In the 5th chapter of Orthodoxy, The Flag of the World, Chesterton talks about the difference between martyrdom and suicide. Martyrdom: A martyr is a man who cares so much for something outside him, that he forgets his own personal life. Wants … [Read more...]

Childlike wonder is something most of us - if not all of us - have lost. Chesterton helps us to see the importance of regaining this childlike wonder. First. Why we have lost our childlike wonder? 1: We have forgotten who we are. Every man has … [Read more...]

Author: “James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ” (Jas 1:1). Uncertain who James is. Some possibilities: Could be an author that wrote pseudonymously—that is, in the name of James. Scholars do not think this letter reads like a … [Read more...]

In the 3rd chapter of Orthodoxy, Chesterton talks about humility in the modern world. He describes how there is "a real humility typical of our time; but it so happens that it is practically a more poisonous humility than the wildest prostrations of … [Read more...]

Self-confidence is a no-brainer in today's culture. You need to believe in yourself to do anything great in life right? A lack of self-confidence seems to lead to anxiety, depression, and a slew of worse effects. So we might try our best to build up … [Read more...]

From C.S. Lewis' The Weight of Glory (click here for summary of The Weight of Glory):  It may be possible for each to think too much of his own potential glory hereafter; it is hardly possible for him to think too often or too deeply about that of … [Read more...]

Holiness: Holiness “is the emergence of an absolutely unique reality that God alone knows, and that he alone can bring to fruition” (18). Jesus said, “Apart from me, you can do nothing” (John 15:5). Also, we will NOT have the grace to follow … [Read more...]

From Jacque Philippe's In the School of the Holy Spirit (pgs 55-58) God's will, and hence the inspirations of his grace, obviously often go in the opposite direction from our immediate tendencies, in the sense that our tendency is often toward the … [Read more...]

"The practice of virtue became sweet and natural to me; to begin with, my struggle often showed in my face, but little by little this disappeared and renunciation became easy to me even at the first moment. Jesus said this: "To everyone who has will … [Read more...]

Summary: In The Weight of Glory, C.S. Lewis tries to weave "the strongest spell that can be found to wake [us] up from the evil enchantment of worldliness" (thanks to our educational systems and modern philosophies) because “we walk every day on the … [Read more...]