General News
12 October, 2025
In good faith
Among those movies which had their Australian releases back in 2008 was “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”.

The movie was based on the book by CS Lewis of the same title, which was released in 1950.
Lewis designed his story to heavily reflect Christian truths, with many of the characters being representative of major figures from the Bible.
CS Lewis was a British writer, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian who held academic positions in English literature at Magdalen College, Oxford, and Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Among his many achievements were three honorary doctorates and an honorary fellowship with University College, Oxford.
He is counted as being among the most influential writers of the modern era.
Lewis was born in 1898 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was educated at first in Ireland and later in England.
It was while he was here that he abandoned his Christian faith at the young age of about 14.
In 1917, he enlisted and was sent to fight at the Somme.
The following year he was wounded in Battle of Arras and was sent home to recover. He was discharged in 1919.
In 1924, Lewis began his academic career, a move which would eventually see him returning to faith in Christ.
In 1929 he became a theist, admitting the reality of God, and two years later gave his life to Christ after having interactions with other Christian writers, J.R.R. Tolkien and Hugo Dyson.
Lewis’ book, ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ is heavily based upon the Biblical themes of good versus evil and the triumph of good over evil through sacrifice, redemption and forgiveness.
It is modelled upon the Biblical teachings of creation, sin and redemption.
Characters who can be directly identified with major Biblical identities include Aslan, who represents Christ, the Edmund children (Human Characters), Peter, (St. Peter), Lucy (St. John), Susan (the Apostle James) and Edmund (Judas).
There is also the White Witch, symbolizing the devil, Professor Kirke, resembling how the church brings people to Christ, and Mr. and Mrs. Beaver, who suggest ‘earthly guides’ leading people to Christ.
It can be truthfully said that Lewis used his God-given gifts in literacy to convey basic Christian truths in ways that few others could, reaching audiences that might otherwise never be reached.
Between the books and the movie, it is impossible to put an estimate on the number of people who have been reached with the Gospel message through exposure to Lewis’ works.
While not all of us have the literary gifts that Lewis possessed, every Christian possesses some array of gifts and talents given by God and intended to be used for His glory.
The apostle Paul said (1 Cor 12), “Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.”
Paul certainly understood the need and purpose of using these gifts. He said (1 Cor 3:6), “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.”