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MacDonald’s Loving Vision of Christ

By Robin Bates | Published: July 8, 2023

George MacDonald’s Christian vision comes through clearly in “Sir Gibbie,” a wondrous tale of a mute boy.

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Why Jesus Used Parables

By Robin Bates | Published: July 1, 2023

Why did Jesus use parables? Because fiction is more powerful than straight exposition.

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Gods Speaks through the Imagination

By Robin Bates | Published: October 8, 2022

Jesus’s parables are exercises in imagining the kingdom of heaven come to earth.

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Aslan as Eco Warrior

By Robin Bates | Published: August 26, 2021

Lewis’s Aslan is a bold creative stroke that opens up environmental possibilities for Christianity.

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C. S. Lewis: Literature as Theology

By Robin Bates | Published: February 23, 2019

Spiritual Sunday I write today about a fascinating talk I heard in our church’s Adult Forum this past Sunday. Dr. Rob MacSwain, editor of The Cambridge Companion to C. S. Lewis, talked about Lewis’s special contribution to our understanding of God and Christianity. MacSwain, who teaches “Theology of Ethics” at Sewanee’s School of Theology, opened […]

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