In 1951 C. S. Lewis received a letter from Prime Minister Winston Churchill. In it, Churchill offered to recommend him for a C.B.E. (Commander of the British Empire). The C.B.E. is one class in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, a chivalric order established to recognize gallantry and service to the Empire, and …
Bonhoeffer: A Postmortem Interview (Part 3 of 4)
Barney: Welcome back to the show, Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Author, pastor, activist, and martyr. Bonhoeffer: Thank you. Glad to be here. Barney: We left our discussion last week comparing your historical context with our hysterical one––hysterical, not in the sense of humorous, but as in bizarre, even manic. Everyday we 21st Century Americans wake up to some new whacky thing our president …
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Reasons to Pray for Your Enemies
In a letter to his brother Warren in 1950, C.S. Lewis wrote: “It sounds impossible [to love and forgive our enemies]. I pray every night for the people I am most tempted to hate or despise (the present list is Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini . . . ) and in the effort to make this real …
Justice is on it’s Way
I was traveling recently visiting family. Each of my six flights were good with the exception of one incident regarding the inflight movie: “Nuremburg.” I liked the film, but we landed ten minutes shy of its conclusion! I nearly rushed the cockpit and ordered the pilot to circle the runway a few times so I …
Bonhoeffer: A Postmortem Interview (Part 2 of 4)
Barney: Welcome back everyone to our postmortem conversation with evangelical icon, Dietrich Bonhoeffer. And welcome to you, Mr. Bonhoeffer. We very much appreciate you, your legacy, and your devotion to the truth and your sacrifice for the Church of Jesus Christ. Bonhoeffer: It’s entirely my pleasure. Barney: Last time we were discussing the four categories of people in Germany …
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