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Heaven:A Bribe
C. S. Lewis in The Problem of Pain, Christianity Today, p. 46
Heaven:A Bribe
C. S. Lewis in The Problem of Pain, Christianity Today, p. 46
We are afraid that Heaven is a bribe, and that if we make it our goal we shall no longer be disinterested. It is not so. Heaven offers nothing that a mercenary soul can desire. It is safe to tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to.