Some people think of worship like a business transaction––a quid pro quo. Others offer their praises in order to feel something. Enjoying the emotional reaction to God’s presence isn’t bad. In fact, it’s one of the most pleasurable of human emotions. But worshipping only in order to achieve that feeling can be self-seeking instead of …
The Conscienceless
“What is a conscience?” asked the young man. “If you see a turtle upside down with its legs trying to get right side up, what's your instinct?” replied the old man.” “I guess it's to turn him over.” “Well, that's conscience.” The term “conscience” comes from con, which means with and science, meaning knowledge. So, …
The Christian Party. Right?
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 …
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