Chapter 4 of the new HarperOne book by C. S. Lewis, How to Pray, is an excerpt from Letter 4 of Letters to Malcolm. In this letter, Lewis begins to answer two philosophical questions about prayer, but in our excerpt, the question is “Isn’t It Presumptuous For Us To Bring Our Concerns Before God” (p.33)?
Devotional
A Word of Grace – October 3, 2018
Dear Friends, I did not send out a message last week due to travel. This week’s message is about an incident that may seem small, but it involves the Holy Spirit’s connection of two souls, three thousand miles apart, in need of encouragement and a reminder that our loving God is in control. . .
Burdening our Praying – C. S. Lewis’s How To Pray – Chapter 3
Chapter 3 of How To Pray seeks an answer to the question, “Do Our Prayers Depend on How Deeply We Feel or Mean Them?” The excerpt is from Surprised by Joy, chapter 4, “I Broaden My Mind.” Lewis is a good source for problems with prayer, both philosophical and practical. In this chapter, we have
A Word of Grace – September 17, 2018
Jesus went up on the mountain and sat down there with his disciples. . . When he looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?” He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he was
C. S. Lewis’s How To Pray: “Pass the Salt” – Determinism and Prayer
In the new book, How To Pray, Zach Kincaid – the editor – selects Lewis’ 1945 essay, “Work and Prayer,” from God in the Dock for the second chapter. When C. S. Lewis became a Christian in 1931, he was already familiar with philosophical problems people have had with Christianity. We learn in a letter