C.S. Lewis demanded that a person should not believe in Christianity before being convinced of its truthfulness. He once described himself by saying “I am an empirical Christian, I came to Christ through induction.”
Appeal to Imagination
But Lewis was not all argument, logic, and evidences. Another side of Lewis the apologist exists – the imaginative Lewis – which sets him apart in the genre of apologetics. Lewis believed that while apologists might reach people through argument, Christianity can also be conveyed imaginatively. He contended that our great need is not “more little books on Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects – with their Christianity latent.” If the writer presents a story with Christianity providing its underlying meaning instead of relativism, hedonism, and materialism as its primary interpretive framework, the reader would be challenged to think of all things differently. In fact, said Lewis, “The first step to the re-conversion of this country is a series, produced by Christians, which can beat the Penguin and the Thinkers Library on their own ground. Its Christianity would have to be latent, not explicit ...”
More on the creator of Narnia. Here is a history of Narnia. Narnia story as evangelistic resource.
More on Narnia from David Tan, Justin, Colson, BK and Leon
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Which role will we play in God's script? Or Narnia's script? :)
Tim challies said "Dun leave the cinema until the lites come on cos there's an important scene after the credits are shown... Hmm...