Is Your Lord Large Enough?: How C. S. Lewis Expands Our View of God

by Schakel, Peter J.

• ISBN13: 9780830834921
• ISBN10: 0830834923
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-28
• Publisher: Intervarsity Pr

Summary

Peter Schakel opens to you the more practical parts of C. S. Lewis's wonderful writings. Covering areas of potential struggle such as prayer, suffering, doubt and control, Schakel draws principles from Lewis's nonfiction as well as illustrations from the Chronicles of Narnia to stir your imagination and soul so that you might see God in new ways.

Author Biography

Peter J. Schakel is Cook Professor of English at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 7
Is Your Lord Large Enough?	p. 11
God's Time and Our Time	p. 20
The Meaning of Prayer	p. 31
What Can We Pray For?	p. 41
God's Grace and Our Goodness	p. 50
Keeping Love Alive	p. 59
Why We Need the Church	p. 71
Keeping Things Under Control	p. 83
Making Sense Out of Suffering	p. 93
Room for Doubt	p. 105
Coming to an End	p. 116
Picturing Heaven	p. 127
Lewis's Life	p. 139
Lewis's Thought	p. 148
Lewis's Works	p. 155
A Selective List of Books About Lewis	p. 163
Source Abbreviations	p. 169
Notes	p. 173
Acknowledgments	p. 205
Index	p. 206
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