C.S. Lewis

Alister McGrath, who has two Oxford PhDs – one in molecular biophysics and the other in theology – and who has written, debated, lead, etc. at the highest levels – has two new books out on C.S. Lewis. One is on Lewis’s intellectual thought and the other is on his...

Study Time in Cambridge, April 28, 2013

April 28, 2013 Cambridge I attended the 9:30 Holy Communion service at a church – to go unnamed – in the heart of town this morning. It is not the oldest church in Cambridge – the Round Church (or Church of the Holy Sepulcher as it is officially known) that was built...

Study Time in Cambridge, April 27, 2013

April 27, 2013 I arrived at Cambridge University yesterday afternoon, was assigned a desk at Tyndale Theological Library and jumped right into my research on The Seven Deadly Sins (the series for this fall). Where to start? This morning, while walking across campus, I...

Updates from Istanbul, April 25, 2013

April 22 – 25, 2013 Istanbul, Turkey Greetings from the thriving city of Istanbul – home of 16 million people and more history than I previously appreciated. It’s been a fun few days. I left church on Sunday and – thanks to a Lufthansa ground strike in Germany –...

A Few Thoughts About Sin

  I’ve started reading up on sin – not that I’m not already an expert – in preparation for Seven, next fall’s series on the seven deadly sins. Here are a couple quotes worth passing along right away. The first is from Clive Staples (C.S. Lewis) himself. I...