Hi
Recently I had reason (which I will not mention here), to think about CS Lewis's book 'Mere Christianity'.
Some Reformed Christians have recommended this book for apologetic purposes. I for one can not recommend the book because of some of his bad theology. Other than a few famous quotes from the book, which I believe are very good; it doesn’t make up for bad theology.
Knowing this topic had been discussed before on the Highway, I looked up the thread again. However, unless I missed it, although it was not recommended, it did not say why.
For that reason I googled “’Mere Christianity’ a Reformed review”; what I found, even though I don’t know very much about the reviewer, explained quite well and I might add fairly, his serious concerns about the book. I will say, however that the reviewer said it was a good book in which he benefited from. I got the feeling that the reviewer really wanted to endorse the book, because it was well written.
Personally, I think if it is true that it is well written, yet has bad theology, it makes it even more dangerous; especially the nature of the bad theology.
I thought because of the influence of this book, others might like to read the review.
http://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/kevindeyoung/2011/01/28/cautions-for-mere-christianity/Tom
