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Yesterday was the first day in 8 or 9 years that I spent a work day in an office away from home. This new role at my church will be keeping me out of the house at least a couple of days a week. I have to say that I quite liked it, though it’s going to take a little bit of getting used to.
Trusting God - Jerry Bridges’ Trusting God is free for Kindle for the next few days.
Friday Five - Daniel Darling recently did a short interview with me for his Friday Five series. Give it a read if you’re interested…
Narnia Invaded - Touchstone writes about the Narnia movies: “Many Christians are very excited about these developments, believing (quite rightly) that Lewis's stories are shot through with deeply Christian imaginative themes. What can be wrong with disseminating the stories more widely in this way? The answer is: Absolutely nothing--so long as it really is Lewis's stories being disseminated. But there's the rub. A thoughtful investigation suggests that the Narnia films are very far from being a faithful representation of Lewis's own Christian vision of reality.”
Pearl Harbor - It was 69 years ago yesterday that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. The Big Picture has a roundup of some classic photos from the day.
Temporary - Mike Wittmer on the tax compromise. “Here's the lesson: temporary is a big first step toward permanent. Say that your controversial move is only temporary and you're three quarters of the way there.” There are spiritual lessons here as well.
Google eBooks - Google eBooks has arrived. “The wait is finally over. Google Editions, now dubbed Google eBooks, launched yesterday after months (years?) of anticipation, boasting agreements with over 4,000 publishers--offering about 3 million free and for-sale titles--the venture is very likely to give Amazon and the Kindle a run for leadership in the fast-growing, fast changing, e-book market.”
200 Countries, 200 Years - This is an amazing little presentation that shows how health and wealth have increased over the past 200 years.
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Comments (9)
Regarding “Narnia Invaded”: the author makes several great and sobering points about the “chronological snobbery” in many aspects of the two film adaptations. But please note that this does not apply to the new film releasing Friday in the U.S., The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. This one is under new management, from the distributor (Fox instead of Disney) to the new director (Michael Apted, who directed the amazing Amazing Grace), new scriptwriters and even new score composer (David Arnold).
Of course, they could still get it wrong, but several early reviews say otherwise (such as World magazine’s here. Worth noting, so as not to shun the new film unfairly, grouping it entirely with the first two (especially the second, which added some very un-Lewis-like themes and character flaws).
Narnia was invaded in the second film no doubt . More so than the first , which I still enjoy . With some of the advance reviews being positive I will withhold judgment till I see with my own eyes . I really hope they right the ship or for me my adventures in Narnia will stay within my mind as I read them again.
Thanks as ever for all the recommendations, Tim. However, it might be worth pointing out that when yuo say something is free on Amazon, from my experience it only applies in the States and not in UK
On the topic of Narnia, here is a link that asks an interesting question - Narnia: divine or demonic. http://www.heavenisopen.com/narnia.html. When I first saw the title I thought it was one of the crazies, but when I read it, I had to admit that there were some valid arguments that suggested that my favourite childhood books did have some questionable characters who were in the good camp…. Any thoughts?
John Brand - indeed, we also don’t get Google Ebooks in the UK yet. We did however get the whole programme on “The Joy of Stats” last night on BBC4 (and on iPlayer), so we win there!
I love the quote by Samuel Chadwick! Thank you for sharing. :)
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We had a chance to see a sneak preview of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader last weekend. I know, I know…
Whenever there is an adaptation such as this, I’ve learned to be more forgiving and to never expect the movie to stay true to the book. It is nearly impossible for the mediums to mix seamlessly.
With that, I thoroughly enjoyed Dawn Treader. Given the fact that I understood the allegorical Christian theme from having read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and the premise for C. S. Lewis’ works, I was both impressed and moved to tears by the cinematic production.
I want to thank you Tim when you point out freebies on kindle. I’m a poor minister who loves books, and it’s a real blessing when I can save so much.
I think we are making way too big of a deal out of this. The Narnia books are just children’s fiction books. Very well written and with a message (each one is supposed to deal with one of the seven deadly sins as well as showing an allegory of redemption). They will be enjoyed for generations but they aren’t meant to be taken so seriously. Of course a movie adaptation will change things. It always does. Thats why the author did not want them to be made into movies in his lifetime when he could still express an opinion. I don’t think Mr. Lewis would wish us to treat them as gospel truth but just enjoy them. And as for the movies? It is too bad that the character of the characters is changed but we can just enjoy them too.