William’s Reviews > Mere Christianity > Status Update

Covered chapters on charity, hope, and faith. Lots of nuggets of wisdom on how we live out our faith and maintain it in the face of adversity: “But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not.” “No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good.” I also like how Lewis calls faith and works the two blades of a pair of scissors. You need both.

Really enjoyed Lewis’ insights that being moral it is not simply doing good to others (which is hard enough as it is), but our inward intentions and heart posture are also important

Also a good reminder that as fallen beings there will always be parts of Christianity that we aren’t comfortable with. We must be wary to not use our faith to back up our pre-existing beliefs, or focus bits of Christianity we like.

Really fascinating to see how Lewis lays the groundwork for the case for Christ from basic logical conclusions from observations about human nature, good and evil, etc. And from that he talks about the need for our atonement, without getting too bogged down by the exact means of it, but underlines why only Christ’s death could have forgiven our sins.