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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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). …
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…
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…
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…
When I was a child, I read and read the Arabian Nights, and loved the stories about Scheherezade, Ali Baba, Al-Ahdin, the Djinn in the bottle and others equally fantastic more than anything else which I read; yet, strange to…
