Cam Johnson’s Reviews > Surprised by Jesus: Subversive grace in the four Gospels > Status Update

“Isn’t what first pops out of us when a trial washes over us the truest indicator of the actual state of our hearts?… As C.S Lewis put it, ‘If there are rats in a cellar, you are most likely to see them if you go in very suddenly. But the suddenness does not create the rats; it only prevents them from hiding.’” 😮‍💨

“Die before you die. There is no chance after.” - C.S Lewis in Till We Have Faces 😮‍💨

“Jesus did not call the pious to repentance simply because he rejected their sin… but also because he condemned their righteousness.” - Adolf Schlatter