Colson on Lewis

Colson wrote:

The problem is not that modern evangelicals are less intelligent than Lewis. As Mark Noll explains in his book The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind, the problem is that our sharpest intellects have been channeled into biblical scholarship, exegesis, and hermeneutics. While that is a vital enterprise, we rarely give the same scholarly attention to history, literature, politics, philosophy, economics, or the arts. As a result, we are less aware of the culture than we should be, less equipped to defend a biblical worldview, and less capable of being a redemptive force in our postmodern society—less aware, as well, of the threats headed our way from cultural elites.

I was very glad to read this, since I inted to pursue graduate work in either history, politics, or philosophy. While I will never be C.S. Lewis, I agree with Colson's premise here. This is by no means to devalue biblical scholarship, and that must always be our foundation. We must remember, in addition, that our God is the God of History, and this entire world is His, not just one or two areas of study.