Sublime

‘Son,’ he said, ‘ye cannot in your present state understand eternity: when Anodos looked through the door of the Timeless he brought no message back. But ye can get some likeness of it if ye say that both good and evil, when they are full grown, become retrospective. Not only this valley but all their earthly past will have been Heaven to those who

This is a man who never presented himself as any kind of psychologist and yet now is thought of as a man who understood human thinking and humanity better than any other writer of his time. This is a man who never imagined himself to be a biblical scholar and yet who read and memorised a chapter of the Bible every single day.

nor as Judge, but merely as a magician; and when He had done what was required of Him I supposed He would simply—well, go away.

For reflection: Judges 16:15–18 Virtue—even attempted virtue—brings light; indulgence brings fog. —from Mere Christianity

Listen to me, you who know righteousness, you people who have my teaching in your hearts; do not fear the reproach of others, and do not be dismayed when they revile you.

C. S. Lewis articulates in Mere Christianity, the actual Christian life is lived out in specific communities. He describes a hall with many doors that open to individual rooms. The hall is “mere Christianity,” and all of us should celebrate when a person enters that hall for the first time. But ultimately we must choose a specific room in which we

But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is not wearied by our sins, or our indifference; and, therefore, it is quite relentless in its determination that we shall be cured of those sins, at whatever cost to us, at whatever cost to Him. —from Mere Christianity For reflection Deuteronomy