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Others May, You Cannot
Others May, You Cannot By G.D. Watson (1845-1924) If God has called you to be really like Jesus, He will draw you to a life of crucifixion and humility, and put upon you such demands of obedience, that you will … Continue reading
Watson on Surrender
Others May, You Cannot By G.D. Watson (1845-1924) If God has called you to be really like Jesus, He will draw you to a life of crucifixion and humility, and put upon you such demands of obedience, that you will … Continue reading
CS Lewis on The Best Case Against God
“Not many years ago when I was an atheist, if anyone had asked me, ‘Why do you not believe in God?’ my reply would have run something like this:
Defoe on Trusting God
“So little do we see before us in the world, and so much reason have we to depend cheerfully upon the great Maker of the world, that He does not leave His creatures so absolutely destitute, but that in the … Continue reading
God and the Art of Lawn Mower Maintenance
Summer in Houston can border on unbearable. As a friend of mine once said, “It’s like living on the surface of the sun…under water.” One result is that mowing one’s lawn becomes a dreaded ordeal to be avoided at all … Continue reading
Sayers on Easter
“Let us, in heaven’s name, drag out the divine drama from under the dreadful accumulation of slipshod thinking and trashy sentiment heaped upon it, and set it on an open stage to startle the world into some sort of vigorous … Continue reading
Chesterton on Easter
“On the third day the friends of Christ coming at day-break to the place found the grave empty and the stone rolled away. In varying ways they realized the new wonder; but even they hardly realized that the world had … Continue reading
Robinson Crusoe: On Providence
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe isn’t read much anymore. When asked, most people muster a vague recollection of a story involving a man shipwrecked on an island, learning to live in a primitive wilderness all by himself . Many who … Continue reading
Anfractuosity: The Case against Christianity as Wish Fulfillment
A common criticism levied against religion generally and Christianity specifically is that it is simply wish fulfillment, a human invention to help us manage our anxiety in the face of a chaotic world and eventual death. Wanting something to be … Continue reading
CS Lewis: the Problem of Pain and Belief in God
The strongest argument against belief in God is the problem of evil. The more you look, the more you see that it is not the just chief problem but also the core question at the heart of all other objections … Continue reading
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