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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11138.Mere_Christianity?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Mere Christianity" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1166457914m/11138.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11138.Mere_Christianity?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Mere Christianity</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis">C.S. Lewis</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19998082?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>Mere Christianity is such a classic work, and having been read by millions over the past sixty years plus years, it is difficult to say anything new about it. As the years have rolled on though, a different society, with different needs and expectations has arisen that sees the world a little different than the British society, in the midst of all the moral and spiritual challenges that happened in the World War II years. <br/> <br/>Lewis' is more of a classic apologetic. He speaks of universal laws, the differences between longstanding morality and modern psychology, and the logic of why the Christian Gospel, of the invasion of humanity by the God/man Jesus and how theology is constantly practical in every area of the individual, personal lives of moder people. Mere Christianity answers quite well the challenges of its, and still to a large extent, our age. <br/> <br/>What the reader is struck with again, upon reading the Oxford professor and Christian lay leader, is just how understanding he is of the typical struggles that the believer faces. The strains of applying mere Christianity to sex, marriage, the life of real faith and social morality remain real and if anything the tensions have increased since the 1940's. <br/> <br/>This remains a valuable book, and one that large numbers of people have used to understand just how practical an adult and real a faith in Christ is. For many today, there is doubt about the effectiveness of family, real social interaction, the reality of history and the possibility of real power being humble. Yet to some degree, these strains have always existed, even back to the time of the first Christians. For this, Lewis as a very practical laymen, has done a wonderful job of showing that mere Christianity is a lot more than a whole mass of systems and ideologies, and that in comparison, they are worldly and ultimately worthless next to the Saviour/ carpenter from Nazareth. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/928086?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>