I remember when I first read The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe as a kid and being intrigued by Turkish Delight. That was the irresistible convection the White Witch used to enchant young Edmond and make him betray his family. That must be some amazing candy, I thought. Imagine my disappointment when I later learned Turkish Delight is a gelatinous food containing fruit and nuts and flavored with rosewater. I’ll stick to snickers bars, thank you.
Thankfully, Edmund’s story of temptation and betrayal ends on a sweeter note. He’s forgiven and restored by Aslan, the ruler of Narnia. In a recent column Russell Moore homes in on one particularly poignant line from the book. Aslan brings a disgraced Edmund back to his siblings. “Here is your brother,” he said, “and—there is no need to talk to him about what is past.”
As Moore observes, it’s a good lesson for how we should welcome struggling Christians. “Aslan is fictional, of course, but there is a real Lion of Judah, and maybe he wants to remind us of a truth we’ve forgotten, perhaps just when we need it most.” Read: The Sentence from C.S. Lewis That Could Change Your Life.
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