Yielding To Christianity

Human beings are not just natural beings; we are conscious beings. And each individual human consciousness looks at the world through our own unique set of spiritual “eyes.” … To understand how this works, we must, as CS Lewis wrote, “distinguish sentience from consciousness” (Problem of Pain 134). Sentience is the capacity to feel and respond to physical stimuli. It is clearly a brain function we share with animals. But only the human “Consciousness or… Continue reading →

Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face; Here would I touch and handle things unseen; Here grasp with firmer hand eternal grace, And all my weariness upon Thee lean. (Horatius Bonar, 1855)
Horatius Bonar, an ordained Scottish pastor, wrote hundreds of hymns. It was said that the hymns came to him during walks beside the ocean or along a brook. Or at other times he might be inspired by the rhythmic clatter… Continue reading →