C.S. Lewis loved old books. In a short piece he wrote to introduce Athanasius’s On the Incarnation to a modern audience, he admonished that Christians who only read new books are joining “at eleven o’clock a conversation which began at eight” and “will often not see the real bearing of what is said.” He counseled …
Old Books
Raising Lovers of Books
As a child, my dad read The Hobbit to me every year. Honestly, I don’t remember much about these moments. I am sure the reading aloud was slow, even painstakingly slow due to my constant interruption with questions that were sometimes about the story, but more often about ice cream for dinner, the weird noise coming …
Ten Christian Classics Every Believer Should Read
I am generally skeptical of statements like, “Every _____ should read _____.” There really are precious few books that should be “required reading for every _____.” Even as a book publisher, I cringe a bit when an endorsement is submitted with this language. It smacks of hyperbole, and I’m convinced that most potential readers will …