C. S. Lewis Quotes

Religion! what treasure untold resides in that heavenly word!

Of all the errors one could make, God's gospel plan is the wrong thing to be wrong about.

It is only Christianity, the great bond of love and duty to God, that makes any existence valuable or even tolerable.

Christianity is not about morality. It's about reality.

If we discount the account of creation, we remove the significance of Christmas.

The cross [is] the ultimate statement of God's involvement in the world on this side of heaven.

Christianity is not a patent medicine. Christianity claims to give an account of facts - to tell you what the real universe is like. Its account of the universe may be true, or it may not, and once the question is really before you, then your natural inquisitiveness must make you want to know the answer. If Christianity is untrue, then no honest man will want to believe it, however helpful it might be: if it is true, every honest man will want to believe it, even if it gives him no help at all.

If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier. But it is not.

I believe in fate. And in the depths of my soul, I am an Orthodox Christian. I think the New Testament is especially important. What Jesus and his disciples preached and did was a great thing.

No life is great that does not point to Christ.

Mormonism is the pure doctrine of Jesus Christ; of which I myself am not ashamed.

Created in the awesome image of God, men and women know that life has a meaning beyond 'eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.'

If we believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, then we shouldn't be recognizing it only as a book of historical and economic significance.

The eternal salvation of a single soul is more important than anything else you will ever achieve in life.

The gospel cannot be preached and heard enough, for it cannot be grasped well enough.

Is it possible that since I hunt, I may be hunting for the life of my Savior and the blood of the Lamb of God? I have fought against many differing sorts of conscience. Is it beyond all possibility and hazard that I have not fought against God, and that I have not persecuted Jesus in some of them?

Christianity isn't looking for a rainbow. If it were... we'd pass out opium at services. We're trying to serve God, not be God.

Jesus means something to our world because a mighty spiritual force streams forth from him and flows through our being also. This fact can neither be shaken nor confirmed by any historical discovery. It is the solid foundation of Christianity.

The Cross of Christ is the crux of history. Without the Cross, history cannot be defined or corrected.

I believe God created the world for a purpose. The Designer of intelligent design is, ultimately, the Christian God.

Christmas has been a season of mixed interests and meanings, but the very foundation, of course, is its religious significance. No matter what other personal desires or crises we have faced, I've never forgotten that this is the time to celebrate the birth of the Baby Jesus, and the impact of this event on the history of the world.

The gospel is not only the most important message in all of history; it is the only essential message in all of history.

The great truths of Christianity do not belong to the professional theologians alone, but to every person who calls upon the name of Christ.

Every day is important for us because it is a day ordained by God.

Only Christianity and its teachings can explain the purpose and meaning of this world- and also gives the basis for right and wrong, good and evil, etc.