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    Mere Christianity, if you are looking to read a christian book and trying to get closer in your walk with the Lord, is a great book to do so. It helps people go through life and see how they should react and live accordingly to Him. Mere Christianity laid a foundation with me and how I should walk with Christ. I am a Christian, but this book made me not only grow in my beliefs, but in my view of life and how we should all live it. If you are looking for an answer, C.S. Lewis is one of the best authors

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    My personal testimony is a great indication of spiritual morals in Mere Christianity. I first came to know Jesus through my grandmother. She is a very strong Christian and helps me with my faith daily. My personal testimony relates to statements made by Lewis in Mere Christianity. This wouldn’t be true if it wasn’t for my grandmother teaching me about Jesus Christ who died for our sins on the cross. My grandmother is a very spiritual woman when it comes to the Bible. She told

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    decided to read a Bible. The Bible made some sense to me. I had a few questions about some of the stuff that had happened and was given Evidence that Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell. Well that answered most of my questions. I was also given Mere Christianity which answered more questions. I felt convicted by the Holy Spirit and asked G-d to come into my life and forgive me of my sins. My current ministries are threefold. 1. I am a Chaplain in the hospital, Avera Queen of Peace. I am also currently

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    We live in a world marked by a culture of death. the constant manifetations of ruptures with one itself as lonelines, sadness, with no sence, unstopping search of false securiness; the ruptures with everyone else translated to violence, felonies, terrorism, wars, and otheres; have no other cause but the fontal ropture of the One who created us and that knows us pneltly, God himself. The need of infinity that every man experiments in the most deepest of his heart sees imself vetrated when he closes

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    one that struck out to me the most. Growing up, I was raised in a Christian background, specifically Methodist. Even though I respect the views of those who are not Christian, unfortunately not all Christians do that. Some Christians use their Christianity to judge those who are not living up to their expectations or those who are not righteous in their eyes. I experienced it myself because I was in a situation where other Christians were castigating me. When I was 14 years old, I started attending

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    C.S. Lewis: Mere Christianity C.S. Lewis covers many topics in his fourth book contained in Mere Christianity titled BEYOND PERSONALITY: OR FIRST STEPS IN THE DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY. He addresses such topics as theology, what it means to be the Son of God, the three personal God, the relationship of God and time, the cost of being a Christian, how God works to turn us into image of Christ, why Christian growth is both hard and easy, and also what he thinks about our old personalities before

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    Christianity Christianity is the belief in God, Jesus, his son, and the Holy Spirit. Christians believe that God’s son, Jesus, was born from a virgin, died on a cross for the sins of the world and rose again after three days. They believe that God created everything from the water, to the air and sky, to animals, to humans, absolutely everything. Christians also believe in a place after death that reunites God and all his creation. Christians celebrate and learn about their religion in, what

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    This month we were assigned to read the last book of Mere Christianity. Chapter one talks about God’s relation to us as followers of Christ. Chapter two discusses the Trinity, and how even though there are three parts he is a personal God. Chapter three addressed God with time. God is not in the past or future, but he is in the present. Chapter four sets up the chapter with an image of two books stacked on each other. These books are a symbol of God as a father and as a son, and along with this he

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    Summary of Mere Christianity Introduction The book Mere Christianity was derived from a series of radio talks by C.S. Lewis during World War two. The book is divided into four other small books each one providing one of the overall tenants of Christianity within its chapters. Lewis does not get into the differing dogmas of Christian groups or denominations but sticks to the very basics of Christianity throughout the book. But he defines a Christian as it was originally intended referring to the

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    The chapter three of Mere Christianity talks about the Christian how believe in God in the human life. It summary the chapter 7 to 12 as there are Forgiveness; The Great Sin; Charity; Hope and Faith. The chapter seven was explained the forgiveness. One of the most distinct aspects between non-believers and Christian morality is that have duty and responsibility to forgive the enemy. We need to love our neighbor as ourselves. In the Bible, we are born guilty, and if we do not forgive then we do not

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