C.S. Lewis Enters the Fray

I very much agree with Mr. Candrall. No area of life is outside the redemptive work of Christ, and we are agents in this process. Perhaps one should remember the words of one of the patrons of this great magazine and webpage—they can be applied to this situation, I think.

“If all the world were Christian, it might not matter if all the world were uneducated. But, as it is, a cultural life will exist outside the Church whether it exists inside or not. To be ignorant and simple now—not to be able to meet the enemies on their own ground—would be to throw down our weapons, and betray our uneducated brethren who have, under God, no defense but us against the intellectual attacks of the heathen. Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered. The cool intellect must work not only against cool intellect on the other side, but against the muddy heathen mysticisms which deny intellect altogether.” — C.S. Lewis

Paulo F. Ribeiro, MBA, PhD, PE, FIEEE
Professor of Engineering
Calvin College