The Great Sin by C. S. Lewis Doodle ( BBC Talk 16, Mere Christianity, Bk. 3, Chapter 8)

A very happy Christmas to you all. Take a moment. Could this be your biggest problem in life There is one vice of which no man in the world is free; which every one in the world loathes when he sees it in someone else; and of which hardly any people ever imagine that they are guilty What could it be A new doodle from the pen of C. S. Lewis. You can find the book here: (2:03) Pride leads to every other vice. There are three elements necessary for sin (1) the carnal lust of the flesh, (2) the lust of the eye seeing an opportunity), but also (3) the pride of life to complete the snare (1 John 2:16). That is, when the voice of God says no to us, sin needs that proud inner statement Why shouldn t I have it or I deserve it to be enacted. This appeal to pride is as old as the Garden of Eden. When Satan there said be