80 years ago, CS Lewis made a grave prediction:

First, we’d stop believing the Devil exists

Then, we’d start celebrating him

Here’s what he warned, and why it’s coming true before our eyes…🧵 CS Lewis made his warning in his scholarly work, “A Preface to Paradise Lost”

It analyzes John Milton’s epic poem “Paradise Lost”

The poem details Satan’s rebellion and the Fall of Man

It’s a masterpiece, but Lewis says modern readers are making a grave mistake

You know the 7 day Creation story — but do you know the pattern beneath it?

Augustine says Genesis points to a hidden design that ripples through all reality

Once you see it, you might just glimpse the face of God himself…🧵 Augustine reads the creation story as a blueprint:

A map of the soul’s journey to God

Each day is a stage in the mind’s ascent to Truth and Enlightenment

But there’s a key point that many people miss:

You can see the Trinity in the first lines of scripture

Dostoevsky understood the Devil like no one else

He captured his evil in one of the most chilling scenes in all literature

Here’s what he wrote, and what it reveals about Satan and the “unforgivable sin…”🧵 The devil appears in Dostoevsky’s novel Brothers Karamazov

To understand him, you have to understand his target — Ivan Karamazov:

Ivan is a coldhearted intellectual who hates God

But his unbelief isn’t your typical atheism

Ever wonder why Tolkien made Sauron an eye?

It’s no mere fantasy symbol — it points to a Satanic evil

Here’s what the Eye really means, and why Sauron’s evil is worse than you think…🧵 Tolkien didn’t believe in absolute evil

But he said Sauron was as close as you could get to pure evil

To understand why, we have to look at his roots:

Sauron used to be good — an angel

Dostoevsky demolished Karl Marx in a single paragraph

In just a few lines, he dismantled Communism — and exposed the evil at its rotten core

Here’s what Dostoevsky wrote, and how it put Marx and Communism to shame…🧵
First, let’s recap Marx’s communism:

He called for the poor to overthrow the rich and seize the means of production

Why?

Because it would (in theory) create a utopian society, free of suffering

CS Lewis rejected pacifism

He called it a moral failure — incompatible with Christian duty

Here’s why Lewis denounced pacifism, and his take on the warrior ethos of Christianity…🧵 CS Lewis argues against pacifism in his book "Weight of Glory"

He begins by summarizing the pacifist stance:

“War is evil, and I’m always against it”

He warns this is dangerously simplistic, and raises moral concerns

The Tower of Babel is more than a story — it’s a prophecy

It reveals the fate of every society that abandons God:

Uniformity. Blind “progress.” And finally — destruction

Here’s what Babel really means, and why every godless culture is doomed to fall…🧵 Genesis 11 says mankind was united with “one language and few words”

Man came together with a simple plan:

“Let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens…”

This sounds innocent, but it’s not

On this Good Friday, walk with Christ through His Passion, Death, and Resurrection...

As depicted through the masterpieces of Christian art

A thread🧵 The Agony in the Garden – Andrea Mantegna

“Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me; yet, not my will but yours be done” (LK 22:42)

For Tolkien, music was more than beauty — it was a gateway to God

He said music was the language of creation — revealing its creator

He even wrote his own creation story to explain it

Here’s the story, and how its vision of music can help your soul find the face of God…🧵 Tolkien’s creation story is found in the “Silmarillion”:

It's the backstory to Lord of the Rings

It begins with God, named Eru, who lives in a grand hall beyond space and time

He gives life to Ainur (angels) and trains them for a master plan

Few men endured terror like St. Anthony

His troubles began with a simple vow — live in poverty, prayer, and penance

What followed was a lifetime of demonic attacks

Here’s why the demonic hated St. Anthony, and how his faith conquered a lifetime of spiritual horror…🧵 Anthony was born in Egypt, 251 AD, to a wealthy family

He enjoyed a comfortable upbringing until age 20, when his parents passed away

He was left alone to care for himself and his younger sister

In the midst of this heartbreak, however, destiny called him

The monsters of Greek myth aren’t just legend

They echo an ancient evil rooted in the Bible itself:

A perverse spirit that turns men into monsters and corrupts God’s creation

Here’s the meaning of the monsters in myth, and how to slay the spirit that corrupts all creation…🧵 Greek myth is filled with monsters:

The hydra, the chimera, cerberus, etc.

