George MacDonald

by George MacDonald; C. S. Lewis

Publisher:

HarperOne

, 2001

Overview

C.S. Lewis wrote of George MacDonald: “I know hardly any other writer who seems to be closer, or more continually close, to the Spirit of Christ Himself.“ Lewis also claimed that everything he wrote was influenced by this Scottish pastor and novelist who lived a century before. George MacDonald serves as an act of appreciation, with Lewis gathering 365 of the best and most profound lines from his mentor as well as providing a preface detailing the impact MacDonald had on Lewis’ own literary and spiritual career. Ranging from “Inexorable Love” to “God at the Door,” these words will instruct and uplift, as they did for C.S. Lewis.

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Key Features

• Includes instructing and uplifting words from George MacDonald
• Offers Lewis’ selection of MacDonald’s best and most profound lines
• Provides a preface detailing the impact MacDonald had on Lewis’ own career

Contents

Top Highlights

“Complaint against God is far nearer to God than indifference about Him.” (Page 167)

“But herein is the Bible itself greatly wronged. It nowhere lays claim to be regarded as the Word, the Way, the Truth. The Bible leads us to Jesus, the inexhaustible, the ever unfolding Revelation of God. It is Christ ‘in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,’ not the Bible, save as leading to Him.” (Page 6)

“When we say that God is Love, do we teach men that their fear of Him is groundless? No. As much as they fear will come upon them, possibly far more.… The wrath will consume what they call themselves; so that the selves God made shall appear.” (Page 5)

“It may be an infinitely less evil to murder a man than to refuse to forgive him. The former may be the act of a moment of passion: the latter is the heart’s choice. It is spiritual murder, the worst, to hate, to brood over the feeling that excludes, that, in our microcosm, kills the image, the idea of the hated.” (Page 7)

“Do you ask, ‘What is faith in Him?’ I answer, The leaving of your way, your objects, your self, and the taking of His and Him; the leaving of your trust in men, in money, in opinion, in character, in atonement itself, and doing as He tells you. I can find no words strong enough to serve for the weight of this obedience.” (Page 85)

Product Details

• Title: George MacDonald
• Author: C.S. Lewis
• Series: Signature Classics
• Publisher: HarperOne
• Publication Date: 2009
• Pages: 224
• Christian Group: Evangelicals and Anglican
• Resource Type: Literature
• Topic: Philosophy and Apologetics

About Clive Staples Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a fellow and tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University, a position he held until his retirement. He wrote more than 30 books, allowing him to reach a vast audience, and his works continue to attract thousands of new readers every year. His most distinguished and popular accomplishments include Out of the Silent Planet, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and the universally acknowledged classic Mere Christianity.