In this chapter, Lewis opens up by telling the readers that everyone has warned him not to discuss the topics in this book—ChristianTheology. However, he has rejected that advice. In this chapter, Lewis particularly explores the necessity of Christian Theology. Again, he uses an analogy of “a man watching the ocean at a beach” and “a map” to compare the real experience of God versus the Christian Theology. He notes that if you want to go further, you have to use the map. In addition, he argues that Theology is practical, especially in modern days, as it equips us with the right ideas to recognize and dismiss the wrong ones. He then counters the notion that Jesus is just a great moral teacher.本章开篇C.S.Lewis就告诉读者，每个人都警告他不要讨论本卷书中的话题——基督教神学。然而，他拒绝了这个建议（偏不听哈！）。并且在这一章，Lewis特别探讨了基督教神学的必要性。他再次使用了一个比喻，将“在海滩上看海”和“地图”进行比较，以此来说明对上帝的真实体验与基督教神学之间的关系。他指出，如果你想走得更远，就必须得使用地图。此外，他还认为神学是实用的，尤其是在现代，因为它使我们具备正确的观念，能够识别并摒弃错误的观念。接着，他反驳了“耶稣只是个伟大的道德教师”这一观点。
Lewis then clarifies the difference between “begetting” and“making”. Begetting means producing something of the same kind, while making means creating something different. What God begets is God, just as what man begets is man. What God creates is not God, just as what man creates is not man. He uses a series of analogies to illustrate this concept, such as a statue vs. a man, and a picture vs. a landscape. Lewis接着澄清了“生(begetting)”和“造(making)”之间的区别。生是指生产同类的东西，而造是指创造不同的东西。上帝所生的是上帝（注：中文译作生，然而英文begetting没有生物学上生殖的含义），正如人所生的是人。上帝所造的不是上帝，正如人所造的不是人。他用了一系列比喻来说明这一概念，比如雕像与人，图画与风景的对比。
In the end, he distinguishes between Spiritual life and Biological life, even giving them different names—the former as Zoe and the latter as Bio. He notes that a man who has no spiritual life is like a statue,and from Bio to Zoe, a man needs to go through as big a change as a statue being changed from stone to being a real man.最后，他区分了灵性生命和生物生命，甚至为它们赋予了不同的名称——前者为Zoe，后者为Bio。他指出，一个没有灵性生命的人就像一座雕像，而从Bio到Zoe，一个人需要经历像雕像从石头变成真人一样巨大的改变。
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