death, the devil… everything. And he is coming back to claim us. Lewis puts it this way, “The crucifixion itself is the best, as well as the worst, of all historical events” (The Problem of Pain). It kills and heals us. I think the old hymns expressed...
Also fromThe Problem of Pain,just a few paragraphs down from the quote above. Lewis is referencing, “the eternal dance ‘makes heaven drowsy with the harmony’” Here’s the fuller context: “All pains and pleasures we have known on earth are early initiations in the movements of that dan...