I mentioned at the beginning the book "25 Books Every Christian Should Read." Only two of my 25 are on that list, and Lewis' classic "Mere Christianity" is the first. (The second is tomorrow). Now, to be honest, there are classics in the book's list that I haven't taken time to read (e.g. Augustine's Confession and Calvin's Institutes).
Who knows why I didn't finish this book when I first started reading it in '84, but I finally read it more recently and studied it with my pastor at that time (Richard Walton). While I don't agree with everything Lewis says, this book definitely is an effective defense of the faith. It originally was a radio program in England during World War II where Lewis was able to define what a Christian was.
While it didn't make my list, I also read "C.S. Lewis & Francis Schaeffer: Lessons for a New Century from the Most Influential Apologists of our Time" by Scott R. Burson and Jerry L. Walls. It helped me become more familiar with these authors. I found it interesting that the two authors seemed to identify more with Lewis (both did a lot of research on Lewis), but I finished the book being more of a Schaeffer fan instead.
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