C.S. Lewis: Life Story of the Hope Bringer

[@TheIncredibleJourney]

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[@JaniceManning-w7b]

True and lasting joy comes only from GOD!

[@cathy7382]

Thank God for JR Tolkien for influencing CS Lewis in Christianity

[@michaelwhite8031]

Thank you we need more people Like C.S.LEWIS and Jordan Peterson. Please pray for Mr Peterson that he will accept Jesus Christ Fully.

[@CarnivoreStork]

Thank you Michael, many are praying for Professor Peterson and his family to encounter Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

[@kristalt.7404]

I highly agreed

[@rongablue]

I think he has, deep down.

[@colleenmitchell5003]

I always wondered about Jordan Peterson..we can only pray. And we know that prayer changes things.

[@sisterreginadierson8729]

I’m sure you know by now that he HAS fully accepted Jesus Christ.

[@irenec2863]

Anyone who read the Chronicals of Naria books as a child should reread them as an adult. It's amazing how much more you get out of them. Thank you, C.S. Lewis, for returning to your faith.

[@ACuriousChild]

THE BIBLE AND ONLY THE BIBLE!

[@irenec2863]

@@ACuriousChild The Bible is a wonderful book, but the Holy Spirit is not limited to only the Bible when drawing people to Jesus Christ, I can assure you of that.

[@MrCls88]

​@irenec2863 if it's drawing you through magic and other abominations, then it's an unclean spirit. May we all get to really know that Wonderful Book so we can easily discern truth from deception.

[@ACuriousChild]

@@irenec2863 I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE - THE ONE AND ONLY SHEPHERD AND SAVIOUR THE LORD JESUS CHRIST - everything else is out of the gospel of THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN, THE SERPENT IN DISGUISE! WATCH OUT!

[@ACuriousChild]

@@MrCls88 1Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 6Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? 12Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. Matt 7, 1-12 AMEN - HALLELU-YAH!

[@olivianatwick7603]

I am a retired minister. I was a minister for 30 years. It is with sorrow that I learned from my daughter that she considers herself an atheist. Her name is Sarah and I ask for prayers for Sarah. I have dealt with pain especially the last 4 years as I suffered from Guillain-Barre I am still partially paralyzed from that disease and am confined to a wheelchair now. I deal with the pain that I have by remembering the awful pain that's my Lord and Savior Jesus suffered on my behalf while hanging on the cross of crucifixion.

[@jennyjessop576]

I urge you to read "God's Medicine Bottle", by Derek Prince for yourself. It is a very short but sweet book.. There are also videos here on youtube that speak about what is in the book. God still heals today. May God bless you.

[@olivianatwick7603]

@@jennyjessop576 thank you for your suggestion. I will look into the book and I may read it if I can find it. I know that God heals today. When I was the minister at a church we had a healing service every thursday. One man came every Thursday for months and I would pray for him when I was doing my last service there before I moved to another job this man came up to me and told me that when he first started coming to our services he had been diagnosed with cancer and that the doctor said he probably would not live very long. That week when he went to the doctor the doctor told him that the cancer had gone away. He credited God for healing I know that God heals I have other stories such as this one where I have seen the outcome of that healing.

[@sherylcooper369]

Merciful Father God, I pray for Sarah. I pray that You would replace her heart of stone with a new heart of flesh; soil prepared to receive Your truth. Father draw her unto yourself, remove the blinders from her understanding that the enemy has placed there. Give her eyes to see Your truth. Ears to hear Your truth. A heart prepared to receive Your truth. Give her the desire to seek You with her whole heart. Bring Your truth across her path in many ways. Give her the courage to follow the desire to seek You. And when she finds Jesus, give her the courage to trust in Christ’s finished work on the cross on her behalf, leading her all the way into an eternal right relationship with You. I ask this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior. Thank you God. Amen.

[@marileorion8186]

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[@beckybanta126]

To Sheryl.....your beautiful prayer for Sarah is almost word for word what I pray for the prodigals in my family, 2 grown sons & 24yo grandson. Raised in Christian homes, but my concerns of their hearts becoming stone is always with me. Our LORD says do not worry, do not fret, but to trust Him. I do with all of my heart as He helps with my Mother's sad, sometimes broken heart. My hope is in Jesus; sadness in what they are missing & the consequences. And in all, God will get the glory. ✝️🙏😊

[@gracewahito]

Atheism gives no hope and that the suffering brought him closer to GOD. I am encouraged.

