“When you argue against Him you are arguing against the very power that makes you able to argue at all: it is like cutting off the branch you are sitting on.” I got that quote from Mere Christianity. God is omnipotent and He is all- powerful. He knows and sees everything, God is unlike Santa Claus, God is something to really believe in. God has given C.S. Lewis a very intriguing way to spread his word. Mere Christianity has many ideas on faith and truth that helps my walk with the Lord.
When I was a child, I thought of church as a place that we go once a week just to get out of the house. I used the sermon as naptime. I was of course, very young at this time. I had no knowledge of who God was or what He has done. Lewis writes,
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I wanted to know more about who this Jesus person was: I had to know more. I was no longer a child who was trained to sing “Jesus loves me” and not even have the slightest clue of what I was saying. I cant remember the exact day I was saved, but I know how it happened. We had come home from school and when we were sitting down doing our homework, my brother finished and left. Then I told my mom that I wanted to be saved. We said a prayer and I accepted Him into my heart. I was saved, but still mischievous. I was ready to learn more about God and what he has to offer.
When I was about 12, I started to drift away from God. I had a whole new world of temptations to face. I always just figured if I sinned all I would have to do is tell God I was sorry and ask for forgiveness. The problem was I wasn’t being sorry in my heart, I just did it because that’s what church said to do. When I was 15, I renewed my faith in Christ and I have been going from there. Mere Christianity has really helped my walk with Christ over the summer. He showed me the wrong in the daily stuff I did. I started to change my life and fix what I did
Throughout the ages, the Christian worldview has been one of the most popular and substantive religions in the world. There are many topics within the Christian worldview and have an impact on millions of lives today. From the strong belief in God and Jesus Christ, from the standpoints of human nature and restoration, to the benefits of the Christian faith as well as the influence on a Christian’s behavior. The Christian worldview has proven to be a successful religion when it comes to personal faith and worship. There is many key components within the Christian worldview that has been many topics within our world today.
I am Thomas Wayne Rice, Christ follower, senior, camp counselor. I first started following Christ in the 1st grade, I had always know of Christ, I was raised in church, but half way through my 10th grade year I learned what it meant to actually have a relationship with Jesus. That is when it all changed for me I stopped living my life for myself and began a new life. This is the story of my salvation and where God is leading me.
Time is the next topic covered. Time is an interesting and complex issue as it relates to God. Our human minds think of time in terms of past, present and future. We assume that this applies to the whole universe and to God. Lewis states; “Almost certainly God is not in Time. His life does not consist of moments following one another.” C.S. Lewis believes that it is always the present for God. God can see everything past and future as the present. Also since God is not in time he is not constrained by time. He can hear all prayers and attend to them individually. He then moves on to discuss God as the Father and the Son. According to Lewis, “The Son exists because the Father exists: but there never was a time before the Father produced the Son.” In Lewis’ view, the statement, “God is love” is not true unless there are a Father and a Son because love is for another person. “Love is God” describes God’s creation of us and all that we do. The Trinity is God both as Supreme Being, Christ the son, and the Holy Spirit. If we let God have his way in our lives we can become sons of God. In Chapter Five Lewis uses an analogy of tin soldiers coming to life to describe how Christians are transformed into the likeness of Jesus. Our natural life if life self-centered in us. Chapter Six discusses individuals and a body of people. Lewis contends that Christianity considers individuals not by themselves but as organs in a body. Each individual is
Ever since I was six years old, the year I was baptized, I have been on fire for the Lord. I attended a Christian school for eight years and have always been very involved at my church. My first experience outside of my “Christian bubble” was when I went to a public high school. For the first time in my life, I was out of my comfort zone. Being at a public school challenged my faith, strengthened my leadership skills, and forced me to branch out and meet people I would have never encountered otherwise. However, even though being at a public school helped strengthen my faith in ways I would have never guessed, I believe attending a Christian university—like Liberty—is the best choice to further my education. Going to college is new and exciting, but it can also be a demanding and intimidating experience. Being so far away from home, in a different environment,
In England, during the year of 1942 when all hope was threatened by the inhumanity of war, a man by the name of C.S. Lewis addressed the central issues of Christianity through a series of radio lectures. After more than half a century later, his broadcasts still prevail and maintain their poignancy. Each of his original lectures, Broadcast Talks (1942), Christian Behaviour (1943), and Beyond Personality (1944) were compiled as one to make up the book currently known as Mere Christianity. C.S. Lewis proves that "at the center of each there is something, or a Someone, who against all divergences of belief, all differences of temperament, all memories of mutual persecution, speaks
In the book Miracles C.S. Lewis discusses what miracles are and challenges the reader, Christian or not, to think philosophically on how and why they happen. He uses ideas such as naturalism and supernaturalism to help readers understand the idea of miracles, but also makes sure to point out that miracles do happen, and they happen for a reason. That reason being because God intended them to happen to maintain control on Earth as well as show his sovereignty. Some people may think of things being 'out of control' in the world to be riots, an uncontrollable plague, or even a three year old kid throwing a tantrum, but in reality what if 'out of control' is anything that has resulted from the fall, anything that God had not intended? C.S. Lewis states, “By definition, miracles must of course interrupt the usual course of Nature...in the very act of so doing, assert all the more the unity and self-consistency of total reality at some deeper level”(97).
