Knowing & Doing

Dr. Gerald McDermott gives us a thorough and very helpful overview of Islam, the second biggest religion in the world. Read the full article from the CS Lewis Institute here . Recommended Reading: Nabeel Qureshi,  Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity  (Zondervan, 2014). Purchase on Amazon .

Dr. Gerald R. McDermott offers an insightful overview of the history, beliefs, and various schools of Buddhism. He helps Christian better understand their Buddhist neighbors and summarizes key similarities and differences between Buddhism and Christianity. Read the full article here. Recommended Reading: Tangible: Making God Known Through Deeds of Mercy and Words of Truth by Chris Sicks. NavPress,...

Turning Conversations about C.S. Lewis to the Topic He Loved Most If you’ve ever told someone that you’ve read something by C.S. Lewis or like his writing or have seen one of the Narnia movies, you may have found that many people have a positive view of him. In this article, Randy Newman identifies ways we can transition conversations about C.S. Lewis to conversations about Jesus Christ. Read the...

We live in a culture that would have us believe that the way to happiness is to gain more—more money, more things, more pleasure. In this excerpt from his book Abundant: Experiencing the Incredible Journey of Generosity, Todd Harper explores what the Bible has to say about money, and how to experience the abundance God wants for us. Read more about the Joy of Generosity . Recommended Reading: Todd...

According to Gregory Ganssle, the Christian story makes sense of our deepest longings. That is, the story that Christianity sets forth fits well with the things we value most and with the kinds of people we want to be. In this article, he develops one aspect of this fittingness, the centrality of relationships to our well-being. . .  Read the full article. Recommended Reading: Gregory E. Ganssle,...

Dorothy L. Sayers, author of sixteen novels, ten plays, six translations, and twenty-four works of non-fiction, was an accomplished writer in multiple genres. In this article, Lindsey Scholl notes that Sayers had a hard-hitting, humorous, competent style, and argues that reading her would benefit many Christians today, particularly those inclined to use their faith as a cover for sloppy thinking....

In this episode, Tom Tarrants presents a case study, from the Bible, of a group of ambitious men who sought human greatness long ago and how they discovered kingdom greatness. According to Tarrants, their experience has lessons for us today. Read the full article here . Recommended Reading: Jerry Bridges,  The Blessing of Humility  (NavPress, 2016). Click here to order on Christian Book Distributo...

What Is Character? Character assumes that our actions are not isolated from each other. Character is a pattern of choices flowing out of a person—a pattern of virtues or vices.  In Part 2 of “Character” Dr. Lindsley explores how to cultivate character.

It is wise, before entering into a long-term relationship, to consider the other person’s character. This is especially true in friendship, marriage, business partnership, etc. Love in a relationship is only safe when there is character present. Art Lindsley explores the ongoing crisis of character, the importance of character, and the way of character. He helps us find a solid foundation for char...

Tom Tarrants shares his dramatic story of coming to saving faith out of a life of prejudice, hatred, and self-righteousness. In fact, those adjectives don’t paint the picture as bad as it really was!  Tom’s story is inspiring as well as challenging. And it illustrates just how powerful and transformational the gospel can be. Show Notes: Full Article:  https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/Is_Spiritual_...

Lynne Kohm asks, “How does your sexuality affect your witness as a Christian?” In this article, she argues that living and communicating a genuinely biblical view of sexuality is a most powerful apologetic today. Show Notes: To read the article: please visit: https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/Sexuality_as_an_Apologetic Todd A. Wilson,  Mere Sexuality: Rediscovering the Christian Vision of Sexuality...

According to William Fullilove, one of the joys of the past twenty years has been seeing a renewed emphasis on the doctrine of vocation in many Protestant churches—the understanding that God is pleased when each man and woman pursues his or her calling, whether that is to religious or “secular” work. He argues, however, that this has led to some unintended consequences. In this article, Fullilove...

Andy Bannister challenges the prevailing naturalistic worldview around us that insists that people are merely animals. The wide gap between our Biblical perspective – that people are unique, eternally valuable, and created in the image of God – and the dehumanizing trends in our world today are shown to be as dramatic as can be. Show Notes: Dignity and Destiny: Humanity in the Image of God by John...

Dan Osborn dares to wonder why some prominent Christians don’t persevere. As painful as the topic is, he rightly warns us not to ignore it. He also shares biblical insights as to how we can avoid the same tragic mistakes.

Jana Harmon interviewed fifty former atheists who had come to saving faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior. She tells us what she learned in the process, both from what her conversation partners said and how they told their remarkable stories. Full Article URL: https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/Surprised_by_God_Reaching_the_Resistant

Childlike faith is relevant not only to mature believers in their walk with the Lord, but also in the workplace, especially in terms of how we lead, interact with others, and make decisions.   Show Notes: To read the full article  https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/The_Importance_of_Childlike_Faith_in_the_Workplace

In this last of his series of four articles written to help people read God’s Word with profit, Bill Kynes considers the questions: What can we expect the Bible to do for us? What is it for? He explains that the end or goal of the wisdom the Bible gives us is our “salvation” and offers practical advice for how to read the Bible with this in mind. READ : https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/How_to_Read...

Bill Kynes continues his series on how to read the Bible by zeroing in on the task of interpretation. He rightly reminds us that Jesus is the center of all of Scripture and any effort to interpret a part of the Bible without remembering that bigger picture is doomed to failure.

So you want to read the Bible, but you’re not sure how to do it well. What does it really mean? How is the Bible understood?” As  Bill Kynes addresses these questions in this article, he emphasizes that “[t]o read the Bible rightly, one must submit to the Master, who alone holds the key to meaning. Jesus Christ and His gospel must guide our understanding of the Bible, even as our reading of the Bi...

Bill Kynes begins a four part series that considers how to read, study, and meditate on the Bible. He begins with a reminder that the Bible’s overall storyline must be the context in which we examine any specific passage.     Show Notes: To read the full article click here:   https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/How_to_Read_the_Bible_Part1   Recommended Reading: Trent Hunter and Stephen Wellum,  Chris...

Randy Newman shares an excerpt from his recent book Unlikely Converts: Improbable Stories of Faith and What They Teach Us About Evangelism that emphasizes the many ways Scripture talks about the Gospel. It’s not just about forgiveness (although that certainly is central and non-negotiable).   Show Notes:   To read the article: https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/A_Multifaceted_Gospel_for_Multifaceted...

In this article, Corey Latta addresses how C.S. Lewis wrote about emotion, and shares about what Lewis’s books have meant to him in his life.

Two themes that surface in Augustine’s sermons that may be helpful for our discipleship: understanding (1) salvation as primarily a process, a pilgrimage that is completed only in the future at our final destination, heaven, and (2) future rewards as a motivating factor for present godliness. Show notes:  To read the article go to https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/Augustine_on_Heaven_and_Rewards_pa...

The metaphor of birth provides a helpful way of understanding fuller implications of what it means to know God and to grow in that relationship. Just as a human being is physically born into the world and moves through a developmental cycle from infant to child to adolescent to adult, so a child of God is born spiritually and is called to move through a similar developmental cycle.  To read the fu...

Lewis believed that a vigorous supernaturalism was essential to understanding Christianity. Central to Lewis’s supernaturalism was an unapologetic belief in heaven and hell. In this article, Eyre discusses heaven and hell in the writings of C.S Lewis.   Show notes: For a printed copy of this article go to https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/CS_Lewis_on_Heaven_and_Hell_FullArticle Recommended Reading:...