Question/enquiry:
Disney's Narnia will be showing here in Hong Kong on 26th January and very likely in the mainland China afterwards, probably with numerous mainland Chinese living in urban areas already BT-downloading pirated copies to watch now.
Does anybody know whether C. S. Lewis had false teachings or apostatic things in his works? I worry about the impact of the Narnia wave. Would you leave some comments for me please?
Situation
Hong Kong's Evangelical Culture
If the Hollywood movie of Harry Potter and game company's Harry Potter 3D games for Playstation 2 or Xbox following book publisher and JKRowling's original story book Harry Potter have coincidentally formed a very system of entertainment industries, comprising the publishing industry, TV game industry and the movie production industry, that has surrounded and trapped every consumer in the market at every corner, then, another similar market habitat of the same kind of system of industries is also developing and running in the habitat of evangelical churches in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong's evangelical churches have been more and more reluctant to preach privately and directly the foolishness of the preaching of the cross which unto those who are saved is the power of God , and are ever more eager to preach with enticing words of man's wisdom over the past half decade. Same as the situations in US and Canada as far as I knew, thousands of tickets of Mel Gibson's Passion of Christ were booked by mainstream evangelical churches in Hong Kong, following live evangelism inside the cinemas, with a number of non-Christian audience praying and "converted", leading by pastors also praying loudly on the stage, after watching the Christ suffered over the huge cinema screen. Movies, especially the Hollywood ones, have become the most popular major medium of transmitting the "gospel". And the materials, regardless of whether this or that is true or false teachings, presented by the movies are inevitably absorbed by the audience drop by drop, like drinking a cup of pure or corrupted milk with some or many drops of black ink fallen into it.
This time in late January, here they have another excellent medium for another wave of cinema evangelism -- Narnia, by C. S. Lewis. Again over the huge silver screen that draws everyone out of reality.
Christian Times, one of the two leading Chinese Christian newspapers and websites, having a front page just a little less stylish and attractive than ChristianityToday. Com , has placed the coming of the movie and Lewis the master headline of the week. Talks and seminars, all free of charge, are and will be holding here or there to introduce the original story and Lewis to participants, not to mention Lewis' theology and interesting thoughts. They are the demonstration of deconstruction of Lewis' magical world, sign-intensive academic squares for introduction of Lewis' theology before the image-intensive entertaining space to come in late January, and the preparation for the intersection for the Christian world, and hopefully the historic doctrines, to meet the secular world, or the secular world to meet Christianity.
People are lecturing others in the seminars and the audience and Christians down the stage are learning and enjoying. They play with the world inside the church. What a fun and academic church gathering!
Meanwhile, The Chronicles of Narnia , both English original version and Chinese translation versions, are being sold and put on the promotion bookshelf of the month in various bookstores, not to mention in Christian bookstores as well.
Money, money and money. Who cares whom's the original publisher commissioned to the Chinese translation version? Who knows how fast will the Narnia TV game of Microsoft Xbox arrive in Hong Kong, available for players not only to watch the story with eyes but actually go inside the magical world to play and be part of it? And who knows whether Christian bookstores will break the rules and be selling the Xbox game Narnia, or of Playstation 2 and Playstation Pocket, at their secular columns next to the sorted non-secular Christian bookshelves, just like how the rules were broken in one single night and then witchcraft began to be promoted in bookstores run by Christians as they started selling the chronicles about Harry Potter and his many friends? Not to mention the promotion of a whole series of Lewis' books and writings that will very likely take place in Christian bookstores or websites like Christian Times.
If there is an unaware system of entertainment industries going in society, governed by one single soul, such as the wave of Harry Potter, then the wave of C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia will very likely be another similar wave going within the church by mid wintor. It will be, however, a system of ministries: the word-based ministry of Christian bookstores, the ministry of evangelism, the ministry of sign-intensive Christian theme talks and seminars, but all will be following the secularly motivated Hollywood film, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. And the materials presented by the film, regardless of whether this or that is true or false teachings, are inevitably absorbed by the audience drop by drop, like drinking a cup of corrupted milk.
Apparently, Christians nowadays run after secular waves and raise up corresponding waves of their own to facilitate evangelism, or even replace it.
This....is the evangelical culture here going in Hong Kong, where the evangelical churches are more and more reluctant to preach privately and directly the foolishness of the preaching of the cross which unto those who are saved is the power of God , yet are ever more eager to preach with enticing words of man's wisdom . How will this horrible culture continue to affect both local Christians and those in mainland China as Disney's Narnia will be showing here on 26th January and very likely in the mainland China as well afterwards where there are probably numerous mainland Chinese living in urban areas already BT-downloading pirated copies to watch now?
[Edited on 20-1-2006 by Ken S.]
[Edited on 20-1-2006 by Ken S.]
[Edited on 20-1-2006 by Ken S.]
[Edited on 20-1-2006 by Ken S.]
[Edited on 21-1-2006 by Ken S.]
