Deus Misereatur

There are many, many observations made by C.S. Lewis that are worth quoting, and quoting in full. Some stir up a swelling laughter from deep within your chest; and others leave you pondering for years. The following has caused me to quietly reflect for a long, long time. "It may be possible for each to think too much of his own potential glory hereafter; it is hardly possible for him to think too often or too deeply about that of his neighbour. The load, or weight, or burden of my neighbour’s glory should be laid daily on my back, a load so heavy that only humility can carry it, and the backs of the proud will be broken. It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else a horror and a corruption such as you now meet, if at all, only in a nightmare. All day long we are, in some deg...

The following is a lesson I taught some time back. Hopefully this will be beneficial for many who wonder about Calvinism, Human liberty and Fatalism. _______ Introduction: The goal of this short set of lessons is to address the serious difference between God’s sovereignty over all things and evolution’s and scientism’s fatalism. In this material I will address the Calvinistic understanding of God’s sovereignty, human free will, the mischaracterization and mistaken view of these, and how Calvinism differs from scientism’s fatalism. A Word of Caution from Westminster Confession of Faith 3.8 and Hodge : "The doctrine of this high mystery of predestination is to be handled with special prudence and care that men attending the will of God revealed in His Word, and yielding obedience thereunto, may, from the certainty of their effectual vocation, be assured of their eternal election. So shall this doctrine afford matter of praise, reverence, and admiration of God, and of humilit...