"'Charles Williams gave his first lecture at the Divinity School at Oxford on this day in 1940; he spoke on Milton.'
“'I have at last, if only for once, seen a university doing what it was founded to do: teaching wisdom.' C. S. Lewis, describing the second Williams lecture to Warren Lewis." Around the Year with C. S. Lewis and Friends, compiled by Kathryn Lindskoog
“The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.”
― John Milton
Proverbs 9:10-12
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
For through wisdom your days will be many,
and years will be added to your life.
If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you;
if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer.
Amazing Grace
‘Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear,
And Grace that fear relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear,
The hour I first believed.
-- John Newton
I have nothing to add.
Showing posts with label Charles Walter Stansby Williams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charles Walter Stansby Williams. Show all posts
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Transformation
J. R. R. Tolkien spent the night of January 17, 1944 in an air-raid post with Cecil Roth, a renowned Jewish scholar and historian. The next morning, Roth roused Tolkien from sleep so he would not miss Communion. Tolkien remarked of Roth’s gesture, “It seemed like a fleeting glimpse of an unfallen world.”
It is almost a cliché to mention the impact that the two world wars, especially the second, had on British literature. In the case of fantasies written by the Inklings, (Tolkien, Lewis, Williams) one should recognize the transformaion of earthly warfare and helplessness into Christian victory and glory.
1 Corinthians 15:44-49 NIV
If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven. As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.
1 Corinthians 15: 54-56 NIV
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
“Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
It is almost a cliché to mention the impact that the two world wars, especially the second, had on British literature. In the case of fantasies written by the Inklings, (Tolkien, Lewis, Williams) one should recognize the transformaion of earthly warfare and helplessness into Christian victory and glory.
1 Corinthians 15:44-49 NIV
If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven. As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man, so shall we bear the image of the heavenly man.
1 Corinthians 15: 54-56 NIV
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
“Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Good Fortune
“All fortune is good—whether be it harsh or be it pleasing . . .yet I know not who would dare to say so to foolish men, for no fool could believe it.” Charles Williams, quoting Boethius in The Descent of the Dove.
"Charles Walter Stansby Williams was most often associated with the Inklings (a group of Christian writers including J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis), Williams was also cited as a major influence on W.H. Auden's conversion to Christianity and he was a peer and friend of T.S. Eliot, Dorothy Sayers and Evelyn Underhill." From the website: http://tomwills.typepad.com/thenewchristianyear/
Tomorrow is another Friday the 13th. I have always claimed those as my "lucky" days. My thirtheeth birthday fell on a Friday the 13th in 1961. But luck has nothing to do with our lives as Christians. "All good things come from the father," (James 1:17) and our "fortune is good."
Romans 8: 22-28 NIV
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
"Charles Walter Stansby Williams was most often associated with the Inklings (a group of Christian writers including J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis), Williams was also cited as a major influence on W.H. Auden's conversion to Christianity and he was a peer and friend of T.S. Eliot, Dorothy Sayers and Evelyn Underhill." From the website: http://tomwills.typepad.com/thenewchristianyear/
Tomorrow is another Friday the 13th. I have always claimed those as my "lucky" days. My thirtheeth birthday fell on a Friday the 13th in 1961. But luck has nothing to do with our lives as Christians. "All good things come from the father," (James 1:17) and our "fortune is good."
Romans 8: 22-28 NIV
We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
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