[@TheIncredibleJourney]

Amen Grace. We are praying for your daily journey in getting closer and closer to God. Let us continually uplift each other in our journey :) Have a blessed day ahead!

[@wizzardofpaws2420]

Who doesn't love CS Lewis? A truly brilliant man

[@ACuriousChild]

ANY TRUE CHRISTIAN THAT DOESN'T WANT TO BE DECEIVED INTO THE DARKNESS OF THE GOSPEL OF THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN!

[@The_bombastic_baptist31A.D]

Reddit atheists 😐

[@cindylica]

@@ACuriousChild why do you think like that? I'm asking curiously, because i fancy buying the books....so what do you think is wrong with c.s. lewis?

[@johnbenson20]

I am from England but live in Uganda & we have Christian book club named after him too !

[@yvonnekuhn9390]

I remember falling in love with C.S. Lewis at the age of 25 when my mom bought the collection of his works and introduced me to the Chronicles of Narnia. Brilliant man, for sure ❤

[@beemer2869]

An amazing contribution to Christianity. God bless him. Great video, thank you so much. ❤️🙏

[@ACuriousChild]

Contribution to CONFUSION ... and thereby leading MASSES away from THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE!

[@Grace-fc8zx]

The ma is a genius. His Mere Christianity is a wonder. He is there among the saints. Every year or so I returned to his works. The greatest apologist of our time without doubt.

[@duantorruellas716]

I do agreed that's what makes us human... God bless us. Always .

[@ericjessee376]

A brilliant and excellent presentation and subject , bravo sir indeed.

[@elsenored562]

9:16 Host: "However, it was precisely because of his commitment to rational, logical thought that Lewis not only returned to Christianity but became one of its greatest defenders."

[@vanmabrito5671]

Very lovely and touching telling of Lewis' life journey and transformation that touched the world. . Excellent balance of intellectual seeking and the unquenchable thirst of the human heart-- but God!

[@vanmabrito5671]

Again, this very wrll done documentary. Hope this okay to mention, but.of anyone wants more, the fairly recent movie The Reluctant Convert produced by Max McClean was also an excellent dramatized story of Lewis' life

[@kathryncarbine7140]

Thank you for your video. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and have experianced the joy you des ribe through my belief in Christ. I think your video will help many people

[@baniparon2353]

Lot of thanks for your deep motivating videos pastor Gary kent

[@sudheer8745]

Praise God and thank you for your work

[@amelittaberretta9109]

Thank you for this amazing presentation on the life of C.S.Lewis.

[@queenoftiming]

This is beautiful thank you.

[@chanchaldelson]

Another TIJ Masterpiece....

[@firstordercommandergames2542]

Amazing background story of such an Iconic figure. Very well researched and presented. Maybe he gained preference from Oxford due to his staunch atheism in the beginning. How anti God are these institutions are now. I shudder at the thought. Stong faith and God's help is need to complete 4 years or more.

[@asefnak4764]

Best video I've learnt a lot, and God bless you for concluding that way, not only narration but explaining the message behind of the story.

[@roberteytchison556]

A great movie about C.S. Lewis is The Reluctant Convert

[@marnatz5]

Truly a great movie and so riveting because it's artistically clever how the script has C. S. Lewis intermittently stand back and comment on his own life. Look forward to seeing it again!

[@jackvogel9777]

I really enjoyed this. I never knew that Lewis had been wounded in battle, though I’ve read a lot of his works. Thank you.

[@jameslewan7026]

Lovely presentation about a wonderful man of YAH! May we all get to meet him in the KINGDOM! All praise to the Father of Lights!

[@junefelsinger5191]

Very well presented, Mr Gary Kent...God bless and love you....I narrated the chronicles of Narnia to boarding children every night before bed time...May of them found the book in the Library only to read it themselves....All of life's values are depicted in these chronicles... For the young and the adult....❤Thank you and God bless and love you and your team...

