C. S. Lewis on Christianity as a Means to an End

C. S. Lewis on Christianity as a Means to an End - Ethics and Culture

“We do want, and want very much, to make men treat Christianity as a means; preferably, of course, as a means to their own advancement, but, failing that, as a ...

Is Your Christianity Merely a Means to a Social Justice End?

It seems CS Lewis thought it a demonic strategy to distract Christians from their primary mission by convincing them to treat Christianity as a means to ...

Lewis: God Is the End, Not the Means to an End - Pondering Principles

Here's a very timely reminder from CS Lewis that God is not some convenient prop we can use to achieve whatever else we want in life or eternity.

C.S. Lewis on Dying Christianity | Brad Hambrick

Other times we think that we can only honor God with the emotions at the pleasant end ... It is only when we acknowledge that God made us ...

Reflections: Mistaking The Means For The End - C.S. Lewis Institute

There have been some who were so occupied in spreading Christianity that they never gave a thought to Christ. Man! Ye see it in smaller matters.

C.S Lewis on the Christ-life | The Puritan Board

I've been reading through Lewis's book, Mere Christianity, and in the chapter, "The Practical Conclusion", he says that the Christ-life is ...

What did C.S. Lewis mean by this statement: 'Christianity, if false, is ...

Lewis mean by this statement: "Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance, the only thing it cannot be is ...

C.S. Lewis Explains When To Stop Believing a Doctrine

First, it means that our doctrines of Christian belief are not meant primarily to help us live and work well with others on this earth, but to ...

Help me understand this C.S. Lewis quote about unbelievers…

has someone who worshipped another God get into heaven at the end ... According to at least one estimate, Lewis is the best selling Christian ...

Reflections: When Faith Becomes A Means - C.S. Lewis Institute

One of the subjects Lewis addresses in the book is the danger of using Christianity to support a “cause”. In this book, Lewis is writing from ...

Christianity and Politics. . . A Warning From C.S. Lewis. - CPYU

... is that in which temporal affairs are treated primarily as material for obedience. Once you have made the World an end, and faith a means ...

C.S. Lewis: “Christianity is not the sort of thing anyone would have ...

I felt a bit of a tension with that quote myself at the end. 1 Corinthians 15 is such an incredible chapter. Amazing. Paul was right. If Christ ...

Sermon: C. S. Lewis on Christianity & atheism - Idler

For Christianity is a fighting religion. It thinks God made ... When that happens, it is the end of the world. When the author walks ...

Cautions for Mere Christianity - The Gospel Coalition

CS Lewis' Mere Christianity is a classic. It is a winsome, thoughtful, well-written defense of the Christian faith.

BreakPoint: Christianity is not a means to an end

So, just getting people back in church is not merely an "instrumental" good. This, to quote C.S. Lewis' observation in "The Screwtape Letters," ...

C.S. Lewis — Mere Christianity - Providence Church

Mere Christianity is quite possibly Lewis's most known work, apart from Narnia. The book's origin was a series of weekly BBC radio talks beginning in 1941.

C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity: The Practical Conclusion (Warning

By the end of Book 2, Lewis has explained the significance of the atonement, and he has pointed to the fact that salvation is not just something ...

CS Lewis | A Means to an End

As an ardent believer in Jesus Christ, I am glad that someone so close to atheism, like Peter Hitchens in our day and C.S. Lewis in days past, ...

The Salvation Theology of C.S. Lewis | The North American Anglican

Lewis was and still is famed for his ability to speak to the spirit and identity of many differing Christians, bridging the divide between ...

Quote by C.S. Lewis: “There are only two kinds of people in the end: ...”

Without that self-choice there could be no Hell. No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. Those who knock it is ...