When C. S. Lewis gave his famous “De Descriptione Temporum” speech at Cambridge University, he described himself as a “dinosaur” partly because his education had been of the older type, where it was expected that a youth read the classics in the original Greek or Latin.  Though he went on to teach Philosophy and English […]

When we as believers speak of spiritual formation, we are, of course, talking about our sanctification, viz., how we are transformed by God’s grace from sinners to saints in the totality of our lives. This transformation of necessity includes an ongoing repentance from all that is still presently sinful about us. While repentance is a […]

Frontispiece to The Antiquary by Walter Scott, 1893, Public Domain I have for some time wanted to write a blog post on a quaint and encouraging passage in one of Lewis’s letters about the way he read books – in particular, non-fiction.  One might be disappointed with my timing, as I post this in the […]

Douglas Wilson has been writing about Reformed theology for decades. He is such a prolific writer that one person quipped that he had “no unpublished thoughts.” As Wilson continues to demonstrate his love of writing, he readily acknowledges that he has owed much to C. S. Lewis. He has also commented on Lewis through the […]

Earlier this week – on the morning of the 7th – our beloved Walter Hooper went home to his reward. What a reward, surely, he is going to have! If anything, Walter was a hard-working man who diligently did all he could to ensure that the works of C. S. Lewis would not be lost […]