Fifty years ago today, three famous men died...

Fifty years ago today, three famous men died: a pre-modern Christian (C. S. Lewis), a modern pragmatist (John F. Kennedy), and a post-modern mystic (Aldous Huxley).

Each man represented a way of seeing the world.

Each offered a vision of what life could be.

Kennedy’s modern vision looked to human achievement, progress, and political power to solve our greatest problems. Yet history has shown the limits of what human strength alone can achieve.

Huxley’s post-modern vision searched for meaning within the self—through experience, mysticism, and altered consciousness. But the quest for truth without a trustworthy guide often leads us back to confusion, not clarity.

Lewis, however, offered a vision grounded in the gospel—one that has not faded. His words still call us toward truth, goodness, and the hope found only in Jesus Christ.

Here are some favourite Lewis quotes that continue to shine:

📖 “To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”

📖 “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.”

📖 “If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth.”

📖 “Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance.”

📖 “There is no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan.”

📖 “We all need the books that will correct the characteristic mistakes of our own period… The only palliative is to keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds.”

📖 “There are no ordinary people… It is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit.”

Lewis wrote Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, Surprised by Joy, The Abolition of Man, and The Chronicles of Narnia.His writing continues to help us see the world clearly and love Jesus deeply.

May we choose the vision that endures - the one rooted not in human progress or personal experience, but in the living Lord Jesus Christ.