{"id":680,"date":"2010-08-10T06:28:51","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T06:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2010\/08\/is-cs-lewis-an-irrelevant-apologist.html"},"modified":"2010-08-10T06:28:51","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T06:28:51","slug":"is-cs-lewis-an-irrelevant-apologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2010\/08\/is-cs-lewis-an-irrelevant-apologist.html","title":{"rendered":"Is C.S. Lewis an Irrelevant Apologist?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A short post today as I am out the door very early on a trip. I just wanted to make some quick observations and comments and suggestions:<\/p>\n<p>1. The posts <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2010\/07\/whats-wrong-with-christians.html\">criticizing Christianity<\/a> and have drawn nearly 10 times the comments and a lot more traffic than the ones <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2010\/08\/whats-so-great-about-christianity.html\">praising it<\/a>. Same with the response to <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2010\/08\/is-the-bible-really-the-word-of-god_comments.html\">Frank Schaeffer<\/a> about the Bible not being the true word of God. <b>Not surprised, but interested in why you think this is the case? Does this prove Anne Rice&#8217;s point about Christians being <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2010\/08\/i-quit-christianity-too.html\">disputatious<\/a>?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>2. Do you think C.S. Lewis is a good apologist? Millions have read <i>Mere Christianity<\/i> and his other books which articulate the argument for faith. Yet, I am challenged by <b><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2010\/08\/whats-so-great-about-christianity_comments.html\">one reader<\/a><\/b>, &#8220;clasqm&#8221; that Lewis&#8217; apologetic falls short. Can Jesus just be a great moral teacher and, at the same time, make the claims to divinity that he did? Lewis says no, clasqm says yes. <b>Is Lewis&#8217; &#8220;Lord, Liar, or Lunatic&#8221; apologetic relevant in a post-modern dialogue?&nbsp; Comments please.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>3. This past weekend I spoke at Woodmen Valley Chapel for the first in their mini-series &#8220;AWAKEN.&#8221; <b>You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodmenvalley.org\/interact\">listen<\/a> to that sermon on their Web site, and soon they will have the video up as well.<\/b> Much of what I talk about is relevant to where we are going with &#8220;What&#8217;s Great About Christianity.&#8221; Check it out.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m off to the plane.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A short post today as I am out the door very early on a trip. I just wanted to make some quick observations and comments and suggestions: 1. The posts criticizing Christianity and have drawn nearly 10 times the comments and a lot more traffic than the ones praising it. 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