According to biographer A.N. Wilson, when he lost a public debate with a Cambridge philosopher, and he became both depressed and challenged, "the seeds of the first Narnia story were dawning in his mind. Lewis never attempted to write another work of Christian apologetics after Miracles".

Read the rest of this post to consider the use of stories and other forms of oral communication in our evangelism.

Another quote from the piece: "... stories ... answer the eternal questions: What is the world really like? How am I to live my life in it? How can I truly be myself?".