Wednesday is for Thinking Ran across a fascinating quote from Trevan Wax on the relevance of G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936). Thanks to Miguel Labrador for passing on the article by Elise Hilton at the Acton Institute. Full article here. The whole article is worthwhile and just finding an article on one of my favorite authors was … More The Dogmatism of Atheists
Tuesday is for Preaching JUDAS ISCARIOT “… none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the Scripture might be fulfilled.” . … More Judas Iscariot: Proving the Necessity of the New Birth
Sunday Afternoon Musings “The Christian idea is quite different. They think God made the universe–like a man making a picture or composing a tune. A painter isn’t a picture, and he doesn’t die if his picture is destroyed. You may say, ‘He’s put a lot of himself into it,’ but that only means that all … More “Don’t talk damned nonsense!” (C.S. Lewis)
Thursday is for Discipleship Understanding the gospel requires a mind shift. You must know your need. You must know your estrangement from a holy God. That is precisely the point that C.S. Lewis makes in this radio-talk-made-chapter in a book. “Now my third point. When I chose to get to my real subject in this … More “When you know you’re sick, you’ll listen to the doctor.”
Weekend Links I am a grandfather again! Meredith and Dan just had their second child. Young Owen has a baby sister, Ellie Leta, born this morning weighing 7lb. 1 oz and measuring 18″ long. We are excited for them and us and excited to see our new family member. Enjoy the weekend links. Better Thinking … More Lazy Atheists; John Stewart’s Prejudice; Tim Keller on Suffering; Government Homosexuality Numbers; Smart Phones Making us Dumb and more
Thursday is for Thinking Our’s is a biased age. Every age is. But our biases are killing us. We are prejudiced about books written before last year. We are prejudiced by our passions, our experiences, our likes, our dislikes, our friends opinions, the politically correct climate, the desire to be liked, the desire to fit … More “I Don’t Love Her Anymore, So I’m Going to Divorce Her”
Saturday Morning Musings I’m so looking forward to meeting and thanking Mr. Lewis for the brightness of his faith and defense of the gospel. Enjoy.
Teaching My Soul its Place on a Friday I don’t need to be used … honored, respected, acknowledged, understood, desired, needed, useful, adored, loved, perked, comped, served, significant, important, noticed, valued, sought out, I need to be salt, light, broken, humble, joyful, a servant, loving, prophetic, bold, a bond-slave, a brother, a Christ-one, a follower, … More Things I Don’t Need
Wednesday is for Prayer “No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is. After all, you find … More “No man knows how bad he is till …”
I have a personal goal to reread every C.S. Lewis book on my shelf in 2014-15. A second project is to edit an index to each book that is missing one. (Secret pet peeve: I have an extreme dislike for books without indexes.) I am working on preparing a Scripture index for the same … More Index for Letters to Malcolm (Indulging My Inner Geek)
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