A New Hope Sermon Series
Eight weeks. Eight books. One imagination set fully on Christ.
Begins Sunday, June 14
About the series
Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.1 Peter 3:15
For eight Sundays this summer, we are spending time with C.S. Lewis. He was a professor and a writer, and for much of his early life a skeptic, until he came to faith and gave the rest of his days to making the Christian story clear and believable.
Each week we take up one of his books, from Mere Christianity to The Chronicles of Narnia, and let it open a door back to Scripture. Lewis never wanted readers to stop at his words. He wanted them to look through his words to Christ.
Come for one Sunday or all eight. Bring your questions, bring a friend, and find us at the sanctuary doors at 8, 9:30, or 11 AM.
June 14 to August 2, 2026 · 8 Weeks
The Reading List
Week One · June 14
A onetime skeptic who became one of the most trusted Christian voices of the last century. We open the summer by meeting the man, his story, and why his writing still speaks to honest questions about faith.
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Week Two · June 21
Lewis warned a modern world about what it loses when it cuts itself off from truth and conscience. A look at why right and wrong are not ours to invent, and what is at stake when we try.
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Week Three · June 28
Written out of real loss, this is Lewis at his most honest about sorrow and the questions it raises. We sit with grief and with the God who stays near the brokenhearted.
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Week Four · July 5
The book that has pointed countless readers to Christ. We trace the simple, reasoned case for the faith that ordinary Christians in every age have held in common.
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Week Five · July 12
If God is good and strong, why does it hurt to be alive? Lewis took the hardest question honestly, and so will we, with room for both reason and hope.
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Week Six · July 19
A senior tempter coaches his nephew on how to trip up an ordinary Christian. Funny, sharp, and uncomfortably close to home, it shows how small compromises pull a heart off course.
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Week Seven · July 26
Behind the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe is the story underneath every story. We follow Aslan and find the gospel hiding in plain sight.
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Week Eight · August 2
Lewis believed our deepest longings point somewhere real. We close the summer looking at the glory we were made for, and the God who keeps every promise.
Video posts after SundayStart the series on June 14 and read along with us through August. Grab a seat, grab a coffee from the pavilion, and bring someone with you.
