C.S. Lewis Institute

In the legacy of C.S. Lewis, the Institute develops disciples who will articulate, defend, share, and live their faith in Christ in both personal & public life.

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[eX-skeptic @exskeptic]

What Makes Christianity Different?

After exploring different religions, Jeremy found something uniquely compelling about Christianity: a God who doesn’t remain distant from human suffering, but enters into it Himself.

Listen to the full episode: https://t.co/rXpdW222Sd

#ExSkeptic #FaithJourney #FromDoubtToFaith #ChristianTestimony #JesusChangesEverything

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“Thus the Protestant disease of cheap grace can produce some of the most selfish and contentious leaders and lay people on earth, more difficult to bear in a state of grace and they would be in a state of nature.“
— Richard Lovelace, Dynamics of Spiritual Life

[KJ @KJ7562]

“The human mind is often, and I think it is for the most part, in a state neither of pain nor pleasure, which I call a state of indifference.”
― Edmund Burke

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"Lord, lead your people to repentance, beginning with us! Amen."
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, "Repent and Do Not Judge"

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“Our failure to make disciples is the real reason the church is weak.”
— @DallasAWillard, The Great Omission

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“Oh, it is because we have such shallow views of God’s love that we have such defective views of God’s dealings. We blindly interpret the symbols of his providence because we so imperfectly read the engraving of his heart.”
— Octavius Winslow, Help Heavenward

[KJ @KJ7562]

“Make them laugh. And while their mouths are open pour truth in.”
— Harold Clurman

[jacque boatman @jacqueboatman]

“But love not too well the work of thy hands and the devices of thy heart…”

- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

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Blessed are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the Lord!
Blessed are those who keep his testimonies,
who seek him with their whole heart,
who also do no wrong,
but walk in his ways!
You have commanded your precepts
to be kept diligently.

Psalm 119:1-4 (ESV)

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"Asking [prayer] is opposed by the enemy of our souls. To silence our asking is to cut the supply line on the battlefield."
— Stuart McAlpine, CSLI Teaching Fellow (from Just Asking: Restoring the Soul of Prayer)