But it ends up with some very practical, even devotional, emphases concerning the Christian life. The book begins with an apologetic emphasis, looking at the bigger questions about the existence of God and so on. Lewis made use of terminology from the great Puritan Richard Baxter when he spoke of “mere Christianity.” He wanted to focus on those core teachings that all believers could agree on, while not looking at more divisive sectarian concerns. You can see more on the background of this here: The BBC asked Lewis to give these talks to help out a war-weary England. Mere Christianity of course originated as a series of radio broadcast talks in 1941. There is never a shortage of great quotes to be found therein. I may do an irregular series, offering choice quotes from these classic volumes. So during the last few days I have reread his Miracles, The Problem of Pain, and Mere Christianity, with more to follow. Not quite of course, because so much of it is so very familiar, but still, it is nice to read his books afresh, and see if different things stand out from past readings.
Most of these volumes now look like colouring books! To read a new, unmarked copy is almost like reading Lewis for the very first time. Also, I do like to highlight the important bits.īut with an author like Lewis, that means just about every other sentence is underlined in ink or highlighted with a yellow marker. One, many of my older copies are almost falling apart from so much usage. In the past few days I have bought a number of his books over again, and that for several reasons. Millions of other people have also been greatly helped by his writings. Soon I had bought nearly all of his books and I devoured them eagerly.
Lewis classic:Īs a fairly new Christian I was introduced to the great Christian apologist C.
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