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Mere Christianity - Week 1

March 1st, 2008 • stephenlawes • 4 comments • Related • Filed Under

Mere Christianity breaks itself into four separate books so the Christian Book Club will use that division four our four weeks in March. Our first week’s reading will be “Book 1 - Right and Wrong as a Clue to the Meaning of the Universe”

As you read Mere Christianity you should know that the chapters that make up the book were originally aired as radio shows for the BBC. Do you notice any difference I the writing style because the material was originally intended to be heard rather than read?

The end of the first chapter in Mere Christianity Lewis says this: “First, that human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and cannot really get rid of it. Secondly, that they do not in fact behave in that way. They know the Law of Nature; they break it. These two facts are the foundation of all clear thinking about ourselves and the universe we live in” (p. 8). He is saying that all cultures have moral codes and that they are remarkably similar. This he infers substantiates the existence of a universal “Law of Human Nature,” that there is in all of us a sense of right and wrong? In light of our culture today, do you think Lewis would still feel the same way?