1. Theology and history go hand in hand in the real person of Jesus Christ, making the truth of the Gospels profoundly human and powerfully meaningful.
  2. Christopher grew up in his father's literary world, a joyful reminder and glimpse of something far greater that we as Christians grow up in our Heavenly Father's living word.
  3. The joy of which Lewis speaks is a deep yearning of the soul not unlike the nostalgia we feel upon seeing a favorite childhood object once again.
  4. God gives good gifts to underserving workers. God gives good gifts to all of them.
  5. Of all the Inklings, Williams was certainly the most enigmatic. His mind and body were always moving.
  6. In A Hobbit, A Wardrobe and a Great War, Loconte meticulously analyzes both Lewis and Tolkien with one eye on their immediate historical context and the other on their works, letters, and diary entries.
  7. If poetry elevates its subject, we could also say the reverse: the subject, in this case, the Most High God, elevates the language.
  8. Even at Lewis’ graveside, Havard was a faithful friend, and a friend full of faith in Christ, confessing his hope in the resurrection.
  9. Attempting to escape the errors of medieval Catholic thinking, Agricola ended up making the same mistake of conflating law and gospel.
  10. Dyson demonstrated a pious persistence with Lewis, something we can emulate in our own friendships and conversations.
  11. This week, we’ll take a closer look at what it means to have a God who remembers us. Today, 1517 Scholar in Residence Chad Bird first introduces the Old Testament meaning behind the word and the Hebrew way of remembering.
  12. Faith sees your neighbor not as a means to an end, not as a way to score points, but as an object of love: Christ's love and yours.