Comments on: C.S. Lewis on the Importance of Theology http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2005/cs-lewis-on-the-importance-of-theology/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:21:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sara http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2005/cs-lewis-on-the-importance-of-theology/comment-page-1/#comment-2561 Sara Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:40:26 +0000 http://www.siolon.com/lama/?p=142#comment-2561 Hi Aaron, I am writing a research paper on the topic of Calvinism, Arminianism, and where C.S. Lewis falls when considering those 2 categories (I personally believe he's a little of both, and that is exactly the point I'm trying to prove...i.e. one can be a mixture of both and still have sound theology). Could you please cite for me where you found the statement Lewis made when he said he was a Calvinist with regard to himself and an Arminian with others??? I would gladly appreciate it. I have looked everywhere for the source on that one. Thanks so much and God bless. =o) His, Sara Hi Aaron,
I am writing a research paper on the topic of Calvinism, Arminianism, and where C.S. Lewis falls when considering those 2 categories (I personally believe he’s a little of both, and that is exactly the point I’m trying to prove…i.e. one can be a mixture of both and still have sound theology). Could you please cite for me where you found the statement Lewis made when he said he was a Calvinist with regard to himself and an Arminian with others??? I would gladly appreciate it. I have looked everywhere for the source on that one. Thanks so much and God bless. =o)
His,
Sara

]]> By: Simon http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2005/cs-lewis-on-the-importance-of-theology/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Simon Thu, 04 Aug 2005 04:46:26 +0000 http://www.siolon.com/lama/?p=142#comment-426 Chris, that's a good quote from Frame. I'll have to share it with my roommate. :) I actually checked out the book from the library recently and I have it sitting right in front of me now. :) Chris, that’s a good quote from Frame. I’ll have to share it with my roommate. :) I actually checked out the book from the library recently and I have it sitting right in front of me now. :)

]]> By: Aaron Shafovaloff http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2005/cs-lewis-on-the-importance-of-theology/comment-page-1/#comment-425 Aaron Shafovaloff Thu, 04 Aug 2005 02:05:04 +0000 http://www.siolon.com/lama/?p=142#comment-425 Sorry, I shouldn't have even poked :] Sorry, I shouldn’t have even poked :]

]]> By: Chris http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2005/cs-lewis-on-the-importance-of-theology/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Chris Thu, 04 Aug 2005 02:04:33 +0000 http://www.siolon.com/lama/?p=142#comment-424 I can't imagine any rational believer denying there is any truth outside of the Bible. Now yes, I'm all about "Sola Scriptura" in regards to Scripture being the final and authoritative grid that we run all we know through; but to deny any truth outside would be like denying God's general revelation (Romans 1). Why then should we bother with apologetics, and all of missiology would be in deep trouble if they couldn't reach the small amount of truth inside other cultures, religions, and ideologies (especially for redemptive analogies). John Frame, a Reformed theologian and apologist says in his work <em>Apologetics to the Glory of God</em>: <blockquote>"Sola Scriptura, after all, does not require the exclusion of all extrabiblical data, even from theology. It simply requires that in theology and in all other disciplines, the highest authority, the supreme standard, be Scripture and Scripture alone." <strong>John Frame</strong>, <em>Apolgetics to the Glory of God</em> (pg. 18, he goes on for several pages justifying using extrabilical data in showing truth while not compromising the supreme authority of Scripture)</blockquote> I can’t imagine any rational believer denying there is any truth outside of the Bible. Now yes, I’m all about “Sola Scriptura” in regards to Scripture being the final and authoritative grid that we run all we know through; but to deny any truth outside would be like denying God’s general revelation (Romans 1). Why then should we bother with apologetics, and all of missiology would be in deep trouble if they couldn’t reach the small amount of truth inside other cultures, religions, and ideologies (especially for redemptive analogies).

