... shown vividly in the text is that of truth, ultimately coming from Christ alone. Matthew Dickerson and David O'Hara state that "Lewis's ecology is characterized by integrity, plentitude, humility, reverence, and a grateful embracing of life," (244). The entire novel is the truth of the Gospel, and "In his essay 'The Gospel as Fairy Tale,' [Frederick] Buechner notes that the life of Christ ... in the Gospels contains some of the motifs as fairy stories, including 'the final victory of light. That is the fairy tale of the Gospel with, of course, the one crucial difference from a...

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Abstract Benjamin Franklin stated "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."1 If death is certain, why do so many fear it? Is it our uncertainty of what lies beyond the grave? Is death to be feared as an extinction of life or is there a ... as Lord (see Phil 2:9-11)."19 Universalists claim that it is their teaching alone that does justice to the truth that God is Love and that it is only their view gives that God the final victory over sin and death. Packer concedes that "Universalism in all its forms is a human wish ... If His death remains efficacious, even ...

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... lived his life in ridicule and scorn, and has become the most significant symbol in history because image meant nothing. All his influence came through spirit, mind, and body -not status, wealth, or power. Traditionally, the legend of Buffalo Bill was popular because it told a story of bravery, and passion, 7 but the vast Christian population in the United States can't deny Jesus" authority. So, Cummings not ... 's proper. In his first poem that addresses him hometown, "when i am in Boston," Cummings describes a scene while he notes, "when i am in Boston, i do not speak and i sit in the ...

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