Courage: the indisputable virtue

By quinersdiner | November 10, 2013

In a world where forces are at work to redefine society’s virtues, courage remains an indisputable virtue. Our soldiers have gone into battle absolutely terrified at the thought of dying. Their legs shook. They vomited. Their heads pounded. And yet they stormed the beach in the face of enemy fire, in the face of probable death.
C.S. Lewis suggests that these examples of courage, that these examples of spilled blood, bear fruit by nourishing something absolutely essential to our humanity: courage.

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A “universe of pure hatred”

By quinersdiner | May 21, 2013

Conservatives have hurt themselves. We have done to Obama what liberals did to Bush. We have ranted and railed over non-issues such as “birthergate” at the expense of the truly large issues.

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C. S. Lewis advises President Obama

By quinersdiner | December 13, 2012

By C.S. Lewis Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our…

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Liberals mock C.S. Lewis

By Tom Quiner | December 21, 2010

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxfb1L-hMxU] My family can hardly wait to see the new Chronicles of Narnia movie, “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.” This is the third installment in the classic series penned by the late C.S. Lewis. We are waiting for our married daughter to fly in so we can all see it together…

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Was Jesus Real?

By Tom Quiner | July 2, 2010

By Tom Quiner Lee Strobel was an atheist who came to believe in Jesus after spending two years trying to disprove His divinity. Be sure to watch the video from my previous post where Mr. Strobel, a former reporter for the Chicago Tribune, talks about his surprising findings about Christ. C.S. Lewis was another atheist…

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