Eph 1 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by God’s will: To the faithful saints in Christ Jesus at Ephesus. 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul is addressing the saints. The saints are not a special class of super Christians. Or the spiritually elite, […]
C.S. Lewis
Eph 1 – Doctrine, Destiny and Doxology: Being a Worshiper (pt2 of 3)
C.S. Lewis – Quote on Praise
…praise almost seems to be inner health made audible… (quote from C.S. Lewis’ Reflections on the Psalms) The most obvious fact about praise—whether of God or anything—strangely escaped me. I thought of it in terms of compliment, approval, or the giving of honour. I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise unless […]
C.S. Lewis Quotes – The Weight of Glory
It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant […]
C.S. Lewis Quote about Tin Soldier
The Book of Romans: Under New Management (pt 3 of 3)
Quick recap. 1) If you are saved, you are free. 2) If you are free, you can choose whom to obey. 3) If you choose to obey God, your life will be characterized by constant dying and surrender. At this point, you may be thinking, I understand the gospel. I understand that I have been […]