Disney's Narnia will be showing here in Hong Kong on 26th January and very likely in the mainland China afterwards, probably with numerous mainland Chinese living in urban areas already BT-downloading pirated copies to watch now.
Does anybody know whether C. S. Lewis had false teachings or apostatic things in his works? I worry about the impact of the Narnia wave. Would you leave some comments for me please?
Situation
Hong Kong's Evangelical Culture
If the Hollywood movie of Harry Potter and game company's Harry Potter 3D games for Playstation 2 or Xbox following book publisher and JKRowling's original story book Harry Potter have coincidentally formed a very system of entertainment industries, comprising the publishing industry, TV game industry and the movie production industry, that has surrounded and trapped every consumer in the market at every corner, then, another similar market habitat of the same kind of system of industries is also developing and running in the habitat of evangelical churches in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong's evangelical churches have been more and more reluctant to preach privately and directly the foolishness of the preaching of the cross which unto those who are saved is the power of God , and are ever more eager to preach with enticing words of man's wisdom over the past half decade. Same as the situations in US and Canada as far as I knew, thousands of tickets of Mel Gibson's Passion of Christ were booked by mainstream evangelical churches in Hong Kong, following live evangelism inside the cinemas, with a number of non-Christian audience praying and "converted", leading by pastors also praying loudly on the stage, after watching the Christ suffered over the huge cinema screen. Movies, especially the Hollywood ones, have become the most popular major medium of transmitting the "gospel". And the materials, regardless of whether this or that is true or false teachings, presented by the movies are inevitably absorbed by the audience drop by drop, like drinking a cup of pure or corrupted milk with some or many drops of black ink fallen into it.
This time in late January, here they have another excellent medium for another wave of cinema evangelism -- Narnia, by C. S. Lewis. Again over the huge silver screen that draws everyone out of reality.
Christian Times, one of the two leading Chinese Christian newspapers and websites, having a front page just a little less stylish and attractive than ChristianityToday. Com , has placed the coming of the movie and Lewis the master headline of the week. Talks and seminars, all free of charge, are and will be holding here or there to introduce the original story and Lewis to participants, not to mention Lewis' theology and interesting thoughts. They are the demonstration of deconstruction of Lewis' magical world, sign-intensive academic squares for introduction of Lewis' theology before the image-intensive entertaining space to come in late January, and the preparation for the intersection for the Christian world, and hopefully the historic doctrines, to meet the secular world, or the secular world to meet Christianity.
People are lecturing others in the seminars and the audience and Christians down the stage are learning and enjoying. They play with the world inside the church. What a fun and academic church gathering!
Meanwhile, The Chronicles of Narnia , both English original version and Chinese translation versions, are being sold and put on the promotion bookshelf of the month in various bookstores, not to mention in Christian bookstores as well.
Money, money and money. Who cares whom's the original publisher commissioned to the Chinese translation version? Who knows how fast will the Narnia TV game of Microsoft Xbox arrive in Hong Kong, available for players not only to watch the story with eyes but actually go inside the magical world to play and be part of it? And who knows whether Christian bookstores will break the rules and be selling the Xbox game Narnia, or of Playstation 2 and Playstation Pocket, at their secular columns next to the sorted non-secular Christian bookshelves, just like how the rules were broken in one single night and then witchcraft began to be promoted in bookstores run by Christians as they started selling the chronicles about Harry Potter and his many friends? Not to mention the promotion of a whole series of Lewis' books and writings that will very likely take place in Christian bookstores or websites like Christian Times.
If there is an unaware system of entertainment industries going in society, governed by one single soul, such as the wave of Harry Potter, then the wave of C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia will very likely be another similar wave going within the church by mid wintor. It will be, however, a system of ministries: the word-based ministry of Christian bookstores, the ministry of evangelism, the ministry of sign-intensive Christian theme talks and seminars, but all will be following the secularly motivated Hollywood film, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. And the materials presented by the film, regardless of whether this or that is true or false teachings, are inevitably absorbed by the audience drop by drop, like drinking a cup of corrupted milk.
Apparently, Christians nowadays run after secular waves and raise up corresponding waves of their own to facilitate evangelism, or even replace it.
This....is the evangelical culture here going in Hong Kong, where the evangelical churches are more and more reluctant to preach privately and directly the foolishness of the preaching of the cross which unto those who are saved is the power of God , yet are ever more eager to preach with enticing words of man's wisdom . How will this horrible culture continue to affect both local Christians and those in mainland China as Disney's Narnia will be showing here on 26th January and very likely in the mainland China as well afterwards where there are probably numerous mainland Chinese living in urban areas already BT-downloading pirated copies to watch now?
[Edited on 20-1-2006 by Ken S.]
[Edited on 20-1-2006 by Ken S.]
[Edited on 20-1-2006 by Ken S.]
[Edited on 20-1-2006 by Ken S.]
[Edited on 21-1-2006 by Ken S.]
