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Mark of the Christian, The

What Love Has to Do With It Author: Francis Schaffer As February approached, the C.S. Lewis Institutes fellows’ study concentrated on the topic of love and preparing the fellows (yours truly being one) to engage in an urban plunge project. Enter one of our reading assignments: Schaffer’s The Mark of the Christian. This is a very short book (ok, think essay or pamphlet), but it is surprisingly impactful and thought provoking. In general, we tend to think of love as a warm fuzzy feeling. We like the heights of affection, but often not the patience and work that goes along with [...]

2024-04-21T10:32:18-07:00April 21st, 2024|Tags: , , , , |

Trial and Error

A Christian Lost and Found Game Author: Robert Whitlow Buddy Smith is haunted by his past, by all that he has lost. This grief, however, has given him a destiny; it has defined him as a person. When he lost his girlfriend and their new baby in high school, when she ran away with their child without a word, Buddy became obsessed with his duty, with finding his daughter. All these years later, as a powerful small-town lawyer, he has remained fixated on the goal, taking cases to help others right wrongs and find loved ones. Through him, many miracles have [...]

2024-04-07T15:32:14-07:00April 7th, 2024|Tags: , , |

Humility: The Beauty of Holiness

A Treaties on an Underappreciated Virtue Author: Andrew Murray In this short (around 50 pages) booklet, Andrew Murray deep dives into the most overlooked (and least liked) Christlike attribute of humility. He first starts by defining humility – what it is, where it comes into play in our lives and our faiths, and why it is ultimately beautiful and freeing. Humility does not cancel out our personalities, it perfects them, bathes them in the glow of Christ, and helps us to become more of what we are, not less. Next, Murray gives us some examples of how Jesus showed humility, how [...]

2024-03-26T19:10:35-07:00March 26th, 2024|Tags: , , , , , |
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