“Now personally, I don’t recommend the Potter books. I’d rather Christian kids not read them. But with some 325 million of them in print, your kids will probably see them and hear others talk about them, and they’re probably going to read them anyway. So use this occasion to teach them to be discerning—like Daniel. Dare them to have Daniel as their role model, not Harry Potter.
“And if your kids do enjoy Harry’s magical world, you should give them copies of C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books and Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.
“These books also feature wizards and witches and magic, but in addition, they inspire the imagination within a Christian framework—and prepare the hearts of readers for the real-life story of Jesus Christ.”
–Chuck Colson in his July 2007 Breakpoint commentary
What do you all think? Is Colson right?
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July 20, 2009 at 5:51 pm
K-Funk
I’m not sure the Harry Potter books are any more dangerous than any other secular books. It’s not like kids are growing up hoping to become witches (at least, I hope not).