“Narnia is what Peter Leithart calls “Deep Comedy,” a story in which the characters may face challenges, but eventually rise to a greater degree of glory and joy than when they began.19” — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“But suppose casting all these things into an imaginary world, stripping them of their stained-glass and Sunday school associations, one could make them for… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“What many call 'plundering the Egyptians' is nothing more than dumpster diving in Egypt.” — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“Idolatry begins with a false separation of gift and giver. Rather than a momentary comparison for the sake of testing our affections, idolatry is… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“Growing up doesn’t mean replacing old loves as much as it means adding new ones.” — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“No more I do, your Majesty. But what’s that got to do with it? I might as well die on a wild goose chase… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“is a rebellion of the branches against the tree: if the rebels could succeed they would find that they had destroyed themselves” — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children’s story which is only enjoyed by children is a bad… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“To summarize, Lewis sees the progression like this: 1) the marginalization of value statements leads to 2) the separation of fact from value, which… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“The difference between the dark magic of the Egyptian magicians and Elymas on the one hand, and Moses and Paul on the other was… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the Witch provides two meals to Edmund: the enchanted candy and stale bread and water. The Witch and her evil are the origins… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“As G. K. Chesterton reminded us, the reason that order and structure exist in the world is so that good things can run wild.” — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“The triune God of Scripture lives! He is not static. He is not lifeless. He is not bored. He is not boring. He is… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“The prerequisite for being in authority is recognizing that one is always under authority.” — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“Lewis’s hero George MacDonald once put it (and as the children’s journey to Aslan behind Lucy’s leadership demonstrates), “Obedience is the opener of eyes.”… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“The challenges we face are Narnian challenges. The victories we win are Narnian victories. But our time in Narnia is not an end in… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
