John Mury concludes our Back to Basics series with a discussion about faith. Is faith just a desperate attempt to find comfort in a cold, dark world? What is the biblical understanding of faith, and how does it relate to reason? Join us in our discussion as John looks at how faith is not reason’s enemy, but instead, its ally.
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This week, we continue our series on C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity by looking at the theological virtue of charity. True, Christian charity is loving and giving to others with no strings attached—no expectation of gaining any benefit. In this, charity is truly a theological virtue, as it is not based in any of our natural impulses. Charity is founded in the reality that God is love; Jesus calls us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. Even when we might not like ourselves, we continue to act in our best interest. God calls us to look at others through this lens.
What’s the worst sin, really? According to Christianity, the worst sin is something many consider minor, some even a virtue. The worst sin is pride. Pride swallows up all the capacity for other virtues, especially love. As we look at authentic, basic Christianity, we have to look realistically at our own hearts for the tyranny of pride. Like a slow-burning, hidden coal fire, pride can burn away in our lives, secretly destroying all that we hold dear.
John Mury continues our discussion of Mere Christianity. Last week we looked at one of the most unpopular virtues of Christianity: chastity. This week, we look at another unpopular virtue, perhaps even more unpopular than chastity: forgiveness. John looks at how difficult it is to forgive and some of the reasons we all struggle to forgive others. Practicing forgiveness and understanding often requires we each personally admit that “there but for the grace of God go I.”
This week, John Mury discusses the most unpopular of all Christian virtues: chastity. Is the Christian standard of chastity just too hard? John explores the idea that it is, indeed, too hard—but that it being hard or easy is not the point. God views our struggles and failures knowing our hearts, knowing all our personal demons. As we look at Christian virtues—especially chastity—understanding God’s mercy and that he understands all our struggles and temptations is critical to understanding the Christian message.
John Mury examines C.S. Lewis’ statement that Christianity does not replace secular morality, and that Christianity adds little to the morality of the world or the morality of other religions. John then looks at some examples of how small differences can mean radically different outcomes. The difference between a chimpanzee and a human genetically is just a few percentage points, but that small amount makes a huge difference. Likewise, Christianity’s small differences in morality lead to radically different outcomes and views.
John Mury begins our series “Back to Basics,” a study based on the book Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis. This week, John looks at the Law of Human Nature, a concept C.S. Lewis bases in the fact that all human beings yearn for purpose and meaning, yearn to be more than they actually are. Why do we believe in the concepts of right and wrong, fairness, and goodness? Are these just absurd quirks of our existence, or are they proof that we are created for something more?
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