Tag: C. S. Lewis

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An Abrahamic sacrifice: obedience against inclination, the true test of character

It’s difficult to imagine anyone wanting more than Abraham to not offer his son as a sacrifice. Such a thing not only goes against every normal parent’s strongest instinct and deepest wishes, but seems to turn back on Abraham his earlier suffering at the hands of his father, and cancel the promises God had made to him about posterity and legacy. The only reason he or Isaac could go through with this command is obedience. Continue reading An Abrahamic sacrifice: obedience against inclination, the true test of character

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Ordaining women, the gifts of womanhood, and real equality

In Pride and Prejudice, Caroline Bingley says to her brother, ‘I should like Balls infinitely better if they were carried on in a different manner…. It would surely be much more rational if conversation instead of dancing made the order of the day.’ ‘Much more rational, I dare say,’ replies Charles, ‘but not near so … Continue reading Ordaining women, the gifts of womanhood, and real equality

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Miracles

“The miracles are in fact a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.” Continue reading Miracles