John Frame, a Reformed theologian and apologist says in his work Apologetics to the Glory of God:

“Sola Scriptura, after all, does not require the exclusion of all extrabiblical data, even from theology. It simply requires that in theology and in all other disciplines, the highest authority, the supreme standard, be Scripture and Scripture alone.“
John Frame, Apolgetics to the Glory of God (pg. 18, he goes on for several pages justifying using extrabilical data in showing truth while not compromising the supreme authority of Scripture)

]]> By: Simon http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2005/cs-lewis-on-the-importance-of-theology/comment-page-1/#comment-422 Simon Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:40:25 +0000 http://www.siolon.com/lama/?p=142#comment-422 Aaron, actually that isn't <i>exactly</i> what he said .. but I get the jist of it. And if I understand him correctly, I think I'd agree with the spirit of what he meant. But no, I'd never say I was a Calvinist in any way. haha :) I would say, along with Lewis, that anything good in me is there because of God - the source of all true Goodness. (But it would be a mistake to <em>think</em> that this view is Calvinistic and not "Arminian" or more properly: non-Calvinistic.) Chris, I was just teasing you. Lewis is to be loved by Calvinsts and non-Calvinists - just as say, J.I. Packer is to be loved by non-Calvinists - or at least, as far as we can agree with him. :) Speaking of Lewis and theology, I recently had a conversation with one of my roommates, who is a Calvinist, who was just finishing up "Mere Christianity" - and I asked him how he liked it. He said that he liked it, but added, curiously, that is "wasn't theology." To which I asked, "Really? It isn't a study about God?" and he said, "No, not really, since it wasn't an exegetical work.. but just man's philosophy." A long conversation ensued .. during which he also said, "There is no truth except what is in the Bible, " to which I responded, "Is that true? Is what you just said true? And if so, where can I find IT in the Bible?" (A tactic I learned from Greg Koukl - also a Calvinist hahaha). It was fun.. but a bit disheartening. Aaron, actually that isn’t exactly what he said .. but I get the jist of it. And if I understand him correctly, I think I’d agree with the spirit of what he meant. But no, I’d never say I was a Calvinist in any way. haha :) I would say, along with Lewis, that anything good in me is there because of God — the source of all true Goodness. (But it would be a mistake to think that this view is Calvinistic and not “Arminian” or more properly: non-Calvinistic.)

Chris, I was just teasing you. Lewis is to be loved by Calvinsts and non-Calvinists — just as say, J.I. Packer is to be loved by non-Calvinists — or at least, as far as we can agree with him. :) Speaking of Lewis and theology, I recently had a conversation with one of my roommates, who is a Calvinist, who was just finishing up “Mere Christianity” — and I asked him how he liked it. He said that he liked it, but added, curiously, that is “wasn’t theology.” To which I asked, “Really? It isn’t a study about God?” and he said, “No, not really, since it wasn’t an exegetical work.. but just man’s philosophy.” A long conversation ensued .. during which he also said, “There is no truth except what is in the Bible, ” to which I responded, “Is that true? Is what you just said true? And if so, where can I find IT in the Bible?” (A tactic I learned from Greg Koukl — also a Calvinist hahaha). It was fun.. but a bit disheartening.

]]> By: Chris http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2005/cs-lewis-on-the-importance-of-theology/comment-page-1/#comment-421 Chris Wed, 03 Aug 2005 23:29:03 +0000 http://www.siolon.com/lama/?p=142#comment-421 I know Lewis wasn't overtly Arminian or Calvinistic (although I thought he leaned towards the Arminian argumentation in regards to human freedom and exhaustive foreknowledge), but I put him up there because it was a great excerpt. Many fans of Lewis read it and say they like him and not theology. How ironic... I know Lewis wasn’t overtly Arminian or Calvinistic (although I thought he leaned towards the Arminian argumentation in regards to human freedom and exhaustive foreknowledge), but I put him up there because it was a great excerpt.

Many fans of Lewis read it and say they like him and not theology. How ironic…

]]> By: Aaron Shafovaloff http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2005/cs-lewis-on-the-importance-of-theology/comment-page-1/#comment-420 Aaron Shafovaloff Wed, 03 Aug 2005 22:29:22 +0000 http://www.siolon.com/lama/?p=142#comment-420 Lewis once said that he was a Calvinist with regard to his own virtues, and an Arminian when considering others vices. Can you say that Simon? 1 Corinthians 15:10, to the glory of God. Grace and peace in Christ, Aaron Lewis once said that he was a Calvinist with regard to his own virtues, and an Arminian when considering others vices. Can you say that Simon? 1 Corinthians 15:10, to the glory of God.

Grace and peace in Christ,

Aaron

]]> By: Simon http://www.imperishableinheritance.com/2005/cs-lewis-on-the-importance-of-theology/comment-page-1/#comment-419 Simon Wed, 03 Aug 2005 21:06:13 +0000 http://www.siolon.com/lama/?p=142#comment-419 Lewis was a non-Calvinist. =p Just pokin at ya Chris. :) Lewis was a non-Calvinist.

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Just pokin at ya Chris. :)

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