Grant (my 10 year-old) and I have been waiting for months, and the day is finally here. Tonight, we go to see The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.
If you haven't read the books (which were written in the 1950s), this classic children's series by C.S. Lewis depicts how God would operate in a fantasy world. The world has been turned to winter for 100 years (sounds believable right now doesn't it) by the white witch. But, Aslan is on the move!
In the end, Aslan offers himself up as a sacrifice to atone for the wrongdoing of one of the four "children of Adam" who find their way to Narnia through the wardrobe. The white witch asks Aslan how she knows he can be trusted to keep his promise to die in Edmund's place. To that question, Aslan the lion simply roars! It's going to be great!
The book is a powerful and creative picture of redemption. I pray that God raises up more creative people who can write books and movies to redeem the arts and use them to share his message.
There are additional books in the series. My favorite book of them all might be The Horse and His Boy.. I read the books to Grant when he was little--a chapter a night. Now, he's listened to them on CD and read almost all of them by himself. Focus on the Family offers a dramatized CD version you can order from www.family.org.
If you want to read the books, you can get them at your library or we have some available for sale at the Connections Book Ministry
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I love these books, too. Pastor, and am looking forward to reading them again this winter...er, just as soomn as I finmish Vinny Longo's "Violent Faith." We plan to see the Narnia movie Christmas weekend. With Christians supporting this kind of entertainmnent, hopefully it will inspire more uplifting books and movies.
The movie was better than I expected. It can be viewed on so many different levels--a simple tale of good and evil, an example of Christian redemption, and even deeper theological levels that are present through nuances in the dialogue or cinemetography (is that the right word?). It was great.
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