Mrs. Stephanie Loomis Through the Lens with C.S. Lewis 2012

1. November 2012

2. “One thing I can promise you. In spite of all the
unfortunate differences between Christians, what they
agree on is still something pretty big and pretty solid:
big enough to blow any of us sky-high if it happens to
be true. And if it’s true, it’s quite ridiculous to put off
doing anything about it simply because Christians
don’t fully agree among themselves. That’s as if a man
bleeding to death refused medical assistance because
he’d heard that some doctors differed about the
treatment of cancer. For if Christianity is true at all, it’s
as serious as that.”
C.S. Lewis Introduction to broadcast 11 January 1942

3.  31 October 1517

4.  October 31 1517
 Sola Scriptura

5.  October 31 1517
 Sola Scriptura
 Sola Fide

6.  October 31 1517
 Sola Scriptura
 Sola Fide
 Sola Gratia

7.  October 31 1517
 Sola Scriptura
 Sola Fide
 Sola Gratia
 Solus Christus

8.  October 31 1517
 Sola Scriptura
 Sola Fide
 Sola Gratia
 Solus Christus
 Soli Deo Gloria

9.  October 31 1517 Nothing
 Sola Scriptura
 Sola Fide
 Sola Gratia
 Solus Christus
 Soli Deo Gloria

10. Why do we argue?
What is the most
important thing?

11. "Summa est.: Servemus IN necessariis unitatem, IN
non-necessariis libertatem, IN utrisque charitatem."
RUPERTUS MELDENIUS, 1627
GREGOR FRANK, 1628

12. “So far as I can judge from the reviews and from the numerous
letters written to me, the book, however faulty is other respects,
did at least succeed in presenting an agreed, or common, or
central, or ‘mere’ Christianity. In that way it may possibly be of
some help in silencing the view that, if we omit the disputed
points, we shall have left only a vague and bloodless H.C.F.” (6 -7)

13. A Whole Number that Common factors are
divides exactly into numbers held in
another Whole Number. common:
1x8=2x4=8
i.e. 1 x 12 = 2 x 6 = 3 x 4 = 12
4 x 5 = 20
4 and 5 are both factors of
20

14. A Whole Number that Common factors are
divides exactly into numbers held in
another Whole Number. common:
1x8=2x4=8
i.e. 1 x 12 = 2 x 6 = 3 x 4 = 12
4 x 5 = 20
4 and 5 are both factors of
20

15. A Whole Number that Common factors are numbers
divides exactly into held in common:
another Whole 1x8=2x4=8
Number.
1 x 12 = 2 x 6 = 3 x 4 = 12
i.e.
HIGHEST COMMON FACTOR
4 x 5 = 20
The largest/highest of the
common factors, in this case:
4 and 5 are both factors
of 20

16. Common factors are numbers
A Whole Number that
held in common:
divides exactly into
another Whole 1x8=2x4=8
Number. 1 x 12 = 2 x 6 = 3 x 4 = 12
i.e. HIGHEST COMMON FACTOR
4 x 5 = 20 The largest/highest of the
common factors, in this case:
4 and 5 are both factors
of 20
4

17. …at the centre of each there is a something, or a Someone,
who against all divergencies of belief, all differences of
temperament, all memories of mutual persecution, speaks
with the same voice. (7)

18.  Orient the Audience to the Issue
 Propose a Specific Thesis
 Define Key Terms
 Offer Reason, Evidence, Explanations,
et al to Support the Thesis
 Acknowledge (and Refute) the
Opposing View
 End the Argument

20. www.cslewis.org
©C.S.Lewis Foundation, 2001

21.  Do you agree with Lewis that we
can all appeal to an objective
sense of what is right and wrong  What does Lewis say about the
(a God-given conception of the limitations of Science? Why
Moral Law?) doesn’t science pose a real
challenge to belief in God?
 How is the Law of Human  According to Lewis, Christianity
Nature/Moral Law only begins to make sense when
distinguished from other we have realized a few hard facts
laws? about the kind of universe we
live in. What, in his view, are the
illusions that people have to give
 In our postmodern society, many up before Christianity can begin
argue that morality is relative to to speak to them? Can you think
culture and upbringing. How of any other illusions people
might you answer them with might have to dismantle before
Lewis’ arguments in mind? coming to God?

22. Read Book Two of Mere Christianity
Write a response to “The Practical Conclusion”
Create an image of “The Perfect Penitent”
Prepare a presentation that includes your
response, your art, and why you chose the image
you did.