The Final Installment of my Book Review of Mere Christianity: 4:11–The New Men
The final chapter of Mere Christianity is entitled, “The New Men.” In it, Lewis touches upon something that will no doubt drive your modern day fundamentalist c...
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C.S. Lewis and Mere Christianity…4:10–Nice People or New Men
Since my son is still napping, I thought I’d just continue and move on to Lewis’ next chapter in Mere Christianity: “Nice People or New Men.” In this chapter, L...
C.S. Lewis and Mere Christianity: 4:9–Counting the Cost
As C.S. Lewis continues to wrap up his book Mere Christianity, he addresses the idea in the Bible in which God says, “Be ye perfect.” He makes it clear that “be...
CS Lewis, Mere Christianity: 4:8–Is Christianity Hard or Easy?
The last few chapters of Mere Christianity have had a tremendous challenging influence on me ever since my high school days. This chapter is fairly straightforw...
C.S. Lewis and Mere Christianity: 4:7–Let’s Pretend!
Thus far in Book 4 of Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis has been trying to both lay out some basic concepts regarding the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, and the...
C.S. Lewis and Mere Christianity: Book 4:5–Obstinate Toy Soldiers
We are no turning the corner and getting into the “home stretch” of C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity. In this chapter, Lewis provides an analogy that might seem qu...
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity: Book 4:4–Good Infection
In my previous post on C.S. Lewis and Mere Christianity, I discussed Lewis’ take on the concept of eternity. In this post, I will now discuss Lewis’ attempt to ...
Mere Christianity: C.S. Lewis Contemplates Eternity
In Book 4:3 of Mere Christianity, in the chapter entitled, “Time and Beyond Time,” C.S. Lewis takes on a topic that simply cannot be grasped by the ...
C.S. Lewis and Mere Christianity: The Trinity (The Three-Personal God)
In Lewis’ next chapter, entitled, “The Three-Personal God,” he expands on the Christian concept of the Trinity. He begins by pointing out something that most pe...
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity: Faith
I want to finish Book 3 of Mere Christianity with a short discussion on Lewis’ view of faith. He devotes two chapters to the topic of faith. In 3:11, Lewis emph...