Patricia Hofer

Christian experience

Christ not silk on a goat.

PUT A SILK ON A GOAT AND IT IS STILL A GOAT. But Christian practice might at times appear to contradict this Irish proverb. Churchgoers could quite easily get the impression that the change Christ demands is just an outward one—a process of giving up bad habits and adopting good ones. As C. S. Lewis wrote: “When a man turns to Christ and seems to be getting on pretty well (in the sense that some… Continue reading