Infants, Imbeciles, and Domestic Animals

I was randomly perusing the book of many faces, when I stumbled upon this C. S. Lewis quote on his fan page. I thought it was pretty interesting. I have no clue which of his writings it is from. But I think he hits on some important things here that are really relevant to our current culture. I don't have time to go into all I see in it now, but I wonder what you see...a chance to comment perhaps?

"Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be "cured" against one's will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classes with infants, imbeciles and domestic animals."
--C. S. Lewis

Hope and Comfort Usually Follow Genuine Humiliation and Repentance

So this quote was on our RUF notes sheet one week. It's part of a much longer sermon by Jonathan Edwards, which is the title of this post. I haven't really gotten to the rest of it, but I plan to.

"Souls are wont to be brought into trouble before God bestows true hope and comfort. The corrupt hearts of men naturally incline to stupidity and senselessness before God comes with the awakening influences of his Spirit. They are quiet and secure. They have no true comfort and hope, and yet they are quiet; they are at ease. They are in miserable slavery, and yet seek not a remedy. They say, as this children of Israel did in Egypt to Moses, "Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians." But if God has a design of mercy to them, it is his manner before he bestows true hope and comfort on them, to bring them into trouble, to distress them, and spoil their ease and false quietness, and to rouse them out of their old resting and sleeping places, and to bring them into a wilderness. They are brought into great trouble and distress, so that they can take no comfort in those things in which they used to take comfort. Their hearts are pinched and stung, and they can find no ease in anything. They have, as it were, an arrow sticking fast in them, which causes grievous and continual pain, an arrow which they cannot shake off, or pull out. The pain and anguish of it drinks up their spirit. Their worldly enjoyments were a sufficient good before; but they are not now. They wander about with wounded hearts, seeking rest, and finding none."

Here's the rest of the sermon

Whac-a-Fox for Jesus

So I haven't listened to the Peasant Princess series at all yet (Mark Driscoll on Song of Songs), but sources (a.k.a. my girlfriend) have it that the series is really good. This is a game that's on the homepage of the series site, and it's pretty much awesome, so I thought I'd share it...


WHAC-A-FOX!!!

Who does this?

Blogging. Yep. I'm jumping on the train. Just thought you should know. It should be interesting...