[@mailie6403]

Thank you for this and all your inspiring videos. My free Bible from you is enjoyed everyday.

[@ritamatthews2942]

Thank you very much 😊, I really needed this right now more than you will ever know.

[@hcx1853]

The Weight of Glory - C.S. Lewis Another icon of Christianity... Eugenics and Other Evils G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936) LibriVOX

[@melindalemmon2149]

Yes.

[@SirNippletonMcSugarteets]

Praise Jesus Christ, love Him, adore Him, and fear Him. Amen 🕊️🔥🙏

[@maryepperson1929]

I will pray for her. Never give up.

[@ritaplantamura6027]

Thank you for sharing ☺️

[@krishnantampi5665]

Got it CSL was great👍 writer an agonistic who became a strong believer in later half of his life his life was long Journey of suffering of actual physical torture after being injured in war accident any way he was happy to find that biblical story prophecy and time was truth. Praise the Lord❤❤❤.

[@stacysatterfield2154]

Praise GOD for CS LEWIS. LOVE him. Chronicles of Narnia, Shadowlands, The 4 Loves. Tolken helped him come back to GOD.(His friend)

[@melindalemmon2149]

@@stacysatterfield2154 He didn't write Shadowlands.

[@melindalemmon2149]

He didn't write Shadowlands.

[@ElizabethMayo-sf4wg]

I appreciated this video very much!!!! Thank you for making this video...the world needs to hear this message!!

[@denisesciacca9271]

A great video. Thank you. Thank you God for all your blessings. 🙏🙏🙏

[@susanwright7108]

so amazing. I am so grateful for CS Lewis and those like him who have built a bridge to the Faith in Jesus Christ, the Only way to salvation.

[@connierad11]

Dear Father God, Please show mercy on this retired pastor with Guillain-Barre disease. Cure him as a miracle for the praise of Your Glory. Hunt down Sarah as the Hound of Heaven. Let her realize how she is lost so she can be found. Give a heart of rejoicing to this father when his prodigal returns to the fold. Do the same for my daughter who has decided she’s gay and wants nothing more to do with me.

[@AnnaChoga-fg4uf]

Amen ,may God bring Sarah home.

[@annettephinn8609]

Blessed by the hymns. Coffs Harbour Australia

[@lynn9111]

Going to Oxford wasn't that much of a culture shock, as Lewis and his brother had spent years attending various schools in England and therefore were well used to being away from home.

[@isobellakey9731]

Powerful thank you amen❤

[@philippinestroppoholic7996]

Good job

[@arthurcullen4956]

I love this stuff ❤️🕊️🙏

[@amelierenoncule]

This IS grande, mes amis...especially the ending segment !

[@John-bv2ft]

Great man

[@carmenburnham1088]

I always see anytime someone it to have a great impact for Christ and His kingdom how Satan attacks the life of that person, often drastically, through death of a loved one, physical illness, accidents or emotional woundedness of some kind that causes him or her to not believe in the Lord. I believe some how the enemy knows what that person’s destiny maybe in God and throws everything at that person to prevent that person from having the destiny God has for them. Such as the case with CS Lewis but God! Some times it takes a while doesn’t it? God never gives up on anyone. His mercies are new every morning. I

[@marionchase-kleeves8311]

Pres Kennedy was grandson of Irish immigrants. I qnd my siblings are half Irish. My older brother John died on 49th anniversary of JFKs death. Must be a special day for Irishmen who love Jesus

[@dixiedoodle9468]

You're killing me! How? Wow who are you?! 😭

[@andrewrahnacnrep]

Amen

[@goodmorning6827]

Why won/t google tell me which of my posts they find offensive and why?

[@jennymcgowin9140]

Excellent podcast!🙏🏼✝️

[@yosefdemby8792]

So how come he's not recognized as an Irish author?

[@matthewstokes1608]

He is if you so want it - nobody Christian could care less which country he was from as a matter national “pride”

[@yosefdemby8792]

@@matthewstokes1608 Ok.

[@Resgerr]

Cos he was from Northern Ireland which is apart of the UK.

[@johnkasarachi836]

This video is so profound!

