Yielding To Christianity

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 →

CS Lewis wrote in Mere Christianity: “I find I must borrow yet another parable from George MacDonald. Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently he starts knocking the… Continue reading →