CQOD: 02/03/08 -- Lewis: why did he bother?

Christian Quotation of the Day

February 3, 2008

Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865

Meditation:
    So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
    -- Matthew 7:12 (NIV)

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Quotation:
    Is not the popular idea of Christianity simply this, that Jesus Christ was a great moral teacher and that, if only we took his advice, we might be able to establish a better social order and avoid another war? Now, mind you, that is quite true; but it tells you much less than the whole truth about Christianity, and it has no practical importance at all. It is quite true that, if we took Christ’s advice, we should soon be living in a happier world. You need not even go as far as Christ. If we did all that... Confucius told us, we should get on a great deal better than we do. And so what?... If Christianity only means one more bit of good advice, then Christianity is of no importance. There has been no lack of good advice for the last four thousand years. A bit more makes no difference.
    ... C. S. Lewis (1898-1963), Mere Christianity [1952]

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Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, fill my speech with the good news.

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