C. S. Lewis remembered

News of our man in U.S. national news recently. It's TV so just a
short scribble. Still, it was nice to see.
Blessings,
Ann

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Parting Thoughts: 40 Years Since the Death of C.S. Lewis
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Monday, November 24, 2003
By Tony Snow
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Very few people took immediate notice of a great man's death on
November 22, 1963. Even so, C.S. Lewis (search) almost certainly will
leave a larger legacy than John F. Kennedy (search), who died the same
day, or Aldous Huxley (search), who also died on November 22.


Lewis was a literary scholar who set out on a painstaking, lifelong
trek from agnosticism (search ) to Christianity. He conducted himself
like a curious tourist, looking carefully and curiously at the world
around him, at the good, the bad, the seamy, the saintly, the noble
and, of course, the despicable.

He asked simply questions, such as, "Where does moral truth come from
if not from God?" and "Jesus was either a liar, a lunatic or the lord.
Which is it?"

He wrote with thrilling clarity, as if tracing his words with a razor
rather than a pen.

And he was brutally honest. He refused to evade tough questions or
concoct easy excuses, as many churchmen do these days, and became
arguably the most effective Christian writer of the 20th century
because he wrote as a seeker, not a preacher.

He figured we're all sinners and the best among us isn't a whole lot
better than the worst. But he did perform one great service. He
taught others how to search for the truth. He didn't take anybody to
Camelot, but he may have led a few souls closer to salvation. Not
bad.

That's it for today. Have a great week, and remember to start your
Sundays right here on Fox News Sunday.



















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