The Highway Forums General Discussion Theology Discussion Forum C.S. Lewis Article of the Month

I read with interest the Article of the Month about C.S. Lewis. According to the author, John Robbins, if Mr. Lewis believed what he wrote in his books he was not a Christian. My question is why do so many Reformed pastors quote him favorably? Are they simply taking a quote of his to make a point of theirs or are they ignorant of the totality of his writings?

Perhaps both? And, perhaps worse?

A quotation can easily be construed as an endorsement. I'd rather not risk that. I've seen the chaos that can result. Any point I truly wish to make can be made by quoting Scripture and/or authors whose teachings were generally biblical. If I felt a need in the past to quote folks like Lewis or Tozer or Wesley or Aquinas or whatnot, I would first offer a disclaimer to the effect that I could not agree with the thrust of these men's overall teaching, even if sometimes they did have good things to say. But even that disclaimer tended to create more problems than it solved. So from now on I quote only people whose teaching I generally consider biblically sound.