We are told that Christ was killed for us, that His death has washed o…

C. S. Lewis
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We are told that Christ was killed for us, that His death has washed out our sins, and that by dying He disabled death itself. That is the formula. That is Christianity. That is what has to be believed. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2003). A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis, p.99, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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