Sublime

For as well as being a man who relentlessly studied the Bible, Jack was also a man who prayed, continually seeking the wisdom and guidance of the Holy Spirit. He put the problems of others before his maker as often if not more often, and as earnestly if not more earnestly, as he put his own.

My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust? If the whole show was bad and senseless from A to Z, so to speak, why did I, who was

For reflection: Genesis 4:16 To walk out of His will is to walk into nowhere. —from Perelandra

Lewis will not let his readers forget that good thought is dynamic thought and it must not become stagnant.

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

18 Ah, you who drag iniquity along with cords of falsehood,

And he answered, “Yes, I know; be silent.”