Mere Christianity: No Soft Christianity

We trace a straight line from C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity to a practical call: choose holiness over niceness. Jesus’ claims demand obedience, fruit matters more than feelings, and love sometimes speaks hard truth to rescue people from sin. • Lewis’s trilemma and the lordship claim • Fruit as the public test of faith • Why “nice guy” religion fails people • Holiness as the believer’s true aim • Obedience to Jesus over social approval • Speaking truth with courage and care • Hope in ongoing...