[@StanKindly]

Interestingly Aldous Huxley died the same day as JFK also 🤔

[@henriettanovember4733]

🌼

[@jeremypowell8039]

The phrase ‘the English lines ‘ was used at the beginning of this piece. Disappointing if not insulting to the Scots, Irish and Welsh soldiers in the line …..should have been re-edited

[@violetweston3401]

why is the bacground music necessary? so distracting

[@TheIncredibleJourney]

Thank you for your feedback. We have had similar feedback on a few of our programs and we have taken steps to get the balance better. We do appreciate this feedback as it helps us to improve the quality of our programming. Hopefully you were able to get the blessing from this amazing program. God bless you

[@BramptonAnglican]

C.S Lewis should be made an Anglican saint.

[@johnholiver2003]

I believe WW 1 ended November 11 in 1918 not 1919. Perhaps I misunderstood the reference in the introduction which mentions a German attack in 1919.

[@sestameri]

He says 15th of April nineteen hundred and eighteen

[@kimrsns7363]

The First World War ENDED November 11, 1918 - how then is Germany able to attack in April 1919? The other details about C.S. Lewis’ life might be correct, but starting the video with incorrect dates about the War does NOT impress!

[@TheIncredibleJourney]

Hi. Looks like you misunderstood. Gary says 1918.

[@rosiealverdes2113]

I am agreeing with @kimrsns7363. I replayed the intro a few times and he very clearly states 1919. Sorry, but there definitely is a mistake.

[@marnatz5]

ashleysilva7414: Well known Protestant apologist and author Walter R. Martin wrote a 443 page book THE KINGDOM OF THE CULTS. He publically invited false cults to his public lectures and Q & A. Catholicism is not mentioned as a false cult in his book. That's because he really knows what the Catholic Church has taught for 2000 years.

[@georgewagner7787]

I have always pictured Tolkien with a beard. Maybe because of Hobbits?

[@andrewrahnacnrep]

Hopefully, you are praying to a God you see not just yourself. No one sees God as you know. Hopefully you come to see Christ in this trial.

[@andrewrahnacnrep]

Christ

[@veronicarowe3960]

A wonderful CATHOLIC he converted you know

[@veronicarowe3960]

My mistake he became an anglican

[@camilleespinas2898]

It’s a disappointment to find the objective of these stories are to prove the Christian religion is the best and right one . The stories are bent away from the real and complete truth of these stories

[@MrCls88]

It's beyond me how someone, like Lewis and Tolkien, who creates stories promoting witchcraft and the occult can be considered a christian, a follower of The Word of God. The Bible strongly talks against such practices. ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭18:10‭-‬12‬ ‭KJV‬‬ [10] There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, [11] or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. [12] For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

[@terrytay1774]

the comentator was awful in the intro - like reading a script monotonously

[@Magdalene_b]

Tolkien , books to me are nothing to do With Christianity the lord of the rings etc, etc,. Lewis books are more Christian like .I didn’t like the Tolkien books.

[@dooglitas]

The Tolkien books did indeed have much to do with Christianity. The symbolism is all through his writings.

[@4nativemedicine60]

I've always thought of this man's writings to be mockeries of God just like his name sounds 'see us loose'. Nope, I don't think this man was helping the Kingdom of God with his tales of tails of a dogs.

[@annodomini7250]

you are ignorant.

[@zephanwong6650]

Whether we like the story or not people did get saved through the books and after all God works in mysterious ways doesn’t He?

[@michaelwhite8031]

Your delusional

[@dooglitas]

Countless people have been brought to salvation through this man's work and testimony. How many people have you led to salvation?

[@4nativemedicine60]

Several. And it's hard to believe that someone would seek out the TRUTH after reading this man's works. . .

[@caroleminke6116]

In pain from mental & emotional turmoil in 2017 spontaneously I called out to angels, asking for relief ❤️‍🩹 I woke up from a dreamless sleep without anymore hurt but instead Joy that knew no bounds ❤ there was no sense of gravity, time or trouble of any kind in the world so I ran outside into the snow as I danced in the knowledge of Divine oneness❣️I spread this message everywhere I go now

[@philipoconnor4263]

Yes false hope, which is no hope at all. There is no land beyond the wardrobe and no Narnia. Lewis makes assumtions that are unsubstantiated and his arguments for God and his faith are fatuous. They may delude the self convinced but stumble before rational reasoning.

