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Reflections on the Psalms

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C.S. Lewis spent his early life as an athiest, or at least agnostic, and then found Christ. Like St. Paul, he had a lot of catching up to do and unlike Paul who was tutored exclusively by the Holy Spirit, Lewis had the advantage of both the Holy Spirit and written scripture - the Holy Bible. Lewis is not an "easy read" for most people because of his profound intellect, but to hear his words read (I listened to the book on CD while driving to and from work each day and Ralph Cosham was an outstanding reader and had a great feel for Lewis the man as well as his work), the majesty of his thinking came through in most interesting ways. As an evangelical Christian, I factored in that Lewis was Church of England - what most folks call "high church," yet his knowledge of and acceptance of fundamentalism is remarkable. Folks may bristle at hearing him categorize the Psalms into types - one such grouping as the "hateful" Psalms - which for me were a total eye-opener. These are the Psalms where the Psalm writer pleads for God to destroy the writer's enemies and then, the writer will praise and worshop God - sort of asking God to be one's own hit man. I found a number of things that I am still mulling around as to whether or not I can agree - but heard nothing with which I outright disagreed. Lewis, like A.J. Tozer, are not scanable and to be fully appreciated must be taken in slow, small doses, much like the study of a college text. But the trip is well worth the effort.