History
William Wilberforce introduced his first bill against the British slave trade in 1789. It failed. So did the next, and the next. He…
Perseverance · Justice · Calling
Wilberforce · Galatians 6 · Hebrews 12
Metaphor
The hall and the rooms
C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (1952), preface
C. S. Lewis pictured mere Christianity as a hall. The hall is the shared faith: God made the world, Christ died and rose, we are called to follow. The rooms opening off it are the particular churches. Lewis’s point was not that the hall is enough forever. It is that newcomers should not be bullied into a room before they have even stood in the hallway — and that those already in rooms should not sneer at people still finding the door.
How you’d preach it
Helpful when a congregation is anxious about denominations, or when seekers feel they must pick a tribe before they have met Christ. The hall is real. So are the rooms. Neither cancels the other.
- Community
- Faith
- Calling
Lewis · Ephesians 4
Ephesians 4:4–6