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Tag Archives: Christianity
IN TOUCH DAILY: MAY 18
The Cross: The Heart of Christianity 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 The cross has become the symbol of Christianity, but it’s so much more than a mere piece of jewelry worn around the neck. The crucifixion of Christ is a central doctrine … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: DECEMBER 11
In the earliest days of Christianity an ‘apostle’ was first and foremost a man who claimed to be an eyewitness of the Resurrection. Only a few days after the Crucifixion when two candidates were nominated for the vacancy created by … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: DECEMBER 3
Screwtape shows Wormwood how to transform a minor trespass into a major sin: Success here depends on confusing him. If you try to make him explicitly and professedly proud of being a Christian, you will probably fail; the Enemy’s warnings … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: NOVEMBER 19
The letter and spirit of scripture, and of all Christianity, forbid us to suppose that life in the New Creation will be a sexual life; and this reduces our imagination to the withering alternative either of bodies which are hardly … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 11
No Christian and, indeed, no historian could accept the epigram which defines religion as “what a man does with his solitude.” It was one of the Wesleys, I think, who said that the New Testament knows nothing of solitary religion. … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: SEPTEMBER 6
There are three ways of taking the command to turn the other cheek. One is the Pacifist interpretation; it means what it says and imposes a duty of nonresistance on all men in all circumstances. Another is the minimising interpretation; … Continue reading