The Author
The author, C. S. Lewis, gives an account of the Christian belief. Before writing this book he had used materials for an informal radio broadcast. The book is broken up into several chapters that are very detailed so that you understand each and every point Lewis is trying to make. Lewis starts this book with talking about the law of human nature. This talks about how humans behave in a certain way, and cannot figure out why. They know there is a right and wrong and they use this to their advantage. He talks about proving people really did know about the law of nature or they wouldn't know they were doing right or wrong. He discusses the "Moral Law" which he feels tells us the tune we have to play and that our instincts are merely the keys. This moral law isn't any one instinct to do right or wrong but rather directs these instincts. In the early chapters it discusses the materialist view, which is the view that matter and space just happen to exist and always have existed, yet no one knows why. Then you have the religious view, which believes the universe is more like a mind than it is like anything else we know. Of course, Christians believe in the religious view and know that mind to be God in the third dimen
One strength of the book was how well Lewis supported his points. He would state a point, explain and then use a story to make his readers understand how this fits into their lives. I have heard love thy neighbor several hundred times in my life, but now I have an entirely different feeling of this statement. I did not understand the way in which I should separate ones actions from their being. It's not as hard for me to forgive an action as the entire person's makeup. Throughout the book I was convinced that Lewis is a Christian and believes in his faith whole-heartedly. He stresses the need for God and for one to understand how God affects each one of us. I was particularly gracious in the way he explained the three dimensions of God: the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. His analogy of lines, boxes and dimensions helped me to see something I've always believed. ou will find all those negatives, but look for Christ and you will find him and all his wonderful offerings. I think Lewis had a hard life, especially in war times, and that he found comfort with God. I think that this book is almost like a testimonial with such a passion. I don't know if reading this book will make me a better person, even though I hope so, but I feel that I am closer in my understanding in certain areas with God. I feel like I have been given a different way to look at God's teachings and I feel I can grow more in my own personal faith. I cannot believe that this book was first on a radio program. I had to read several statements two and three times just to grasp the concept. I would have never been able to keep up if this was a radio show. It seems to me that the depth of this information is not "radio friendly."
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Approximate Pages = 10 (250 words per page double spaced)
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