Authors discuss the Christian message in C.S. Lewis’s “Narnia” series, continuing on the big screen this May. Exploring Prince Caspian

>_P> _ri>_n With the May 16 theatrical release of C.S. Lewis’s ce Caspian (Walden Media and Walt Disney Pictures) imminent, Christian authors are offering their analysis of the Christian allegories contained both in Caspian and in the “Narnia” series as a whole.

This month, David C. Cook releases The Soul of Prince Caspian by Gene Veith (p, $12.99, ISBN: 9780781445283).

Veith, the author of 15 books on Christianity and literature, the arts, and culture, is the current culture editor of World Magazine and is respected for his scholarship on Lewis and the “Narnia Chronicles.” He’s taught English literature for 25 years in both Christian and secular colleges, and is currently the director of the Cranach Institute for the study of Christianity and Culture at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN. In The Soul of Prince Caspian, Veith unlocks the deep biblical messages in the story of Prince Caspian. He also shows how Lewis takes on the modern mindset that has forgot-

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Experiencing the
Resurrection
Henry & Melvin Blackaby /
Multnomah
Subject: Christianity; Theology
c $16.99 ISBN 9781590527573

Is Christ’s resurrection a doctrine or an experience? Henry and Melvin Blackaby focus

on the latter. They say that when God raised Jesus from the dead, He also made it possible for Christ’s life to reign eternally in the lives of His followers. “The resurrection…is not a doctrine to be pondered but an invitation to experience the living Christ in your life,” they say in the introduction.

The book divides into three parts – the resurrection in the mind and heart of God, in the life of the Lord Jesus, and in the longest part of the book, in the believer’s daily experience in

terms of life, peace, joy, power, authority, confidence, hope, and uncommon life.

Readers of the Blackabys’ other books will enjoy this one. It’s practical and easy to follow.

—Neil Bartlett

Get Off Your
Knees and Pray
Sheila Walsh / Thomas Nelson
Subject: Christian Living
c $19.99 ISBN 9780849919534
Author Sheila Walsh,
Women of Faith confer-
ence speaker, former
co-host of television’s
The 700 Club as well
as her own talk show,

Heart to Heart with Sheila Walsh, now gives us her new book, Get Off Your Knees and Pray. In her book, Sheila presents the subject of prayer as something we all do every day, not just in formal settings such as

in church, at the dinner table or on our knees with our heads bowed. Every time we murmur a thank you, or hold a conversation with God at a stoplight on our way to work, we are praying. Our heavenly father looks forward to these intimate conversations as much as we look forward to them with our own children. Engaging in an ongoing conversation with our trusted friend draws us closer to him. Walsh states that if we only pray when we are in need, or wounded, we will

miss the bond that is formed by sharing our day-to-day thoughts, desires, and concerns with our dear friend, Jesus. I would highly recommend Get off Your Knees and Pray to Christian book clubs, Bible study groups, and anyone desiring a closer relationship to God through prayer.

—Connie N. Maier

Saving a Life
Charles & Janet Morris / David
C. Cook
Subject: Christian Living; Grief
p $13.99 ISBN 9781434799913
In Saving a Life,
subtitled How We

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