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Christianity Satisfies (part two)
September 1st, 2010
The following is a continuation from the previous post. This the final section of G.K. Chesterton’s book, Orthodoxy.
Joy, which was the small publicity of the pagan, is the gigantic secret of the Christian. And as I close this chaotic volume I open again the strange small book from which all Christianity came; and I am [...]
Christianity Satisfies
August 31st, 2010
Christianity satisfies suddenly and perfectly man’s ancestral instinct for being the right way up; satisfies it supremely in this; that by its creed joy becomes something gigantic and sadness something special and small.
Evil & the Hypostatic Union
August 26th, 2010
The following fictional conversation takes place between two senior demons (Temptor and Mischief) in Jerusalem proper circa 26 A.D.
Temptor: We need to talk.
Mischief: You sound concerned.
Temptor: What do you make of the hullabaloo caused by the Nazarene?
Mischief: As our Master instructed, we have kept a close watch on him since the Noel.
Temptor: Yes, I know. [...]
Christianity & the Unfriendly God
August 25th, 2010
The following excerpt comes from C.S. Lewis’ book Miracles (chapter 11: Christianity and ‘religion’):
“We who defend Christianity find ourselves constantly opposed not by the irreligion of our hearers but by their real religion.
Speak about beauty, truth and goodness, or about a God who is simply the indwelling principle of these three, speak about a great [...]
Jehovah Our Righteousness
August 19th, 2010
Jehovah Our Righteousness
By William Cowper
My God, how perfect are thy ways!
But mine polluted are;
Sin twines itself about my praise,
And slides into my prayer.
When I would speak what thou hast done
To save me from my sin,
I cannot make thy mercies known,
But self-applause creeps in.
Divine desire, that holy flame
Thy grace creates in me;
Alas! impatience is its name,
When [...]