Mere Christianity Book 4 Summary

Christianity is a Theism worldview that focuses on the belief in one personal and relational God that created all that exists (Hiles, & Smith, 2015). God created man in his likeness to care for all that has been created, to know and worship God, and to love and obey God (Diffey, 2015). Man is to rule and have dominion over the earth, be fruitful and multiply, filling the earth (Genesis 1:28). Christians rely on the support of the Holy Bible to guide them in the word of God. The Bible consist of four basic acts, the Creation, the Fall of Humanity, Redemption, and Restoration (Diffey, 2015). Christians believe that God sent his only Son to die on the cross for their salvation. In this paper will be a focus on the Christian worldview discussing God, humanity, Jesus,

Chapter three of Engaging the Christian Scriptures goes into detail over selective parts of the sections of history, writings, and prophets. Chapter three gives the reader information over several books in the Bible such as Joshua, Judges, Jeremiah, etc. The chapter dives into the text of Joshua and gives the reader useful insight over Joshua and him leading the Israel across the Jordan river to conquer the land of milk and honey, Jericho. The book of Judges purpose was to teach Israel that God is faithful and certain to punish sin therefore each person must remain loyal and devoted to the Lord. The purpose of Jeremiah was to warn of the destruction that they were about to face and to urge Judah to return and submit to God. Towards the end

Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis, is written as set of guidelines of Christian belief. Lewis does not say there is any particular way to believe but he does make a point that the topic of religion itself is serious. As you consider whether you want to believe or not, you have to recognize how much thought it requires, and how thought provoking a process this decision is. Lewis covers Christianity in four different books within his book. In book one, Lewis discusses the Law of Nature and makes note of a tendency in humans of appealing to a standard of absolute truth in quarrels and arguments. He calls this standard the Law of Nature or the Moral Law. The Law isn't the same as the law of gravity

The homily presented in chapter nine of William Reese’s Christian Theology dives into the theme of ethics. The children’s father created a rule about not seeing PG-13 or R rated movies, but the boys attempted to find loopholes for this rule. Because they created a list of pros and cons and insisted on seeing a certain PG-13 or R rated movie, the father became extreme. He baked some excellent brownies that contained a small amount of dog poop, and he told his children they could see the movie with trace amounts of profanity if they could look past the trace amount of dog poop in the brownies and eat one. The author expresses the theme of ethics in a shocking way by possibly disgusting his readers, but he forces them to look for the underlying message, which is that God wouldn’t want his followers to allow evil in to their lives simply because there is some goodness involved.

Mere Christianity by C.S Lewis was a series of radio talks, speaking about The Law of Human Nature. This isn't a scientific law this is simply a part of humans that some would call our moral code or ethics, but it is more then that. C.s uses logic to state that it’s not just a opinion, or something just in todays world, but that its all the way through history with the romans, theegyptions, every culture, in every part of the world, even there morals are diffrent at the basis levels of human nature are the same. For me an avid student of random things it makes sense, No matter what time or place you can compare the conducts and levels. This comes with the understanding of basic human psychollgy, though reality may be diffrent we hold are seveals to a standers, of conduct and we know this to be true because people break them all the time

We have now come to the fourth and final book of Mere Christianity. In this book, the author takes us to the place in our Christian growth where we begin to rely more heavily on the power of God and less on ourselves to become the being that God originally intended for us to be — a son of God. He begins with an explanation of the difference between “making” and “begetting”.

Through Mere Christianity, much of the Catholic faith are shown. For example, God sent Jesus to save humanity because He is both God and man to perform the perfect suffering - perfect for He is God, and human because the Divine nature cannot suffer. Within the first half of the book, C.S. Lewis proves logical proof of God, intriguingly, by comparing to everyday life. In one small instance, he explains that reality and truth are not simple. A piece of paper may look simple, but it is made of thousands of atoms which light reflects to the eyes; then, interpreted by the brain in a more complex process. As a result, religion is not simple either. The book challenges one’s thinking of the world like the concept of evil. According to C.S. Lewis,

With the emergence of the television evangelist we have witnessed the rise of the prosperity gospel which promises that Jesus will assist you to live out the American dream of worldly success, wealth, health, and prosperity. In just viewing the title of this book which highlights the gospel and success you have to take a deep breath because just looking at the cover it appears that the book promotes the gospel of success. However, this book by Kirbyjon Caldwell describes a pathway to holistic salvation. In addition, God wants his children to experience salvation in every area of their lives. Kirbyjon Caldwell writes this book to demonstrate how to use the principles of holistic Salvation because God wants you to be successful in all areas of

In the article titled “Christian Vision of a Person”, Patrick McArdle seeks to explain the question of what it means to be a human person, and in doing so seeks to assist or enhance people’s understanding of Christian Ethics and Anthropology. From a modern, first world perspective, the question at first glance appears to be a simple one. However, when we read further, this appears not to be the case. His article takes an almost tripartite approach to defining the human person. He looks much deeper than the socio-biological aspects of humanity and gives us an insight into the metaphysical qualities that help us form our opinion of what it means to be a human person. In the later part of the article, McArdle goes on to talk

It seems that in this chapter, Moss explained how early Christians faced persecution and suffering as the Romans wanted them to get executed. Going back to the past, it's hard to trust people merely because of the possibilities of traitors constantly looking over their shoulders.

John Calvin makes the assertion throughout his Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life that a believer’s life should show growth and spiritual progress. According to the Christian teachings, Calvin’s assertions are correct. Calvin argues that because Christians believe that their lives belong to the Lord, they are to follow His plan for their lives, strive to better the lives of others, and show appreciation for God’s blessings.

The Christian faith is a well-documented and common religion of the Western civilization. However, because Christianity is so fluid and complex, it easier for Christians to be incorrectly interpreting aspects of the bible. In the book “Why Christian?” by Douglas John Hall, and “She Who Is” by Elizabeth Johnson, both examine some of the critical misunderstandings proving problematic within the Christian faith, but in different “lenses”. The book “Why Christian?” addresses the Christian youth who are in doubt of their faith because of inconsistencies engraved in rules set by the higher officials of the Christian community. While “She Who Is” examines the Christian perspective from the underrepresented woman's’ perspective.

Throughout time, a great number of books, pertaining to Christianity have been published by various authors. One of these writers is the famous C. S. Lewis. Although people of his time thought he did not qualify to write books on Christianity, his books of this nature have passed the test of time thus far, one of which is Meer Christianity. Not only has this book survived, it has become a staple for learning about Christianity and in growing your faith. At times, however, Mr. Lewis seems to not use the Bible as his primary source. If C. S. Lewis ignored the Bible as his main source of information, in Mere Christianity, what is the basis for his information?

The book Steps to Christ discusses our relationship with God. The author Ellen White describes thirteen steps we must take to enable us to have a loving and committed relationship with our Heavenly Father. In this essay I discuss each of the thirteen steps.

The Mind of the Maker sets forth an analogical study of the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, comparing the various aspects of the Godhead to the human person. Sayers demonstrates this by shedding a new perspective on a set of statements made in the Christian creeds. The word “Creed” is derived from the Latin word credo, translating to the meaning of “I believe”. Moreover, The Creeds are a summary of beliefs in Christianity. In the early years after the death of Christ, churches encountered the problem of opposing views over matters of whether he was truly God, or if he had both a human or divine nature. This notion was established not because the early Fathers were eager to finalize the language of what they believed