Category Archives: C.S. Lewis

Screwtape offers this salient diabolical advice: What we want, if men become Christians at all, is to keep them in the state of mind I call “Christianity And.” You know–Christianity and the Crisis, Christianity and the New Psychology, Christianity and … Continue reading →

In letter XII, Screwtape admonishes Wormwood that small sins matters: …The only thing that matters is the extent to which you separate the man from the Enemy. It does not matter how small the sins are, provided that their cumulative … Continue reading →

Screwtape articulates the fact that when the devil enters the realm of pleasure he is dealing with Enemy ground: Never forget that when we are dealing with any pleasure in its healthy and normal and satisfying form, we are, in … Continue reading →

While C.S. Lewis’s interpretation of a demon writing letters of encouragement and rebuke to his nephew can be quite terrifying, the biblical reality is that the reality of Satan is even more terrifying. Satan was not only involved in the … Continue reading →

C.S. Lewis concludes his 1961 preface by describing how he developed these profound themes of sin and temptation in the Screwtape Letters: Some have paid me an undeserved compliment by supposing that my Letters were the ripe fruit of many years’ study … Continue reading →

(Mere Christianity, 1943, p. 81): The monstrosity of sexual intercourse outside marriage is that those who indulge in it are trying to isolate one kind of union (the sexual) from all the other kinds of union which were intended to … Continue reading →

Mr. Beaver identifies treason in Edmund: “Then mark my words,” said Mr. Beaver, “he has already met the White Witch and joined her side, and been told where she lives. I didn’t like to mention it before (he being your … Continue reading →

I have arrived at a well-known passage in C.S. Lewis Chronicles. In the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe the Sons of Adam and Eve are seeking for a solution to rescue the lovely Mr. Tumnus. The Beaver quickly shatters … Continue reading →

In the Magician’s Nephew, Lewis describes Aslan’s reaction to Narnia’s first joke: Laugh and fear not, creatures. Now that you are no longer dumb and witless, you need not always be grave. For jokes as well as justice come in … Continue reading →

I spoke just now of fiddling while Rome burns. But to a Christian the true tragedy of Nero must be not that he fiddled while the city was on fire but that he fiddled on the brink of hell. You … Continue reading →

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of the things that gives value to survival. – C. S. Lewis Update: I asked Steve Wilkins what his thoughts were on Lewis’ quote, since … Continue reading →

On the frequent spats and insults that peppered Lewis’s friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien, Joseph Bottum quotes and concludes: “No harm in him,” Lewis wrote after one discussion with his friend, “only needs a smack or so.” One could say the … Continue reading →

This is my final post in my series on C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity ( All 17  posts on Mere Christianity are found here). I have tried to point some salient features in this timeless classic. I believe I have been … Continue reading →

In these last chapters of Lewis’ Mere Christianity, there are two discussions on faith. According to Lewis: Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods. 1 Lewis does not … Continue reading →

C.S. Lewis would have been appalled by modern contemplations of heaven found in Christian bookstores. Some see John’s measure in the end of Revelation[1], and assume that the author is interested in conveying an exact dimension. Liberals on the other … Continue reading →