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Tag Archives: death
IN TOUCH DAILY: JANUARY 11
When We Are Fearful Isaiah 41:8-20 Throughout the Bible, God encourages us not to be afraid or anxious, because as His children, we have no basis for fear. Of course, there are reasons to be cautious about what we do … Continue reading
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IN TOUCH DAILY: JANUARY 10
Our Heavenly Inheritance 1 Peter 1:1-9 Do you have too much stuff? If you’re like most people, the answer is yes. The problem is that whatever we accumulate demands our time and attention. It must be obtained, maintained, organized, and … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: DECEMBER 31
The thing you long for summons you away from the self. Even the desire for the thing lives only if you abandon it. This is the ultimate law—the seed dies to live, the bread must be cast upon the waters, … Continue reading
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: DECEMBER 21
The golden apple of selfhood, thrown among the false gods, became an apple of discord because they scrambled for it. They did not know the first rule of the holy game, which is that every player must by all means … Continue reading
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Tagged c s lewis, creatures, dance, death, discord, drowsy, earth, eternal, eternal dance, false gods, fault, generation, golden apple, good, happy, harmony, heaven, holy game, joy, love, movements, pain, pains, pleasure, pleasures, present time, sacrifice, selfhood, sufferings, the great master, the problem of pain, uncreated rhythm, Word
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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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Tagged acts, apostles, apostleship, betrayal, biography, c s lewis, Christendom, christian sermon, Christianity, christians, consequences, converted, corinthians, crucifixion, death, evidence, eyewitness, God, good news, gospel, gospels, history, Jesus, judas, life, lord, Lord Jesus, miracle, miracles, narratives, outer world, qualification, resurrection, st peter, st. paul, theology, treachery, witnesses
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 14
I have heard some people complain that if Jesus was God as well as man, then His sufferings and death lose all value in their eyes, ‘because it must have been so easy for Him’. Others may (very rightly) rebuke … Continue reading
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Tagged advantage, c s lewis, complain, death, drowning, easier, easy, God, help, ingratitude, Jesus, man, mere Christianity, misunderstanding, objection, perfect death, perfect submission, perfect suffering, possible, stronger, sufferings, unfair, ungraciousness, value
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 12
And Digory could say nothing, for tears choked him and he gave up all hopes of saving his Mother’s life; but at the same time he knew that the Lion knew what would have happened, and that there might be … Continue reading
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Tagged aslan, c s lewis, death, digory, dream, endless life, heal, hope, joy, losing someone, love, stolen apple, tears, thank you, the lion, the magician's nephew, the tree of life
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C. S. LEWIS DAILY: OCTOBER 9
Lewis, grieving the death of his wife, Joy: On the other hand, ‘Knock and it shall be opened.’ But does knocking mean hammering and kicking the door like a maniac? And there’s also ‘To him that hath shall be given.’ … Continue reading
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Tagged a grief observed, ask, attention, c s lewis, capacity, death, give, given, grief, grieving, joy, joy davidman, knock, mistakes, omnipotence, opened, passion, question, receive, sense of God, tedious duty, unrepented sin
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