“You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.”

— C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed (1961), Part II

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About C.S. Lewis

1898 – 1963

British author and theologian best known for The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity. A master of analogy who made complex theological ideas accessible and beautiful.

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