C.S. Lewis, one of the 20th century's top intellectuals, considered himself too smart for Christianity.
So how, at age 32, did he suddenly become one of its greatest advocates?
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C.S. Lewis's conversion didn't begin suddenly. He first began to feel a deep longing, pointing him to seek out the most beautiful things in life: music, art, romance.
And yet, nothing he could find completely satisfied it...
He called this profound longing "joy", and intuited:
"If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world."