It has taken me decades literally to finally pick up another C.S. Lewis book and read it. In high school I read Lewis book, That Hideous Strength and completely missed Lewis message. One decade later I read Lewis Mere Christianity and fully understood what Lewis was saying. With The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, part of C.S. Lewis Chronicles of Narnia series, the gospel message is clearly made evident in an allegorical/mystical style. Lewis used the Narnia series to explain Christs love for humankind to children, who are the series principal readers.
This first novel in a series of seven books is currently a major motion picture now completing a successful run on theatre screens across the U.S. I have yet to see the movie, a Disney production, but I understand that it holds very true to Lewis storyline. I expect to see the movie before it leaves theatres later this month; it will become available on DVD this April.
Back to the story! The theme of The Lion centers around four children, the Pevensie siblings, who get caught up in a land of magic. Entering Narnia through a wardrobe [a tall cabinet that holds clothes] located in a home where they are boarding ...