Jerry Root
Jerry Root, is the Christopher W. Mitchell Senior Fellow for C.S. Lewis Studies at the C.S. Lewis Institute; Emeritus Professor of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois and a visiting Professor at Biola University. He received his Ph.D. from the Open University through the Oxford Centre for Missions Studies. Jerry has nine published books, as well as numerous articles and publications about C. S. Lewis and evangelism in other books, journals, and periodicals, as well as read numerous academic papers at various academic venues. Recently, he published, Splendour in the Dark, a book about C. S. Lewis’s narrative poem Dymer (the book also includes Lewis’s 100-page poem). Jerry has lectured on Lewis topics at 79 Universities in 19 different countries.
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How do we confront the indifference toward evangelism in the church?
Professor Jerry Root responds to questions about the modern church and evangelism.
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C.S. Lewis and the Uses and Abuses of the Imagination
Jerry Root lectures on the uses and abuses of the Imagination
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Growing in Humility – Part 1
"If we focus on what we have acquired we are at a risk of being...Read More
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Growing in Humility – Part 2
"Humility is a better path to with God and others as well as to true...Read More
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Is Salvation the restoration of humility?
Jerry Root answers the question, Is Salvation the restoration of humility?
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If a person says “you think you know, and that I don’t know ….?”
Jerry Root answers the question If a person says "you think you know, and that...Read More
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What do you do with a Christian who is a chump and with a non-Christian who is nice?
"When I was telling the story, the lady was not comparing herself to the chumps,...Read More
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Some Causes for Humility
"An honest assessment of God may because one to be Humble because God prefers a...Read More
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If the great sin is to live in neglect of the love of God, how do we grow in the love of God?
"When God makes you His purpose precedes your making that is function precedes essences," says...Read More
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Three Possible Benefits of Criticism
Jerry Root explains how criticism can contribute to godly humility when handled wisely.
