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I was pleased to find out from blog readers earlier this month that I’m not the only person whose favorite Narnia book is Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The official trailer for the upcoming movie adaptation has been released this week. Fellow Dawn Treader fans, what do you think?

Does this trailer make you more or less confident that the film will be faithful to the book? Do you see any red flags? I, for one, was pleasantly surprised to see the monopods hopping around—that was probably my favorite of the Dawn Treader’s many adventures (although I look forward to seeing Eustace’s unfortunate “transformation,” with its moving allegory of sin and forgiveness, on the big screen as well).

Last year, while looking through my local bookstore for a particular book by C.S. Lewis, I stumbled across several books of his that I wasn’t at all familiar with. I’d venture to say that most English-speaking Christians (and no doubt many non-English speaking ones as well) know Lewis’ Narnia books quite well. And some of his more overtly theological books, like Mere Christianity or The Great Divorce, are well-known and easy to find.

But the subject of Lewis’ lesser-known works came to mind again today when I came across a lengthy analysis of one of Lewis’ more obscure works of social commentary. It sounds fascinating—and it makes me wonder what other Lewis books are worth tracking down. A check of Wikipedia confirms that Lewis authored a truly huge number of books and essays.

What’s your favorite C.S. Lewis book? Is it one of his Narnia classics, or a work that has so far passed under the radar of mainstream notice? If you’re a Lewis expert, what books of his would you recommend to someone who has read his well-known works and wants to explore his ideas further?

Share your thoughts!

When we talk about the process of conversion to Christianity, we often talk about our “spiritual journeys” or “spiritual seeking”—phrases that make it sound like we’re the ones doing the work of finding our way to God. But the Bible teaches that God, far from waiting passively for us to discover Him on our own, actively pursues sinners for the purpose of bringing them into His fold.

Citing CS Lewis’ famous conversion account, Jill Carattini writes about this divine pursuit in the Slice of Infinity devotional:

Lewis reminds us of the love of God that relentlessly pursues even the reluctant prodigal who would turn and run in the opposite direction in order to avoid God’s gracious embrace. The God revealed in Lewis’s account is a God who pursues sinners. Indeed, even the reluctant convert is wooed, courted, and embraced by God’s love.

The apostle Paul often talked about the love of God for sinners. In what is perhaps the apex of his letter to the Romans, Paul writes: “For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous person; though perhaps for the good someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates God’s own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by his blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through him. For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of the Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by his life” (Romans 5:1-11).

Read the full devotional at Ravi Zacharias International Ministries.

Looking at your own journey to God, do you see evidence that it was God who was pursuing you, rather than the other way around?