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  • C.S. Lewis’ 5 Writing Tips to a Child

    C.S. Lewis’ 5 Writing Tips to a Child0

    In the eyes of many, some of C.S. Lewis’ greatest works are those he wrote for children, namely, The Chronicles of Narnia. Perhaps it’s not surprising then to hear that Lewis received a number of fan letters from the children who read them. In 1956, C.S. Lewis responded to a letter from a little girl

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  • C.S. Lewis’ ‘Lost’ Parable on the Meaning of Christmas

    C.S. Lewis’ ‘Lost’ Parable on the Meaning of Christmas1

    C.S. Lewis was famous for taking ordinary topics, injecting them with an unexpected twist of thought, and presenting them in a fanciful way for his readers. His thoughts on Christmas are no exception. In 1954, Lewis sat down to write an essay entitled Xmas and Christmas: A Lost Chapter from Herodotus. The essay described the

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  • C.S. Lewis: High Schools Should Focus on the Basics

    C.S. Lewis: High Schools Should Focus on the Basics0

    High schools in America today typically offer students a plethora of classes in math, science, literature, social studies, the arts, foreign languages, and specialized electives. But in the history of Western education, that’s a fairly recent development. From ancient times up until the 18th century, after attending a primary school, students would usually move on

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  • C.S. Lewis: 3 Reasons Why Students Should Read Old Books

    C.S. Lewis: 3 Reasons Why Students Should Read Old Books1

    In the last couple years, I’ve written a handful of posts on how the school reading lists of today compare with those of a hundred years ago. While there are often many differences between current and past reading lists, one of the most glaring is that modern lists are heavily weighted with recently written titles.

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  • C.S. Lewis Sounded the Alarm on the Dangers of Progressivism

    C.S. Lewis Sounded the Alarm on the Dangers of Progressivism0

    C.S. Lewis: World-renowned author, philosopher, theologian. Christian apologist. Mere mention of his name fills our minds with images of faith-based allegory, of lions, witches, and wardrobes, of rational defenses of the Christian faith. But political commentator and staunch opponent of progressive ideals? That’s not what we think of when we think of C.S. Lewis. And

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  • C.S. Lewis Predicted Our Doom

    C.S. Lewis Predicted Our Doom1

    Whose dystopia are we living in today? With Donald Trump as president and the world seemingly ablaze, answering that question can sometimes feel like gambling on a horse race. So bet big on George Orwell, as China’s terrifying social credit system makes his Nineteen Eighty-Four freshly relevant. Though the odds are still good on Aldous Huxley, whose Brave

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