Quote of the Day — C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis

1898–1963

C.S. Lewis combined literary brilliance with Christian apologetics, becoming perhaps Christianity’s most influential twentieth-century defender through essays, fiction, and radio broadcasts. Born in Belfast and educated at Oxford, Lewis achieved literary fame through the Narnia fantasy series that enchanted children while subtly exploring Christian themes and moral development. His adult works—”The Screwtape Letters,” ”Mere Christianity,” ”The Problem of Pain”—presented Christian theology with intellectual rigor and accessibility that appealed to skeptical readers. Lewis’s apologist approach emphasized reason’s role in faith, arguing that Christianity represented the most rational worldview despite requiring supernatural belief. His radio broadcasts during World War II reached millions,…