In the fall of last year Desiring God devoted their annual conference to C. S. Lewis. Im listening to one of the speakers now, Douglas Wilson, and he said this which I think is interesting and goes to Garys idea of the tone in which Reflections was written. I transcribed it, so remember that this was a talk and not a quote from a book: It doesnt happen very often but when it does C. S Lewis is perhaps the most insightful muddler you will ever read. He, along with Chesterton, has the capacity to edify you profoundly at the very moment he is saying things to make you wrench at your head in exasperation. Im thinking here of a book like Reflections on the Psalms, referred to in the previous talk. One of the troubling things to me -- I so appreciated that talk -- his doctrine of Scripture makes me go Aaaaahhh! at the same time Im being wonderfully edified by what hes saying, and I wonder -- how can he do that? But when hes on, which he is almost always, you can be done with the wrenching and just enjoy the edification.
Posted on: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 05:15:47 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015