If God thinks this state of war in the universe is a price worth paying for free will--that is, for making a live world in which creatures can do real good or harm and something of real importance of real importance can happen, instead of a toy world which only moves when He pulls the strings--then we may take it it is worth paying.
C. S. LewisYou know what this is, I suppose. Religious melancholia. Stop while there is time. If you dive, you dive into insanity.
C. S. LewisA dragon has just flown over the tree-tops and lighted on the beach. Yes, I am afraid it is between us and the ship. And arrows are no use against dragons. And they're not at all afraid of fire." "With your Majesty's leave-" began Reepicheep. "No, Reepicheep," said the King very firmly, "you are not to attempt a single combat with it.
C. S. LewisThe terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is the hand over your whole self--all your wishes and precautions--to Christ.
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