[@jsshay01]

You sadly don’t know the Lord Jesus Christ. He is and will always be. We’ll soon celebrate His birth, when He came to earth as a newborn baby, 2023 years ago. They killed Him on a cross, He rose again in three days as the Bible prophesied, ascended to Heaven and He’s coming back. His ragtag disciples watched Him, experienced the love that God is, saw Him die but saw Him alive again! They went on to spread the gospel all over the world and the book of Acts tells of the beginning of the Church, God’s ideas and not man’s. Man tries to suppress God but he will fail. My dad survived the London blitz, after seeing the horrors of communism take over Russia as a boy. He believed and was an incredibly strong yet gentle man with a giant faith in God. This is so fascinating. Hope. That is only Christian, never atheist. God is love, heaven awaits those who know Him, where there is no more suffering and no more pain! Hell is horror for an eternity. Choose Jesus Christ! SO worth it.🙏🏼❤✝️🕊️😊

[@mccaves11]

God alone brings meaning and clarity to life. He is our inexhaustible source of hope and joy, in the face of all our struggles. Praise Jesus.

[@bendietrees]

Amen! 🎉

[@Whimsicaltalesx]

Yes amen 🙏🏻

[@HappyL4ngs]

Amen 🙏

[@annettekaiser9776]

Thank you for this lovely synopsis of C S Lewis' life and journey. I have accepted JESUS as my LORD and SAVIOUR in 1989 and the LORD gave me a passion for the Souls of people I will post this to Social Media and my family and friends. May the LORD bless you and this video far and above of what we can ask or pray for in JESUS,' NAME I ask. ❤✝️🙏 Amen

[@CM-sz1xe]

Thank you for making this documentary! ❤️

[@dougmoore5252]

A Catholic man who has always loved C.S. Lewis’s many books and have read the majority of what he wrote. He was influential in my return to the Church and to the Lord Jesus. Like Lewis this was a slow process.

[@sylviajimenez3984]

Just study the Bible, it will guide you to the truth.

[@marnatz5]

As a Catholic I can say the Scriptures are amazing! As St. Jerome said, "Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of God." I read Tales of Narnia to our children. Those books kept us all riveted with interest. Have since read many of his other captivating books. He never leaves you disappointed. What a gifted man and author, thanks be to God.

[@ACuriousChild]

@@marnatz5 The IDOL WORSHIP in this comment is truly revealing ... THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE - AMEN HALLELU-YAH!

[@ACuriousChild]

IDOL WORSHIP IS OF THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN!

[@strongwallers]

Are you nuts? How dare you question the Holy Spirit’s work in someone’s life. Being judgemental can keep you out of the Kingdom-be careful.

[@angelaannison860]

thank God for CS Lewis

[@wannabeevangelist8481]

How I love CS Lewis.

[@daviocampi6951]

Thank you for the brief film of the life of C.S. Lewis. I enjoyed your narration, your delivery and tone was edifying and it was evident that the C.S. Lewis story inspired your faith in God. Thank you also for offering your booklet regarding suffering and pain gratis. Only the gospel of Christ brings glorious peace and joy, as well as goodness, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness, patience love and self-control.

[@100chabab5]

CS Lewis خادم كبير ومؤرخ عالمي وانا شخصيا محب جدا لأعماله جدا 🖒🕇🌷🌹❤♱♰🖒🖒🖒

[@matthewstokes1608]

Me too my brother 😎🙏

[@fiddef6414]

I just watched this account of CSLewis’s life. His story and example continues to inspire hope on the journey of life for those who seek and discover Jesus Christ for themselves. Thank you for making this documentary.

[@GodsDogICXC]

Wow, pints with Aquinas at the end!God bless this mini doc.

[@milicadjukich4416]

LOVE HIS STORIES OF NARNIA.

[@mckavitt13]

And he wrote greater works.

[@amelittaberretta9109]

Admiring the work of C.s. Lewis.

