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C.S. Lewis on Scripture. God’s Word in Human Words. Part 2 of 2

September 5, 2013 by David Williams 11 Comments

C.S. Lewis' desk and chair

In my last post I highlighted C.S. Lewis's take on what it means to approach the Bible humbly: namely, we should first ask honestly and with an open mind,  What sort of book  has God actually given us and  how  has He given it? When we do that, we find that God has given us a Book not at all like what we might have expected if we had formulated a doctrine of Scripture  a priori. Instead He has given us something else entirely, something far more extraordinary: The same divine humility which decreed that God should … [Read more...] about C.S. Lewis on Scripture. God’s Word in Human Words. Part 2 of 2

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: C. S. Lewis, Inspiration and Incarnation, Marion E. Wade Center, peter enns, Psalms, Reflections on the Psalms, sacrament, Scripture, the Word

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