Because of the assassination of President Kennedy, November 22, 1963 is a day in history that has gone down as one of those “I know exactly where I was and what I was doing and thinking ” days, like 9-11 is to this generation and December 7, 1941 to the previous generation. Today marks the 50th anniversary of that fateful day in Dallas. Television transmitted the nightmare instantly to hundreds of millions. I was only 4 years old.
But the events of the day overshadowed the deaths another great man – CS Lewis. CS Lewis, was a British man of extreme intellect, an Oxford graduate, and a veteran of World War One . He had been an atheist until sometime after the war, when he was “Dragged kicking and screaming into faith”, as “the most reluctant convert ever”.
His lectures on air would eventually be published as books, such as Mere Christianity, The Great Divorce, The Abolition of Man, and Surprised by Joy. These are considered classics of apologetics.
Lewis’s children’s novels have also become classics, such as his Chronicles of Narnia series enjoyed by millions. The Christian allegory of Narnia have convinced millions of the claims of the christian faith.
On this day that we remember JFK, I just want you to think of the brilliance of one of the greatest Christian minds of the 20th century. Below is just a few of the quotes by the great Christian thinker.
If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man.
If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.
The safest road to Hell is the gradual one — the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, “Thy will be done,” and those to whom God says, in the end, “Thy will be done.” All that are in Hell chose it.
There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.