The Guild Review

If you have not already caught the   drift , I think Mere Christianity  is an excellent work.  This is not to say that it is perfect or tha...

Having already shared passages from Lewis' Mere Christianity on the complexity of religion and on views of non-Christians , I would n...

Here is another passage from Mere Christianity , this time from the chapter "The Rival Conceptions of God." I have been asked to...

I have been re-reading C. S. Lewis' Mere Christianity .  I am not entirely convinced that every one of his arguments holds or is prese...

The other evening my wife and I were chatting with our pastor.  The topic of conversation turned to novels and he explained that although s...

It is somewhat common in the history profession – or at least in graduate school – to be asked about one’s philosophy of history. What is y...

I'm naturally skeptical of novels that have their own trailer , but I'm intrigued by Looking for the King , by David Downing. The bo...

The Charismatic Renewal is often accused of emotionalism. This is an interesting claim. It is frequently true in practice, but masks a far...

I was going to post this reflection yesterday, but did not want to impede the heroism of German Catholic Nazi fighters (correct me if I’m wr...

It has been many years since I read The Great Divorce , but a few months ago I happened upon a quotation of one of its scenes and I have bee...

When trying to make sense of the soul-less lives I see around me, I realized how few people take delight in beauty. I think - I could be wr...

I was recently reminded of a scene from The Silver Chair , after having a rather depressing conversation with several colleagues who were ha...