Discovering C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton - Dr. Karin Öberg

[@matthewmcdaid7962]

The curious thing about Chesterton's "Orthodoxy" is that when he wrote it and published it, he was still a member of the Anglican church. It was only later that he took the final steps to become Catholic. Chesterton's story is another "Coming Home" story. His wife, some time after Chesterton converted, became a Catholic as well.

[@ThatNerdyCatholic]

I have always appreciated Lewis' logical approach to his belief, I liked that he thought out his faith deeply. It was his book "The Great Divorce" that helped me understand Purgatory. Reading Orthodoxy was one of the books I read that started me on my journey into the Catholic Church. Like Karin, I owe a lot of my Catholic faith to both Lewis and Chesterton.

[@spencerbungard3152]

Ve had quite a similar journey. I devoured Lewis’ apologetics and after discovering that he was intellectually convinced by Chesterton’s ‘Everlasting Man’ . Lewis put me on to Chesterton and now I’m on the RCIA… thanks be to God 🙏🏻

[@tony1685]

they both misled you and now you are lost, sadly.

[@tony1685]

catholicism isn't Truth, Nerd. please try Christianity, Sir. at least for your family.

[@olivetaelizabeth]

@@tony1685 May God the Almighty Father draw you closer to his Son our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Tony. You are still in my daily prayers.

[@tony1685]

@@olivetaelizabeth Amen and you as well, Ma'am! i am still wondering why, if the Bible begs you to investigate to see whether or not the 'church' you're in is Truth - why do you not dig in and side with the Word of Truth and see how clearly He is showing you that catholicism isn't Christianity, Ma'am? no catholic on earth can reconcile John 14:15 with Exodus 20:8-11 (among others, but this is sufficient). you and your family deserve Truth - not pagan papal bull, Ma'am. please study and pray and ask Him for guidance.

[@AJKPenguin]

Dr. reminds me of an old friend of mine from Switzerland. I haven't seen her in about 3-4 years. She was near Geneva and I pray to God she is well, making five more talents for the Lord.

[@akionataito5458]

Simply BEAUTIFUL Testimony WELCOME home with! GOD?^s Blessings.

[@greyjay9202]

What a radiant woman.

[@rusmeister7144]

I wound up becoming Orthodox rather than Catholic, but Lewis and Chesterton remain guiding lights for me in the darkness that I have found in the mature Christian life.

[@joelmontero9439]

She is so nice! God bless you all people 🙏

[@jenelms905]

Such a beautiful testimony, thank you Dr Oberg

[@LD-nl5vf]

Beautiful spiritual journey

[@jaehokim9266]

How are you so eloquent? Truly a gift from God

[@ernestgreen6821]

I felt the EXACT same way! I am a very joyful Catholic always trying my best to living out my faith but of course falling short only to be redeemed again as I continue along my walk with My Lord Jesus Christ!

[@TT-hg8eo]

What a powerful story about God's work.

[@JayKumar-hw7ko]

God bless you ♥

[@johnbrion4565]

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing and all you do.

[@jake115577]

The same path I took.

[@kramsonntag1701]

Thanks for this attractive testimony by Dr. Karin Öberg which shows beauty (as Hans Urs von Balthasar describes it) and conviction.

[@JohnR.T.B.]

God bless you Dr.

[@Sa-gb8mr]

What book is she talking about? (that she picked up from amazon).

[@normaivy8076]

Welcome home siater!!!❤❤

[@11antun]

Wellcome Home!

[@jackvogel9777]

Well said Doctor.

[@byron8657]

About Freewill and Choices from a psychologist a survivor of the Holocaust in Austzwitz concentration camp who loses his whole family inside the camp He summed it up all on how he survived I qoute In the camp they can stripped you of everything, Your Honor your posessions and your dignity but one thing they cannot get from you it’s your Power of Choice! K

[@byron8657]

Dr Oberg Godbless you! In His time God made all things Good in His time! I remember Lord Jesus Christ parable about a Master who called people to labour in His vineyard in different hours of the day some are called very early 6 am in the morning others 9am, 12oclock 3pm,6pm,some are late at 9pm just like my Father before the 12 midnight struck where everyone has to stopped working. And He gave everyone all the same wages out of His generosity! The fruits of His vineyard are plenty but the Harvesters and labourers are few! Once the Good Lord Jesus Christ manifest it to His disciples! K

[@nathanngumi8467]

Word.

