Rachel Goodwyn - Outside Reading

Mere Christianity is another great book penned by C. S. Lewis. I don’t think I have come across any books so far written by Lewis that I have not enjoyed, he writes with such great imagery and poses questions in a way that causes you to think and truly question your beliefs about different things. Part of the book is written telling of Lewis’s personal conversion to Christianity, and he argues in it that pantheism is too incoherent and that atheism is too simple for him. He puts forth the argument I have heard many people use in evangelizing, that When Jesus Christ claimed to be God he either really is God, was lying, or was delusional, believing he was God, but really wasn’t. It’s the “Lunatic, Liar, or Lord” argument. When figuring out my own faith I was faced with this same question in mind and doubts about the truth. But much like Lewis I came to realize that Christ’s character did not allow for the possibility of the lunatic or liar accusation to be set before Christ and thus is Lord. This book takes it upon itself to outline the fundamentals of the Christian faith; something that I believe many times is misunderstood and muddled by followers of Christ themselves. I love when he talks about the important commandment given to Christians to “love your neighbor as yourself.” I was thinking about this the other day and Christ didn’t say this so that we would be willing to love the people we want to and that we like and that are easy to love, rather I think He pointed it out for those times when we come across the people who just bug us to no end and are the most difficult people to care for and to serve, we are called to love even those people, He wouldn’t have had to point this out if He just wanted us to love the people we already do or the people we find easy to love.