The BBC production on C. S. Lewis was very interesting. I really appreciate the insight they were able to give me on Lewis as a person. Bringing out Lewis personality and character are really helpful for me in understanding where Lewis is coming from when writing. I am not saying that I totally understand where Lewis came up with his ideas, but rather that knowing a little more about him as a person helps me to see more of him portrayed in his work. Knowing his life-story helps me to see behind the works that he created and determine why he created them. He was not just a philosophical genius. He was also a person—one who struggled with Christian ideas. He lived through many trials in his life, trials which many times were the inspiration for his writings.
What probably struck me the most as we were listening to the production, however, has to do with Lewis’s age. Lewis was not a Christian all of his life; in fact, he was a hardened atheist until the age of 31. Even after being surrounded with Christian doctrine and ideals all of my life, I can never hope to have the ability to defend the faith as he does even when he is a “newer” Christian. To see that God gave someone such brilliance is staggering and yet makes me want to glorify God all the more.
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