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[@Landis_Grant]

CS Lewis believed the Bible contained errors. That’s all I need to know.

[@rusmeister7144]

What did he mean by “errors”?

[@Landis_Grant]

@@rusmeister7144 He Believed There Were Contradictions and Errors A second shortcoming in Lewis’s doctrine of Scripture is that he believed there were contradictions and probably errors in the Bible. Here we go beyond inspiration to address a second key component in the evangelical doctrine of Scripture, namely, inerrancy. Inspiration is a claim about the Bible’s source: it comes from the Holy Spirit. Inerrancy is a claim about the Bible’s content: it is free from error. Lewis hints at his discomfort with biblical inerrancy in the Kilby letter mentioned previously. Kilby had sent Lewis a copy of the “Wheaton College Statement Concerning the Inspiration of the Bible” and asked for his opinion. In reply, Lewis listed a series of facts that would have to be accounted for in any doctrine of biblical authority. The list included what Lewis described as “the apparent inconsistencies” between the genealogies in Matthew 1 and Luke 3 and between the accounts of the death of Judas Iscariot in Matthew 27:5 and Acts 1:18-19 (Letters, vol. 3, 1,045). Although Lewis was careful not to use the word error in the Kilby correspondence, he did use it in one of his earlier letters. “Errors of minor fact are permitted to remain” in Scripture, he wrote. “One must remember of course that our modern and western attention to dates, numbers, etc. simply did not exist in the ancient world. No one was looking for that sort of truth” (Letters, vol. 3, 961, emphasis original). Thus, the Bible is not the word of God “in the sense that every passage, in itself, gives impeccable science of history” (Psalms, 112). To give a more specific example, the large numbers given for the armies of Israel in the Old Testament led Lewis to rule out “the view that any one passage taken in isolation can be assumed to be inerrant in exactly the same sense as any other.” “The very kind of truth we are often demanding was,” in his opinion, “never even envisaged by the ancients” (Letters, vol. 3, 1,046, emphasis original). Minor factual errors were not troubling to Lewis; nor did they diminish his confidence in the overall truthfulness of the Bible. In his book The Problem of Pain he claimed, “If our Lord had committed himself to any scientific or historical statement which we knew to be untrue, this would not disturb my faith in His deity.” In saying this, Lewis did not actually attribute any error to the words of Jesus, but he was saying that discovering certain errors would not threaten the core of Christian orthodoxy. He went further in his essay “The World’s Last Night.” There, in addressing the seeming discrepancy between the disciples’ expectation of the imminent return of Jesus Christ and the actual timing of the second coming, Lewis said that Jesus “shared, and indeed created, their delusion” (98). He Doubted or Denied Certain Parts as Historical A third shortcoming is closely related to the second: C.S. Lewis doubted or denied that certain parts of the Bible were historical, including books that evangelicals traditionally have regarded as historical narrative.

[@marknelson8435]

Now go to a traditional Latin Mass, and really find your home. God bless.

[@frederickanderson1860]

The wisdom of man is foolishness with God. Apostle Paul warns against such people.

[@frederickanderson1860]

No mention of the holy Spirit at all.

[@rusmeister7144]

No mention of Matthew chapter 1, either. A good video should mention EVERY single aspect of becoming a Christian. The mind is never involved.

[@tony1685]

you should try discovering the Word of God which will keep you from such nonsense.

[@tabithaoncoffee]

Oh, Tony, you never cease to entertain us on every single Catholic channel you can find.

[@markv1974]

@@tabithaoncoffee tony is becoming quite the troll haha

[@daisyhavenergaming4610]

@tony, you should stop reading anything by Ellen White, it will keep you from believing and repeating such heretical theology that's spouted by her.

[@tony1685]

@@daisyhavenergaming4610 2 problems here Mike. 1 - i am not making any stand on anything Mrs White wrote - so quit with the *Strawman Fallacy* and stick with the Word. 2 - please use 'heretical' properly - your Bible illiteracy is showing. *Happy Sabbath!!!*

[@patricksee10]

Champ, your comment lack content. But be sincerely assured that the Catholic Church was founded by Christ himself.