[@jimbailey9915]

Acts 2:37-38 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, men and brethren what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them,Repent, and be baptized every one of you jn the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

[@patriciareeves3030]

I love the Chronicles of Narnia. Also The Screwtape Letters and Met Christianity. ❤❤❤.

[@patriciareeves3030]

Make that Mere Christiananity. 😮😮😮

[@Resgerr]

CS Lewis wrote a follow up to the ScrewTape letters called ScrewTape Proposes a Toast

[@srjc17]

Phenomenal! Thank you for doing this documentary!

[@patromney4590]

He was an author of all countries

[@dorasteward3651]

Prayers gone up to the Throne of Grace for your Healing and for God to Soften your daughter'ss Heart All in the Name of Jesus! Hallelujah ✝️🩷

[@randomvintagefilm273]

14:20 - 15:15 Great example of his understanding

[@patriciareeves3030]

There can be no pain like that of one’s child rejecting eternal life , in Christ. ❤❤❤

[@jlmadd]

So you would understand the love God had in losing his son Jesus on the cross for our sins. That’s the reason for pain and suffering

[@ErnestTillman-vz9qz]

Why didn't you mention anything about Participating in Ordinances and making a covenant thru them with God and Christ Jesus: Of course to perform Ordinances you would have to have the Priesthood (either Aaronic or Melchiziedek) to make the Ordinances binding in Heaven.

[@nemoliberestquicorpo]

5:20 "Something existed that was so much greater and more wonderful than anything we normally experience" - so true, I now experience that Something nearly every day in that way

[@imcat-holic10]

I wish to hear those old Broadcasts that C.S.LEWIS did. I just learned a new thing. Thanks for this video.12:10 Time Stamp, in case anyone else is interested in going back.

[@ashleysilva7414]

C. S. Lewis has helped a lot of people over the years. However, it is important to know what he believed. Here is a brief summary. In simple terms, C.S. Lewis was an Anglo-Catholic and though dead, remains a living spokesman for ecumenism - a link to ecclesiastical reunion. The following documented facts regarding his religious beliefs speak for themselves and raise some disturbing questions about his meaning of “Christian.” 1. Lewis believed in a “Christian” purgatory after death. “Death should not deprive people of a second chance…Lewis frankly admitted believing in purgatory. To him it was a place for souls already saved but in need of purifying - purging. Lewis felt that our souls demand purgatory. Who would want to enter heaven foul and dirty? Lewis thought of the dentist’s chair. ‘I hope that when the tooth of life is drawn and I am coming round, a voice will say, ‘Rinse your mouth out with this’ This will be purgatory.’” (Kathryn Lindskoog. C.S. Lewis: Mere Christian, 4th ed. Chicago: Cornerstone Press, 1997, p. 105). 2. Lewis prayed for the dead. “Lewis could never accept the Roman Catholic practice of praying to saints…however, he emphatically believed in praying for the dead. He believed that his prayers could somehow bless them. One must remember that Lewis believed in a temporary purgatory for the blessed dead as a kind of entryway to heaven” (Lindskoog 135 based on Lewis’ Letters to Malcolm, London: Collins p. 15, 107-110). 3. Lewis believed in mystical experiences. “Rational though he was, Lewis thoroughly believed in the mystical experience, a way to go out of this world before death … mystics from all kinds of religions have much the same mystical experience” (Lindskoog, p. 197). 4. Lewis did not believe in the total inerrancy of the Bible. “Although Lewis never doubted the historicity of an account because the account was miraculous, he believed that Jonah’s whale, Noah’s ark, and Job’s boils were probably inspired stories rather than factual history” (Lindskoog, p. 199). 5. Lewis believed that Roman Catholicism is a “Christian” religion. Regarding Mere Christianity, Lewis said: “I tried to guard against this [putting forth his Anglican beliefs] by sending the original script of what is now Book II to four clergymen (Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic) and asking for their criticism. The Methodist thought I had not said enough about Faith, and the Roman Catholic thought I had gone rather too far about the comparative unimportance of theories in explanation of the Atonement. Otherwise all five of us were agreed” (C.S. Lewis. Mere Christianity. New Jersey: Fleming Revell, 1982, p. 11). Continuing this thought, Lewis added that he “did at least succeed in presenting an agreed, or common, or central, or ‘mere’ Christianity” and congratulated himself in having helped to bridge the “chasm” between Protestant denominations and Catholicism: “If I have not directly helped the cause of reunion, I have perhaps made it clear why we ought to be reunited” (Mere Christianity, p. 12). “You will not learn from me whether you ought to become an Anglican, a Methodist, a Presbyterian, or a Roman Catholic. This omission is intentional. There is no mystery about my position…the best service I could do was to explain and defend the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times” (Mere Christianity, p. 6-7). “And, whatever you do, do not start quarrelling with other people because they use a different formula from yours” (Mere Christianity, p. 284-5.) 6. Lewis accepted the Mass as being the same as Christian Communion. “There are three things that spread the Christ life to us: baptism, belief, and that mysterious action which different Christians call by different names - Holy Communion, the Mass, the Lord’s Supper …anyone who professes to teach you Christian doctrine will, in fact, tell you to use all three, and that is enough for our present purpose” (Mere Christianity, p. 108-09). In chapter 19 of his Letters to Malcolm, Lewis suggested that the Roman Catholic conception of the bread and wine becoming the actual body and blood of Christ might be just as valid as the Protestant view of the Lord’s Supper as a memorial. The conclusion? By including a so-called “Christian” purgatory in his beliefs, Lewis immediately destroys the Bible doctrine of the sufficiency of the righteousness of Christ imputed to the sinner’s account in salvation. By including Roman Catholicism under the umbrella of Christianity, and admittedly omitting its doctrines for the sake of unity, Lewis condones the heresies of the Mass, idolatry, Mariolatry, and salvation by works still taught and practised by that institution. These are not “merely” cosmetic differences between denominations as Lewis would have us believe; these make up the great divide between truth and error. According to the Scriptures, salvation by works sends souls to Hell! How can such a life and death truth be casually omitted?

