C.S. LEWIS
JOHN PIPER
C.S. Lewis has been one of the favorite darlings of liberal new evangelicals and the "neo-reformed", such as John Piper, who is so enthralled with Lewis that he dedicates an entire conference to Lewis and in addition offers an e-book "Alive to Wonder:Celebrating the Influence of C.S. Lewis", http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/new-ebook-piper-celebrates-the-influence-of-lewis.
Piper gushes with effusive undiscerning admiration for Lewis at:
http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/are-we-fascinated-with-lewis-s-fame-or-his-influence. Excerpt:
"C.S. Lewis’s profound influence on so many people was not owing to his aberrations from evangelical doctrine. Aberrations there were. But that was not the spring of his influence. It was in spite of that. So the quest to understand the depth and extent of his influence promises riches even for those of us who prize the doctrines where he was weakest." "Some people are influential because they attract attention with their avant-garde, unorthodox views. C.S. Lewis boasted of being an “intellectual dinosaur,” not avant-garde."
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However, consider the less than Christian aspects of Lewis as described at these links:
Gary Gilley from Southern View Chapel:
David Cloud of Way of Life:
http://www.wayoflife.org/database/cslewis.html, with excerpts:
"Was C.S. Lewis a strong Bible believer? By no means, as even Christianity Today admits. “Clive Staples Lewis was anything but a classic evangelical, socially or theologically. He smoked cigarettes and a pipe, and he regularly visited pubs to drink beer with friends. Though he shared basic Christian beliefs with evangelicals, he didn’t subscribe to biblical inerrancy or penal substitution. He believed in purgatory and baptismal regeneration” (“C.S. Lewis Superstar,”Christianity Today, Dec. 2005)." "Lewis believed in prayers for the dead." "Lewis lived for 30 years with Janie Moore, a woman 25 years his senior to whom he was not married. The relationship with the married woman began when Lewis was still a student at Oxford. Moore was separated from her husband. Lewis confessed to his brother Arthur that he was in love with Mrs. Moore, the mother of one of his friends who was killed in World War I. The relationship was definitely sexual in nature." "Lewis never gave up his unholy fascination with paganism." "Lewis claimed that followers of pagan religions can be saved without personal faith in Jesus Christ." "As for faith in the blood of Christ, Lewis said that it is not an essential part of Christianity."
From the same article: WHY IS LEWIS SO POPULAR WITH EVANGELICALS TODAY? THE REASONS:
1) NEW EVANGELICALS LOVE C.S. LEWIS BECAUSE THEY ARE CHARACTERIZED BY A PRIDE OF INTELLECT AND LEWIS WAS DEFINITELY AN INTELLECTUAL.
2) NEW EVANGELICALS LOVE C.S. LEWIS BECAUSE OF HIS ECUMENICAL THINKING AND HIS REFUSAL TO PRACTICE SEPARATION.
3) NEW EVANGELICALS LOVE C.S. LEWIS BECAUSE OF THEIR SHARED FASCINATION FOR OR AND SYMPATHY WITH ROME.
Safeguard Your Soul: http://safeguardyoursoul.com/cs-lewis-fraud-false-teacher/.
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