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NASB | 1 Kings 13:1 Now behold, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Kings 13:1 Now behold, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word (command) of the LORD, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar [which he had built] to burn incense. |
Subject: 1 Kings Chapter 13 |
Bible Note: Azure - What an interesting experience! And thanks for sharing it. I've keenly enjoyed your posts and encourage you to continue your fine contributions to SBF. Your user profile is a delight also and I noted with keen interest that C. S. Lewis is your favorite writer, or, if you prefer, your favourite writer :-). I'm a long-time admirer of this erudite Oxford don also. A number of years ago I led a summer seminar for college students on Lewis' writings, chiefly his "Screwtape Letters." One of my students then is my dentist now. But I digress. The main point about Lewis I wish to make in this little post is this: The associate pastor of a church of which my wife and I used to be members told me that his father, an inveterate skeptic who would have nothing to do with any religion, became a follower of Christ after having read "Mere Christianity." Isn't it remarkable that a book written by a man who himself was for many years a skeptic would become the instrument to touch the life of a skeptic in such a profound way? God used a donkey, as you pointed out, to deliver His message long ago. And He used C. S. Lewis, a former skeptic, to deliver His message to the skeptic, the pastor's father. The late David Elton Trueblood, professor of philosophy at Earlham College and author of a number of books including "The Life We Prize," of which I own an autographed copy by the way, said that he believed the most convincing evidence for the authenticity of the Christian religion lay in the incontrovertible fact that it changed lives, profoundly and permanently. I myself would prefer to recast the statement to say that it is Christ Jesus who changes lives. ...... One final comment involving C. S. Lewis. A few summers ago while visiting my daughter I met an Oxford don and his wife who have a summer home on Cape Cod just a few doors away from where my daughter and her family live. My conversation with the don came around to a discussion of C. S. Lewis. The don had joined the faculty of Oxford after the death of Lewis and so had never met him personally, but his eyes lit up when I mentioned C. S. Lewis. "Ah, yes," said the don. "Lewis is still discussed around Oxford. He's what you might call a legend. He was a Christian, you know." ..... Yes, I knew. And I thought how wonderful it would be, when the bell tolls for me and the curtain of my life on earth is closed, for it to be said long after I'm gone, "He was a Christian, you know." --Hank |