 | Clive Staples Lewis - 1989 - 678 Seiten
...his autobiography of his reluctant conversion, he described himself as the "prodigal who is brought kicking, struggling, resentful, and darting his eyes in every direction for a chance of escape."7 Lewis didn't find God; God found him. He continues: The words compelle intrare, compel them... | |
 | Martin E. Marty, R. Scott Appleby - 2004 - 540 Seiten
...dejected and reluctant convert in all England. I did not then see what is now the most shining and obvious thing; the Divine humility which will accept a convert...every direction for a chance of escape? . . . The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation.18 Such an... | |
 | Kathleen Hughes, Joseph A. Favazza - 1997 - 228 Seiten
...dejected and reluctant convert in all England. I did not then see what is now the most shining and obvious thing; the divine humility which will accept a convert...will open the high gates to a prodigal who is brought kicking, struggling, resentful, and darting his eyes in every direction for a chance to escape? The... | |
 | Scott R. Burson, Jerry L. Walls - 2009 - 312 Seiten
...dejected and reluctant convert in all England. I did not then see what is now the most shining and obvious thing; the Divine humility which will accept a convert even on such terms.1 C . S . LEWIS I faced a spiritual crisis I walked, prayed, and thought through what the Scriptures... | |
 | Rebecca Manley Pippert - 2001 - 204 Seiten
...reluctant convert in all England. I did not see then what is now the most shining and most obvious thing; the Divine humility which will accept a convert...terms. The Prodigal Son at least walked home on his two feet. But who can duly adore that Love which will open the high gates to a prodigal who is brought... | |
 | Stuart Briscoe - 2010 - 773 Seiten
...1929, Lewis discarded his atheism and became a theist — but not happily. He described himself as "a prodigal who is brought in kicking, struggling,...darting his eyes in every direction for a chance of o escape." Jack Lewis was experiencing the love of God drawing him. Two years later, Lewis converted... | |
 | Greg Laurie - 2002 - 262 Seiten
...dejected and reluctant convert in all England. I did not then see what is now the most shining and obvious thing; the divine humility which will accept a convert...brought in kicking, struggling, resentful, and darting eyes in every direction for a chance of escape? The words compdle intrare, "compel them to come in,"... | |
 | Tim McLaughlin - 2003 - 172 Seiten
...dejected and reluctant convert in all England. l did not then see what is now the most shining and obvious thing; the Divine humility which will accept a convert even on such terms. (Surprised by Joy) Lewis, of course, is the author of (among many titles) The Chronicles of Narnia,... | |
 | Robin A. Parry, Christopher H. Partridge - 2004 - 324 Seiten
...he ceased using the term 'freedom' in the standard libertarian sense.'" He even described himself as 'a prodigal who is brought in kicking, struggling,...darting his eyes in every direction for a chance of i'2 escape. That hardly sounds like someone who could justifiably credit himself for having determined... | |
 | Mark Chamberlain, Thomas Allin - 2004 - 126 Seiten
...see what is now the most shining and obvious thing: the divine humility which will accept a convert on such terms. The Prodigal Son at least walked home on his own feet. But who can truly adore that love which will open the high gates to a prodigal who is brought in kicking, struggling,... | |
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That which I greatly feared had at last come upon me. In the Trinity Term of 1929 I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England. 
