{"id":47968,"date":"2004-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-03-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/why-aslan-appears-to-grow\/"},"modified":"2004-03-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-03-15T00:00:00","slug":"why-aslan-appears-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/why-aslan-appears-to-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Aslan Appears to Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In C. S. Lewis&#39;s children&#39;s series, <em class=\"citation\">The Chronicles of Narnia<\/em>, young heroine Lucy meets a majestic lion named Aslan in the enchanted land of Narnia. Making a return visit a year later, the children discover that everything has changed radically, and they quickly become lost. 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