
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 224
Book II, Chapter 4, "The Perfect Penitent"
Mere Christianity (1952)
Context: We are told that Christ was killed for us, that His death has washed out our sins, and that by dying He has disabled death itself. That is the formula. That is Christianity. That is what has to be believed. Any theories we build up as to how Christ's death did all this are, in my view, quite secondary: mere plans or diagrams to be left alone if they do not help us, and, if they do help us, not to be confused with the thing itself.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 224
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 92.
For the nonbeliever, on the other hand, to deprive a man of his life is to end his existence.
God’s Justice and Ours https://web.archive.org/web/20120311230630/http://www.firstthings.com/article/2007/01/gods-justice-and-ours-32, 123 First Things 17. (May 2002). Adapted from remarks given at Pew Forum Conference on Religion, politics and death penalty.
2000s
“He who has rejected his demons badgers us to death with his angels”
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 210.
Source: The Reappearance of the Christ (1948), Chapter III: The Reappearance of the Christ, World Expectancy, p. 62