We Are Not Sent to Hell
It’s not a question of God “sending” us to Hell. In each of us there is something growing up which will of itself be Hell unless it is nipped in the bud. C.S. Lewis, God…
He Removes His Hand
If we should not allow God’s hand to guide us, and continue to try on our own, He will attempt to show us what it is really like without His guidance by removing His hand…
He Holds Our Hand
From Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis When you teach a child writing, you hold its hand while it forms the letters: that is, it forms the letters because you are forming them. We love and…
Pick A Number
This is absolutely astounding, from C.S Lewis’s Case for Christ by Art Lindsley, P. 19. Once when I was invited to his rooms after dinner for a glass of beer, he played a game. He…
Revelation: A Book of Worship
It was an unusual Easter Church Service. The service was certainly focused on Christ, however, Revelation was used as the main text in order to focus our minds on the Glory of the Risen One.…
A Dose of “Real Life”
From C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters (note: ‘Enemy’ refers to God, ‘Father’ refers to Satan; the letter is written by a demon) One day, as he sat reading, I saw a train of thought in…
Golgotha’s Hill
From Gene Edwards’ The Divine Romance: The soldiers bound the Lord’s legs, pressed them hard against the wood, and nailed his feet to the cross. Ruthlessly they pulled the stake upward, balanced it, and then…
Trying Hard
Many things – such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unafectedly – are done worst when we try hardest to do them. – C.S. Lewis, Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature I would add to…
George MacDonald on Dryness
God does not, by the instant gift of His Spirit, make us always feel right, desire good, love purity, aspire after Him and His Will. Therefore either He will not, or He cannot. If He…