Indifference surrounds me
Yet my heart is secure
The shadows grow stronger
Yet my spirit is protected
Observing the extreme absurdities
Still my heart can’t be moved

I can rest in the loser’s haunt
For the Victorious has filled the void inside
I can wander by the source of Hell
For the Lord of all lives in me
In these circumstances I dwell

Thank God, in Him I am not a part of this
My inspiration, Giver of Life

I want to shine, radiate Your presence
I want to show them the warmth of truth
That You showed me
So they can understand
Who You are and why I worship You

Even if my life should end
In the valley of the shadows
My spirit will exist in a new dimension
Forever with Him, my Father

–Extol, “Of Light and Shade”–

FALSE


TEACHER.


PERVERT.

You shall have no other gods before me.
–Exodus 20:3 (NIV)–

Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths.
Rather train yourself for godliness.
–1 Timothy 4:7 (ESV)–

I am the way, the truth, and the life:
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
–Jesus Christ in John 14:6 (KJV)–

Whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
–Jesus Christ in Matthew 18:6 (KJV)–

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I HAVE THE DEEPEST RESPECT EVEN FOR PAGAN MYTHS,
STILL MORE FOR MYTHS IN HOLY SCRIPTURE.
–C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain (Macmillan, 1947), p. 59–

I CANNOT GIVE PEDERASTY (PEDOPHILIA) 
ANYTHING LIKE A FIRST PLACE AMONG THE EVILS…
I THINK THAT OF VERY LITTLE RELEVANCE
TO MORAL JUDGMENT.
–C. S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy (Harcourt Brace & Co, 1955), p. 104–

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Kathryn Ann Lindskoog, C. S. Lewis: Mere Christian (Regal Books, 1973).

David Cloud, C. S. Lewis and Evangelicals Today (Way of Life Literature, 2000).

Kevin DeYoung, “Cautions for Mere Christianity” (Gospel Coalition, 2011).

Aaron Cline Hanbury, “Elephant In the Room: Evangelicals Continue to Value C. S. Lewis Despite Theological Differences” (Towers, 2013).

Jerome Smith, ed. The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Thomas Nelson, 2023).