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| Prince Caspian: 3 of the 16 Biblical Themes |
By Ken McCoy
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I used to take notes, underline, highlight, and generally mark up my Bible. I was pretty prolific in the notes that I’d make within those narrow margins, and I had devised a detailed system of symbols and lines to mean different things to me. Flipping through my Bible would reveal page after page marked with notes, highlighted with colored pencil (highlighter pens bleed through the page), and scribbled with arrows, stars, circles, and wavy lines.
I don’t do that anymore.
I discovered that once I had marked a verse or passage and made a note, those markings were the only things that I noticed the next time I came across that passage. I realized that I wasn’t learning anything new, but instead was rehashing old lessons. So I stopped marking up my Bible so that I could approach God’s Word with fresh eyes, even when reading a familiar passage.
I need to explain to you that C.S. Lewis would never have done what I’ve done here with his Chronicles of Narnia books. He carefully avoided identifying spiritual tie-ins with these books, and for good reason. He wanted all people to experience these adventures for themselves. He did not want to set expectations on the part of his readers. He, in essence, didn’t want anyone marking up his book.
With that in mind, please deal with this part of the material respectfully. I’ve carefully taken a closer look at Prince Caspian and discerned these three (of sixteen) Biblical themes. There are certainly more than these, so please don’t take this as a complete list.
1. Train Station/Ruins
The kids discover that they’re in their castle, but that 100 years have elapsed in Narnia.
• Our sense of time is out of whack. What we think is important doesn’t last.
• “Do not store up for yourselves...” Matthew 6:19-21
• With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 1 Peter 3:8
2. “You’re It?”
The Narnians and Prince Caspian were expecting adults, but got children.
• Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3-4
• Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” Matthew 19:14
• Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12
3. Reepicheep
Reepicheep almost slices up Prince Caspian. Caspian is flabbergasted because, “You’re a mouse.” He didn’t think anyone that small could handle him.
• Size/appearance isn’t an issue to God.
• But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks
at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7
• God does not judge by external appearance Galatians 2:6
If you'd like to make sure that you get all 16 Themes and the rest of the 32 page Prince Caspian "Behind The Scenes" Youthworker Guide, DVD and Movie Poster, go here to become a Narnia Insider.
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