Some Things Never Change
Click here to listen to this sermon. Downloadable mp3 files are available uppon request. The text for today is Hebrews 13:7-8: “ Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the Word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! In an essay entitled “On the Reading of Old Books,” C.S. Lewis encourages the reading of old books to gain a broader perspective: “It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one until you have read an old one in between,” he writes. “We all need the books that will correct the characteristic mistakes of our own period. And that means the old books. We may be sure that the characteristic blindness of the twentieth century lies where we have never suspected it. None of us can fully escape this blindness. The on...