Tag Archives: Miracles

Review of “C.S. Lewis and the Christian Worldview” by Michael L. Peterson

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

Note: This is a longer and more conversational version of a review that was published this week in Literature and Theology, which you can find here (free, open access). For those of you who would like a short, tight review, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged A Preface to Paradise Lost, apologetics, C.S. Lewis, Chronicles of Narnia, English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Intelligent Design, Mere Christianity, Michael L. Peterson, Miracles, The Allegory of Love, The Great Divorce, The Problem of Pain, theodicy | 9 Comments

The Grand Miracle, Or Easter in Everyday Life with C.S. Lewis (75th Anniversary)

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Brenton Dickieson

On this Holy week near the close of WWII, C.S. Lewis preached a sermon called “The Grand Miracle” at St. Jude on the Hill Church in London. The talk was published two weeks later in The Guardian–following the last episode … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Christmas, dive, Easter, Galatians 2:20, Miracles, self-death, spiritual theology, St. Jude on the Hill, surrender, The Grand Miracle, The Great Divorce, The Guardian, theology | 10 Comments

Help Me Find the Accusation of Misogyny in the TIME Article on C.S. Lewis, Don v. Devil

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Two recent references have created a bit of a puzzle for me which I hope you can perhaps make clear for me. Both in Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen’s A Sword Between the Sexes: C.S. Lewis and the Gender Debates and the edited volume … Continue reading →

Posted in Memorable Quotes, Original Research | Tagged C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, Dorothy L. Sayers, feminism, George MacDonald, Miracles, Phantastes, sexism, T.S. Eliot, The Pilgrim's Regress, Time Magazine, W.H. Auden | 63 Comments

A Miraculous Find: C.S. Lewis First Editions

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

Well, admittedly, that’s an overly dramatic title. But my son is turning fourteen and I have been working on Dad jokes, and bad puns fall well with that range (as this one will). And I can’t leave out cool forty-something … Continue reading →

Posted in News & Links | Tagged A Preface to Paradise Lost, book collecting, books, C.S. Lewis, English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Miracles, Spenser's Images of Life, Surprised by Joy, The Great Divorce, The Problem of Pain, The Screwtape Letters, WWII | 30 Comments

The Grand Miracle, Or Easter in Everyday Life

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Brenton Dickieson

The Secret C.S. Lewis Giveaway by Damon Moore

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Brenton Dickieson

Motivational blogger Damon Moore is having a C.S. Lewis Giveaway. This includes: Mere Christianity The Screwtape Letters The Great Divorce The Problem of Pain Miracles A Grief Observed The Abolition of Man The Four Loves Some digital resources including Spirits in … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Friday, News & Links | Tagged A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis, Damon Moore, George MacDonald, Mere Christianity, Miracles, Spirits in Bondage, The Abolition of Man, The Four Loves, The Great Divorce, The Problem of Pain, The Screwtape Letters | 2 Comments

“Locking Horns With C.S. Lewis” by Antony Flew

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

In There is a God (2007), Antony Flew tells the story of his philosophical conversion from atheism to deism, and finally to theism. Flew became famous as an atheist with this little paper, “Theology and Falsification” (1950), where he argued that … Continue reading →

Posted in Lewis Biography, Memorable Quotes | Tagged Antony Flew, apologetics, atheism, autoenthnography, biography, controversy, Elizabeth Anscombe, Miracles, Oxford, philosophy, Socrates, Socratic Club, Spiritual Autobiography, theology, There is a god | 6 Comments

The Grand Miracle, Or Easter in Everyday Life (70th Anniversary)

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

On this week 70 years ago, C.S. Lewis preached a sermon called “The Grand Miracle” at St. Jude on the Hill Church in London. The talk was published two weeks later in The Guardian–following the last episode of The Great Divorce … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged Christmas, dive, Easter, Galatians 2:20, Χριστὸς ἀνέστη, Miracles, self-death, spiritual theology, St. Jude on the Hill, surrender, The Grand Miracle, The Guardian, theology | 12 Comments

Till We Have Confusing Book Titles: Guest Post by William O’Flaherty

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

William O’Flaherty is like a digital C.S. Lewis handshake. He is a technological rainmaker, drawing together Lewis resources through his various posts, blogs, podcasts, interviews, and news items at Essential C.S. Lewis, a feature site of the Middle Earth Network. … Continue reading →

Posted in Reflections | Tagged C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock, Mere Christianity, Miracles, publishing, That Hideous Strength, Walter Hooper, Weight of Glory, William O'Flaherty, writing | 17 Comments

Is There More Than There Is? The Question Before All Answers

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

This article is the first in a three-part series on the question of whether or not there is more to this universe than what we can observe. The first installment asks the question, the second shows C.S. Lewis’ controversial answer … Continue reading →