How did the earth and everything on it come into existence? This is a question, that for the Christian worldview is answered by the Bible, in Chapters 1 and 2 of Genesis. The Bible makes clear to it’s readers that God existed before anything else. The creation account in Genesis 1 splits creation into 6 days and a 7th day of rest. The first day God created the earth and Heaven as well as day and night. The second day God separated the earth from heaven to create the sky. On the third day God separated the waters on earth so there would be dry land. He created plants and trees that could bear fruit and seeds. God made theses plants so that they would be able to keep growing from the seeds that fell from them. On the fourth day God created the
My name is Asia Harvey. I am eighteen years old. I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. I am a freshman in college majoring in communications. Worldview to me means how everyone in the world interprets reality. I believe everyone has a worldview and it is influenced by our ethics, morals, and family values. It can also be influenced by what we hear, what we read, what we see or who we associate with. Worldview is mostly influenced by religion and science even though, a worldview can and do change. I believe the Christian worldview deals with the belief in the Bible. It leads me to believe that God created the universe in six days and on the last day he rested and that I am God's creation put on earth to fellowship with him and govern
How Christian world view impact my career Having a Christian worldview is important in any field of study and workplace. A person who has a Christian worldview perceives the world from a biblical stand point. Having a Christian worldview is a life style. We choose to have a Christian worldview. We choose to live a life like Jesus did and when someone lives like this it affects everything they do.
According to Amy Scott Hassenpflug, Aaron D. Traphagem and Jamaica Johnson Conner, authors of Breaking Ground: Keys For Successful Online Learning, “Because your worldview is all-encompassing, it affects your thinking on every aspect of life, from what you view as right and wrong to how you spend your money and your time to what you think politically; it even impacts how you treat others” (p. 82). While Buddhism worldviews focus a lot on karma and rebirth, Christian worldviews tends to turn to God as their higher power. In this paper, I will discuss the similarities and differences between Buddhism and Christian worldviews.
The Bible tells us, in Genesis that God created us in his image to be the caretakers over all the animals He created before us. God first created Adam then created Eve from Adams rib. As a Christian, we believe this because it is in the living word. For Muslims, the origination of mankind is different. Instead of the Bible, Muslims have the Qur’an.
Benchmark - Gospel Essentials Christian Worldview refers to the framework of the beliefs and ideas that individuals or a group understands the world and how they respond with it. It is such a big topic in society today to really understand the true meaning of it and what to believe and what not to believe but also who is god? What is god like and what are the characteristics of god and his creation? The thought of this makes the question expand a little longer and asks the question of what is human nature and what is the purpose of humans and the root cause of human kind of issues?
The influences of the Christian faith on the life and works of C.S. Lewis, particularly in his novels Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra, deserve to be investigated. Lewis struggled with spirituality throughout his early life, going through many phases of different spiritual beliefs. As a young adult, he converted to Christianity and reached the end of his spiritual journey. Lewis’ journey to the Christian faith allowed him to become one of the most influential Christian writers of all time. The influence of the Christian faith on his works can be seen throughout many of his novels.
I did not come to know Christ until December of 2003 at the age of 25 at First Baptist Church of Gordonsville Tennessee. As a young boy, I had a desire to know GOD, and had even made a profession of faith, but never had anyone
However, something worth noting before delving into the argument of this essay, is the background of C.S Lewis. Although this is not a research essay, his personal religion does hold some relevance to the context of this essay. Despite some struggles with his belief in religion at an early age, by the time he was late into his adult years, C.S Lewis was a definite Christian. Not only was this his personal religion, but also very publicly so. He wrote novels explicitly outlining his Christian views and gave several