The Wardrobe Door

The Wardrobe Door

How Stories Enhance, Not Undermine Truth

The Narnia illustrator wept over Aslan before realizing Who he was

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Aaron Earls
Feb 11, 2026
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Everyone who has read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe knows the scene. It’s perhaps the most powerful scene in all of The Chronicles of Narnia.

Aslan slowly makes his way to the stone table to surrender himself to the White Witch. Accompanied part of the way by Susan and Lucy, the great lion takes the last steps on …

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