Check this article out, it is in a folder on my computer called, "Read Often," which is what I do. I is a great commentary from a great author on what is really important in this life. Be careful, because it might just change your life.
Lewis' opening with the highest virtue of Unselfishness triggered in me an immediate suggestion of an alternate. Namely "Selflessness". This avoids the negative and if you think about it, better discribes this attribute of our Lord.
Down the first page a bit, the remark about how our desiring "... our own good and earnestly to hope for the enjoyment of it..." not being a bad thing brought to mind John Piper and his concept of "Christian Hedonism". I find this rhetorical twist of Piper on the "Doctrines of Grace" to quite effectively address the obvious flaws of the creeping Stoics.
The Weight of Glory itself, namely recognizing the awesome power of God and recognizing that we have been chosen and redeemed to be part of that in Christ Jesus in the presence of being completely sinful and undeserving (total depravity) is a very powerful argument against the currently trending universalism infecting not just the Church but even better intentioned worldly cultural fabric. Those of us who are chosen need all the more to recognise that we are chosen to execute and witness for "The Great Commission".
If you didn't notice, I am not much in support of the currently trending "everybody is going to be saved" theology. I think Lewis would probably agree.
Lewis' opening with the highest virtue of Unselfishness triggered in me an immediate suggestion of an alternate. Namely "Selflessness". This avoids the negative and if you think about it, better discribes this attribute of our Lord.
ReplyDeleteDown the first page a bit, the remark about how our desiring "... our own good and earnestly to hope for the enjoyment of it..." not being a bad thing brought to mind John Piper and his concept of "Christian Hedonism". I find this rhetorical twist of Piper on the "Doctrines of Grace" to quite effectively address the obvious flaws of the creeping Stoics.
The Weight of Glory itself, namely recognizing the awesome power of God and recognizing that we have been chosen and redeemed to be part of that in Christ Jesus in the presence of being completely sinful and undeserving (total depravity) is a very powerful argument against the currently trending universalism infecting not just the Church but even better intentioned worldly cultural fabric. Those of us who are chosen need all the more to recognise that we are chosen to execute and witness for "The Great Commission".
If you didn't notice, I am not much in support of the currently trending "everybody is going to be saved" theology. I think Lewis would probably agree.