, anyway, leave that behind because it was juvenile. Lewis: I was at that time living like many atheists; in a whirl of contradictions. I maintained that God did not exist. I was also very angry with God for not existing. I was equally angry with him for creating a world. Why should creatures have the burden of existence forced on them without their consent? Lewis: All the books were beginning to turn against me. Indeed, I must have been as blind as a bat not to have seen, long before, the ludicrous contradiction between my theory of life and my actual experiences as a reader. The most religious were clearly those on whom I could really feed. Lewis: I can only describe it as the Great War between Barfield and me. When I set out to correct his heresies, I find that he had decided to correct mine! And then we went at it, hammer and tongs, far into the night, night after night. Duriez: Barfield believed that the imagination plays a very important part in how we know. He rejected the model that science is the only ...
CS Lewis: It must be understood that my conversion at that point was only to theism pure and simple. I knew nothing yet about the incarnation. The God to whom I surrendered was sheerly non-human. CS Lewis: [Reading from Chesterton] A great man knows he is not God and the greater he is, the better he knows it. The gospels declare that this mysterious maker of the world has visited his world in person. The most that any religious prophet has said was that he was the true servant of such a being. But if the creator was present in the daily life of the Roman empire, that is something unlike anything else in nature. It is the one great startling statement that man has made since he spoke his first articulate word. It makes dust and nonsense of comparative religion. CS Lewis: As I drew near to Christianity, I felt a resistance almost as strong as my previous resistance to theism. As strong but shorter lived for I understood it better. But each step, one had less chance to call one's soul one's own. CS Lewis: What Tolkien showed me was this — that if I met the idea of sacrifice in a pagan story I didn't mind it at all — I was mysteriously moved by it. The reason was that in pagan stories I was prepared to feel the myth as profound. Now the story of Christ is simply a true myth. CS Lewis: I know very well when but hardly how the final step was taken. I went with my brother to have a picnic at Whipsnade Zoo. We started in fog, but by the end of our journey the sun was shining ...
Ravi Zacharias, respected theologian answers the remark "Life is Meaningless." He has written a book called Can Man Live Without God. Some folks call Ravi a "modern day CS Lewis." Subscribe to "Let My People Think" (a free Ravi podcast on iTunes). You can also subscribe to a daily newsletter "A Slice of Infinity" from his website: www.rzim.org
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