[@strongwallers]

I used to be like you, exacting. Now in my old age I agree with Lewis. Live and let live in Christ. HE finds a way to save. Let Him do His perfect work in each of us.

[@ashleysilva7414]

I'm 72 and have got more "exacting" as I have learned more about Scripture. The Bible doesn't teach "live and let live" and if you don't find issues with Lewis' beliefs as a Christian, I suggest you check your beliefs with the Bible. If you're a Catholic then you won't have issues with his beliefs but if you are a Catholic, then you have bigger issues to deal with as there is no salvation in the Catholic doctrine. That doctrine has sent millions to a Christless eternity. Galatians 1:6-10 comes to mind. 6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. 10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

[@tp1201]

Jesus is the Only way to God! He is the Way, the Truth and the Life!

[@ivorfaulkner4768]

Can any reader( and believer) tell me why Lewis never became Catholic?. Great introduction to C.S.Lewis’s life.Thank you.

[@dooglitas]

I don't believe he ever wrote about that. I suppose he never became Catholic because he saw no good reason to do so.

[@marciamcgrail5889]

bc he knew the reality of Christ does not require a mega rich human mediator, does not require any other document than the Bible, does not require plaster cast iconography or scraps of human corpses in boxes to worship God in spirit and in truth, does not require a plaster Jesus to be eternally nailed to a cross (Jesus is alive!), does demand that we love each other, even our enemies and 'follow Jesus more nearly, love Him more dearly & see Him more clearly, day by day' (Richard of Chichester)

[@sanjivjhangiani3243]

You might want to look for Christopher Derrick's book, "C.S. Lewis and the Church of Rome. " Derrick was a Catholic friend of Lewis. I found his perspective interesting.

[@ivorfaulkner4768]

@@sanjivjhangiani3243 Yes,Sanjiv, I knew about a book I’d come across in Veritas(Christian Bookstore here in Dublin,Ireland) but never unfortunately bought it then, Bless you for mentioning Christopher Derrick’s book.I am in fact reading once more some C.S.Lewis, a voice of sanity in our chaotic world.Thank you.

[@mckavitt13]

He chose the predominant religion of England: the Church of England, the Anglican Church.

[@A-servant-of-the-Lord]

Thank you very much. May God bless you immensely!