Discovering Aslan: High King above all Kings in Narnia: The Lion of Judah - a devotional commentary on The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis

by Geoff Waugh

This book is a devotional commentary about Aslan in the stories about Narnia. It describes the background to the stories and the way the Lion of Judah is reflected in the stories of Aslan in 'The Chronicles of Narnia' by C. S. Lewis.

Genres: Devotional, Christian, Nonfiction

184 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 10, 2016

About the author

Geoff, born in 1937, is the eldest of his minister father's nine children and began teaching at 19 with a great class of 43 boys. He then completed theological college and taught in schools and Bible Schools in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, living mostly in bamboo and grass roof houses, sometimes in villages. He married Meg, also a teacher, and their first child was born in the remote mission hospital. They returned to Australia, where two more children were born, and they lived mainly in Brisbane in an extended family community home linked with other community homes involved in renewal. Geoff taught on renewal and revival at Bible College, Trinity Theological College, and Christian Heritage College.

Eight grandchildren enrich his life. Geoff lives in a large extended family home, designed and built by his son to accommodate two families plus a granny flat, and many visitors. They have hosted mission teams, overseas church leaders, and refugees. Three generations of them, father, adult children, and grandchildren have been on mission overseas together.

Geoff enjoys travel. Their family explored Israel for two months, based in Jerusalem and Tiberius on Galilee, and visited the Sinai and Egypt. Geoff and Meg toured Europe including visiting Oberammergau for the Passion Play and led mission teams to many countries. Geoff enjoys cross-cultural mission and taught on revival to church leaders in Africa, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, the Philippines, China, and the South Pacific nations of Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji.

Geoff's books focus on renewal and revival. They include Flashpoints of Revival, Revival Fires, South Pacific Revivals, The Lion of Judah series, Discovering Aslan series, Living in the Spirit, Fruit and Gifts of the Spirit, Kingdom Life study books (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John), and his autobiographical adventures, God's Surpises, and Journey into Ministry and Mission.

Reviews

[Sharon N. Siebold · Rating 3 out of 5]

Perhaps for Postmoderns

Having read The Chronicles of Narnia many times, and having read several books about the writing of and meanings found in the series, this book held nothing new for me. However, for a person not well-versed in Scripture it could be very instructive.

[Caleb · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great devotional that I loved reading. It goes deeper into the parallels between the Bible and the Chronicles of Narnia series by C. S. Lewis. The book first starts with some back story about C. S. Lewis, then goes on to break down each individual book one at a time in order.

This book was written very well. I think this was a great book that a lot of Narnia fans would enjoy reading just as much as I did.

[Audrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Study of Aslan

This is a terrific comparison of Aslan, the Beloved Lion of Narnia to Jesus, the Lion of Judah. The author uses many passages of Scripture to point the reader to Christ. Every time I read The Chronicles of Narnia I fall in love with Aslan and long to know my saviour more intimately. This book is a help in that direction.

[Jennifer Robb · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was excited to see this book available because I love C.S. Lewis' Narnia series. (Although I haven't reread it in some time.) I am most familiar with the first book of the Narnia series although I have read the series through at least twice.

This book takes points from all books in the Narnia series and explores them with respect to how Aslan parallels Jesus. Some I had already picked up on, and some I had not. The author supports his positions with Bible verses.

The author calls it a devotional commentary--The word devotional may throw some people off since the format is not like that of most devotionals I've read. Each Narnia book has its own chapter, and there is definitely commentary, but it's not like a daily devotional.