The Christian life is simply a process of having your natural self cha…

C. S. Lewis
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The Christian life is simply a process of having your natural self changed into a Christ self, and that this process goes on very far inside. One's most private wishes, one's point of view, are the things that have to be changed. ✨ BBC Radio Talk: Beyond Personality -- Mere Men, Broadcast 21 March 1944, BBC Home Service Radio
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