The Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those…

C. S. Lewis
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The Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. ✨ C. S. Lewis (1952). Mere Christianity: a revised and enlarged edition, with a new introduction, of the three books, The case for Christianity, Christian behaviour, and Beyond personality, Scribner Paper Fiction
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