Results tagged “charity” from Beacon Community Church

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.

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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.”

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