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C.S. Lewis On Meditating On God’s Word
C.S. Lewis’s conversion story goes from atheism to theism and then, two years later, belief in Christ. His views on God, Christ, and the Bible changed as he grew. He initially, even after coming to Christ, had a suspicion about the inspiration of Scripture, but came to be a strong advocate of its authority. He came to believe that Scripture had the final word to say in controversial issues. For instance, when a woman came to him and said that some clergymen had encouraged her to deny the virgin birth, he urged her to not “collect the opinions of individual clergymen . . . but read Matthew and Luke I and II.” On another occasion, he was writing a friend who cited Pascal as an authority on some theological matters. Lewis replied, “Yes, Pascal does contradict several passages in Scripture and must be wrong.”...
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Arthur W. Lindsley
Senior Fellow for Apologetics, CSLI Arthur W. Lindsley is the Vice President of Theological Initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Works, & Economics. He has served at the C.S. Lewis Institute since 1987 both as President until 1998 and currently as Senior Fellows for Apologetics. Formerly, he was director of Educational Ministries at the Ligonier Valley Study Center, and Staff Specialist with the Coalition for Christian Outreach. He is the author of C.S. Lewis's Case for Christ, True Truth, Love: The Ultimate Apologetic, and co-author with R.C. Sproul and John Gerstner of Classical Apologetics, and has written numerous articles on theology, apologetics, C.S. Lewis, and the lives and works of many other authors and teachers. Art earned his M.Div. from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Pittsburgh.![](https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/BUTTON-Explore-Resources-v2-151-x-615-300x74.png)
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Arthur W. Lindsley
Senior Fellow for Apologetics, CSLIArthur W. Lindsley is the Vice President of Theological Initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Works, & Economics. He has served at the C.S. Lewis Institute since 1987 both as President until 1998 and currently as Senior Fellows for Apologetics. Formerly, he was director of Educational Ministries at the Ligonier Valley Study Center, and Staff Specialist with the Coalition for Christian Outreach. He is the author of C.S. Lewis's Case for Christ, True Truth, Love: The Ultimate Apologetic, and co-author with R.C. Sproul and John Gerstner of Classical Apologetics, and has written numerous articles on theology, apologetics, C.S. Lewis, and the lives and works of many other authors and teachers. Art earned his M.Div. from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Pittsburgh.![](https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/BUTTON-Explore-Resources-v2-151-x-615-300x74.png)