Summary Of Two Places Lewis

To sum this quote up, Lewis is referring to John 1:29. This bible verse is referring to God’s sacrifice of Jesus Christ, his only son, in order to save the world. Jesus is known as the lamb, so pure and kind. Although five year old John Lewis did not realize it at the time, this quote would guide him through life. In a way, Lewis is relating himself to Jesus Christ. He must sacrifice himself for the good of others, just as Jesus had done. He risked his life many times, was jailed, put in prison, gassed, as well as faced many other challenges all for the cause he believed in. Lewis was able to do this because he knew God would look after him. This is evident when John Lewis took part in a sit-in at a restaurant that lead to him being beaten and thrown into jail. He says, “I was not afraid. I felt free, liberated--like I had crossed over” (Lewis and Aydin 1: 102). What Lewis is referring to is crossing over into heaven. He was not scared because he knew God was leading him. This reminded me of Proverbs 3:5, which says, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” He put his whole life in Jesus’ hands, for he knows that God will direct him towards the right path. It did not matter what life threw his way, Lewis stayed true to his faith. God had his future planned out, and he had

“The Great Divorce” by C.S. Lewis chronicles the events that take place after a busload of souls from Hell are taken on a ride to Heaven, where they are a given a chance to explore the greatness that is there, then decide whether or not they want to stay there or return to Hell. What the reader will be surprised to find out is that most of these souls that Lewis refers to as “Ghosts,” choose to return to Hell instead of stay in Heaven. As George MacDonald, explained to the narrator in chapter nine, “The “damned” remain in Hell because they are too closed-minded: “There is always something they insist on keeping even at the price of misery. There is always something they prefer to joy” (71). This turns out to be one the main ideas of the novel, showing that the damned need to want to achieve salvation and happiness in Heaven; if they prefer to “reign in Hell

First of all, Lewis at one point in time was an atheist, so it is clear why he would have an explanation as to why the atheistic worldview is incorrect. One of the strongest arguments that Lewis makes for his spiritual worldview is a concept that countless amount of unbelievers do not

Meriwether Lewis is the main reason that the United States’ territory extends from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Pacific Ocean (“Meriwether Lewis” 2). He has done many great things, but he is best known for exploring the American West (1). He was a great man full of bravery. Meriwether faced tons of dangers in his life but he overcame all of them. Lewis “helped change the face of the United States by exploring uncharted territory- the American West (“Meriwether Lewis” 2).”

Showing us the ways the devil may attempt to tempt us through irony and sarcasm, C.S Lewis wrote this book his hopes that one might read it and change their lifestyle. Although Wormwood failed to convert the patient, many other people, Christians and non-Christians alike, will enjoy the irony and sarcasm C.S Lewis put in his fantastic book. This book really stretches your brain muscles as you ponder many aspects placed in the book and look at the war between Heaven and Hell in a new way and new

In chapter four of the book, Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis posits that to bring the doctrine of Christianity into the minds of modern men one must present the wickedness of man. To help argue this Lewis gives many points on the ignorance of man, such as the causes for the need of the explanation of human wickedness, the problem of denial, and lies about sin. The purpose of this is to show how society has changed its view from sin being a disease man suffers from to it just being a normal evil that is excusable. There are two majors reasons for this that Lewis gets into. The first is the fact that society has focused on the virtue of kindness, which is also considered mercy, to overlook all other virtues. This has gotten people into the mindset that showing “kindness” is the best way to represent good and cruelty being the best to represent the bad. The problem with this is that there is an extreme ease to attribute kindness upon ourselves on inadequate grounds. Everyone tends to feel benign when nothing tends to be causing them to be uneasy or annoyed. Due to this men and women alike will comfort themselves from all of their own personal convictions if they believe their own intentions, otherwise known as their heart, is in a good place.

Lewis refers to God, Satan and Hell many different ways. When mentioning God, he uses the term “The Enemy” which in our minds, would normally be in reference to Satan. He also refers to him as “The Father Above,” and to Satan as “Our Father Below” and “High Command.” Hell is referred to as “Our Father’s House.” “Screwtape Letters” is written with this context because it is from the point of view of a demon who goes by the name of Screwtape. This is satirical, it is the opposite of the way we would normally think. In our minds, we think of God as “High Command,” and as Our Father, not as “The

Everyone has turning points during his or her life, some of them change our mind, and some others change our life. In this essay I will be writing about an African American named John Lewis, he was born and raised in the State of Alabama and had several turning points during his life, some of them happened during his childhood and others as an adult. Many turning points are remarkable and well known by the society who has read about him, but some others are hidden somewhere and not too many people talk about them and how it influenced him, nevertheless all of them helped him to create his character and becoming the person who he wanted to become. For example, since almost killing one of his precious chickens trying to baptize it (because he

According to MacDonald, heaven and hell cannot coexist in a single soul, and while it is possible to leave hell and enter heaven, doing so implies turning away (repentance); or as depicted by Lewis, giving up paltry worldly pleasures and self-indulgences — which have become impossible for the dead anyway — and embracing ultimate and unceasing joy itself.

Everyone in their life experiences a state of hopelessness. Whether it is a big or a small occurrence; it helps us shape up mentally or physically ready for the real world. In March, Lewis talks about the events in his life that we classify as his turning points which caused them to turn their life around. It is true that many events did not increase his will to protest. I think that John Lewis' life was changed by his turning points, there are four turning points what continues to affect him to this day. The four turning points that stand out are his first arrest, Lewis' trip to Buffalo with his Uncle Otis, Dr. King's speech, and when he decided to join the Freedom Riders.

Lewis’s style of writing makes me think more and recognize Satan’s subtile deceptions. “Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts,...Your affectionate uncle, Screwtape.” The way Lewis shows the subtile ways the Satan tries to trick us into apathy, is very well done. Lewis shows

Although there are many turning points in John Lewis’ life. I will be discussing three of his turning points. These turning points are important because it helped him become resilient, determined, and gave him ways to elaborate on an issue that arose during that time which was Civil Rights. His first turning point was at age four when he got his first bible. The second turning point was when he was inspired by Martin Luther King’s speech on the Social Gospel and his view on Civil Rights. John Lewis’ attendance at Jim Lawson’s workshops about non-violent protesting was his third turning point.

Robert Herrick, an English poet, once said, “Hell is no other but a soundlesse pit, where no one beame of comfort peeps in it.” Picture any type of Hell with relief, happiness, or even the smallest crack of a smile. There is no place. In fact, one can only think of the complete opposite, whether it is a Hell filled with neglect, pain, disgust, or a never-ending life of horror. This is the place created by Dante Alighieri; The Inferno is exactly the type of Hell where no person would want to be. Even those who acted upon the lightest of sins suffered greatly. While each realm contained a different sinner, the punishment that each were forced to face was cruel, repulsive, and sometimes rather disgusting. Through grieving tears without an

Lewis states, “There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, in the end, "Thy will be done. " All that are in Hell, choose it. 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.

He compares this ability and this behavior to humans which are, of course, now more sedentary creatures that cherish their homeland and do not wish to embark on worldly peregrinations as such. The young transcendentalist tells us that as a society we now choose to bind ourselves in certain earthly locations; however, we can still very easily get to hell. In a very direct and straightforward sense, he is saying that although human nature now wishes more than ever to stay in one place and move about less, we can still quite easily make the ultimately undesirable trip to an underworld, doomed to pay for sins, stationed in one place on Earth as they may be.