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“The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became Man for no other purpose.” —C.S. Lewis. I have been saying this to deaf ears since 1970. I’d take out the word “little.” In you doubt this read John 1: 1–14 which ends with “To those who receive him, even to those who believe on his name, Jesus gives the power to become begotten children of GOD whose birth is not by the will nor power of man but by GOD.” Joseph Campbell in THE POWER OF MYTH, states that unless we say as Jesus said, “I and the Father Are One” the seed has not taken root in our soul. Of course, if we do that men will say we are crazy which is fine by me as I have been called crazy since I was six. “It was the very same with the poet as with the hero and with all strong or beautiful, sanguine, and out-of-the-ordinary people and movements: If they lived in the past they were glorious and every schoolbook was full of their praises; but if they lived in the real world of the present day they were hated. Presumably the teachers were specifically trained and hired for the purpose of preventing as far as possible the growth of magnificent free men and the committing of great, splendid deeds. At thirteen the conflict began. Hesse’s conduct at school and at home left so much to be desired that he was sent “into exile” to the Latin school in Goppingen. His stay there lasted only a year.”—Franz Baumer, HERMAN HESSE. Right now we need all the Christs we can get however one will do. There is a wonderful moment in THE GODFATHER III that nails this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjp5LFWqukU&feature=youtu.be

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