Award of Merit
True Confession: I have a growing stack of materials near my computer — items I intend to blog about, sometime, but haven’t managed to get to just yet. In flipping through the stack today I noticed something I wanted to…
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Singapore Youth for Christ
I am leaving Monday for a ten-day trip to the Far East. The main purpose of the trip is to speak at the annual Bible conference of Singapore Youth for Christ (SYFC), an effective evangelical ministry for training disciples to…
On Reading Non-Christian Authors
As the son of an English professor and a firm believer in common grace, I would be the last person to say that Christians should not read non-Christian literature. I do believe, however, that Christian parents should exercise cautious oversight…
In Defense of Criticizing Pullman
To my surprise, a number of readers have written to challenge my critique of Philip Pullman’s theology. I say “to my surprise” because in recent years I have read a number of articles by or interviews with Philip Pullman in…
Vote for Lewis
Tony, thanks for yours. That there “Trueman” bloke has lost his marbles. After all, Lewis is English, right? Well, I know he was born in Belfast and that means he’s got Irish in him somewhere, but he’s English through and…
Hmmm
If intention is the key to Pullman’s error, then I guess we should also discourage Christians from reading Milton’s polemically anti-Trinitarian, anti-orthodox Paradise Lost. And Pascal’s anti-Protestant Pensees. And Gibbon’s anti-Christian Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. And…
Lewis and Analogy
I have to weigh in on Phil’s side regarding Narnia. It certainly is true that C.S. Lewis had some doctrinal problems (I find this is a fairly common thing when a very accomplished person comes to faith later in life). …
The Darkness of His Dark Materials
While I believe Carl Trueman is right to caution against an overreaction to Philip Pullman, I still believe that his books, particularly, must be distinguished from Harry Potter, the Arabian Nights, and most other secular literature for children. Here is…
A Category Mistake?
In criticizing The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, I fear that Carl Trueman may be committing a category mistake. It is true, of course, and widely known, that C. S. Lewis did not have a fully Reformed theology of…
Dark Materials
Justin T just brought this book to my attention. Haven’t read it but may be of interest: Personally, I think I may well boycott the movie after all: apparently it’s set in Oxford University which is a simply frightful…