“Niceness” — wholesome, integrated personality — is an excellent thing. We must try by every medical, educational, economic, and political means in our power, to produce a world where as many people as possible grow up “nice”; just as we must try to produce a world where all have plenty to eat. But we must […]
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis Quote on Making You into a Palace, not a Little Cottage
…Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently he […]
C.S. Lewis Quote on a Believer's Sanctification or Perfection (Mere Christianity)
Dozens of people go to Him [God] to be cured of some one particular sin which they are ashamed of (like cowardice) or which is obviously spoiling daily life (like bad temper). Well, He will cure it all right: but He will not stop there. That may be all you asked; but if once you […]
C.S. Lewis Quote on the Purpose of Church (Mere Christianity)
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity It is easy to think that the Church has a lot of different objects — education, building, missions, holding services. Just as it is easy to think the State has a lot of different objects — military, political, economic, and what not. But in a way things are much simpler than […]
Romans 12: The Dance of God pt 2 of 4
Why do we naturally gravitate toward religion? It’s because we often are worshiping ourselves even the midst of looking religious. If you recall, one of the consequences of sin from Romans 1 is that we exchanged the glory of God for idols. And one of the most prominent idols of our era is individualism. John […]