Yielding To Christianity

CS Lewis wrote: “What, then, is the difference which He [Christ] has made to the whole human mass? It is just this; that the business of becoming a son of God, of being turned from a created thing into a begotten thing, of passing over from the temporary biological life into timeless “spiritual” life, has been done for us. Humanity is already “saved” in principle. We individuals have to appropriate that salvation. But the really… Continue reading →

Paul wrote, “You were taught to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds … (NRSV Eph. 4:22-24). And, in his writing The Literal Meaning of Genesis (Book 12), I think St. Augustine is clearly describing how being “renewed in the spirit of your minds” takes place.
According to Augustine, when we read that we are to… Continue reading →