Mere Christianity 29: The New Men (cont’d)

We are in the middle of the last chapter of Mere Christianity, which is entitled “The New Men”.  In this chapter, Lewis likens the process of going from being creatures made by God to being sons of God to the next step in the process of evolution.  But there are some key differences between this [...]

Mere Christianity 28: The New Men

Well this is it folks.  We have finally reached the end of Mere Christianity.  In the previous chapter Lewis considered the question of whether or not Christians ought to be expected to be nicer than non-Christians.  He came out saying that the true question is whether a Christian is nicer than he or she was [...]

Mere Christianity 27: Nice People or New Men

We are now only two chapters away from the end of Mere Christianity.  We are in the section called “Beyond Personality”, in which Lewis discusses what a God who is beyond personality looks like and how we as humans can engage with a God who is beyond personality and experience that life which is beyond [...]

Mere Christianity 26: Counting the Cost

In the previous chapter Lewis asked the question “Is Christianity hard or easy?”  He said that Christianity is all about surrendering everything inside of us to Christ, and this is hard.  But in the long run it is a whole lot easier than this business which most of us are trying to pull off–to indulge [...]

Mere Christianity 25: Is Christianity Hard or Easy?

In the previous chapter Lewis considered the idea of pretending to be like Christ in order that you may ultimately become like Christ.  But this is not simply some sort of optional exercise or special assignment for the top class, instead it is the whole of the Christian life.  This is all that Christianity has [...]

Mere Christianity 24: Let’s Pretend

We are now in the middle of “Beyond Personality”, the final section of Mere Christianity in which Lewis discusses what a God who is “beyond personality” looks like and how we as human beings can enter into that life of God which is beyond personality.  In previous chapters Lewis explained that this life is transmitted [...]

Mere Christianity 23: The Obstinate Toy Soldiers

In the previous chapter Lewis described the nature of the Trinity and how the special life that exists in God can be transferred to us, by a sort of “good infection” if you will. But there is a hitch.  The natural life which we as humans possess (Bios) and the special life which God possesses [...]

Mere Christianity 22: Good Infection

We are now in the fourth and final section of Mere Christianity, the section entitled “Beyond Personality”.  This section is all about what a God who is beyond personality looks like, and how we as humans can enter into the life of a God who is beyond personality.  Lewis starts off by laying the groundwork [...]

Mere Christianity 21: Time and Beyond Time

In this chapter Lewis takes a brief detour to address a common stumbling block related to the subject of prayer.  It is this question:  How can God attend to all the prayers of all the people in the world if they are all praying to Him at the same time? This question arises because we as [...]

Mere Christianity 20: The Three-Personal God

We are now in the fourth and final section of Mere Christianity, the section entitled “Beyond Personality”.  In the previous chapter Lewis laid the groundwork for his development of the idea of the Trinity by introducing the distinction between “making” and “begetting”, the idea that what man begets is man while what God begets is [...]