Most people know their names, but few know their origins…

In fact, most of them are siblings

Many monsters of Greek myth trace back to one source of evil

Aquinas spent his whole life studying, praying and seeking God

Then he found him… literally!

A divine vision left him awestruck, and he stopped writing forever

Here’s what God revealed to Aquinas, and how it transformed history’s greatest theologian…🧵 At first Aquinas seemed an unlikely theologian

His aristocratic family valued secular affairs over religious life

Making matters worse, Aquinas was bullied in school

Students called him the “Dumb Ox,” mistaking his humility for ignorance

Remember the labyrinth and minotaur story?

It’s not just a myth — it’s a map of your soul

The beast at the center is the root of all evil:

Conquer it, and you master yourself. Run, and you’re lost forever

Here’s how to slay your Minotaur—and why your life depends on it…🧵 The minotaur story begins with a wicked ruler — King Minos

The son of Zeus, he sought to prove his divine right to rule Crete

To do so, he struck up an ill-fated deal with the gods

Alexander the Great conquered the known world

He never lost a battle until he met one man:

A beggar-philosopher mocked him to his face and left him speechless

Here’s what he said, and how his wisdom humbled the greatest conqueror in history…🧵 Since birth, Alexander was bred for greatness

The son of King Philip II, he was trained for war and mentored by Aristotle

He inherited his father’s kingdom at age 21:

This included his father’s army — the strongest war machine in the world

Moby-Dick is a terrifying tale:

It warns you about the one evil that dooms a soul forever

Commit it, and you won’t just lose your life — you’ll lose eternity itself

Here’s the unforgivable sin, why it destroys you, and how to escape it before it’s too late…🧵 Moby Dick follows the exploits of a whale hunting crew

Their ship — the Pequod — is filled with formidable hunters

They’re excellent sailors, hoping for a profitable expedition

Unfortunately, this voyage will be anything but normal

Why does a good God let you suffer and die?

The question haunted Augustine for years — his best friend’s death shattered him

Yet that same grief led him to God

Here’s how death and despair led to the conversion of history’s greatest theologian…🧵 Augustine is known today as a great saint, but he didn’t start that way

In fact, he rejected Christianity for 30 years

Though he was well-studied in religion and philosophy, one objection kept him away from God…

Medusa is more than a mythical monster:

She's an allegory for the timeless evil that destroys your soul

Here’s the evil that she represents, how it leads you to ruin, and why conquering it teaches you greatness of soul...🧵 Before Medusa was a monster, she was a maiden

She served as a priestess to the goddess Athena, and was a model of beauty and virtue

Then a Greek god showed up in her life, and all hell broke loose…

The West was nearly ruined by an ancient heresy

For a decade, Christianity’s greatest thinker fell for a grave lie:

It would’ve deprived us of his writings that built civilization

Here’s the man, and how he conquered the heresy that *almost* changed world history…🧵 Long before he was a Saint, Augustine was a sinner and heretic

The heresy he fell for — Manichaeism

It’s an ancient religion that blends eastern mysticism, Christianity, and astrology

What’s dangerous about this religion?

Hercules wrestled a lion, slayed a hydra, and braved Hell itself

But none of this compares to his greatest deed — an act so noble, it made him a God

Here’s how Hercules became immortal, and what his story reveals about seeking true glory that’s worthy of eternal life…🧵 As a recap, Hercules is the greatest of heroes in Greek mythology

He was most famous for his 12 Labors:

He spent 12 years nobly slaying monsters, paving the way for humanity to flourish

His greatest foe, however, appears BEFORE his famous trials…

Ancient philosophers weren’t just book nerds

They were BRAWLERS

Plato wrestled, Pythagoras boxed, and Socrates fought in wars

They knew strong bodies built sharp minds

Here’s what fighting reveals about fortitude, virtue, and the good life, per ancient philosophy…🧵 "It is a disgrace to grow old before seeing what manner of man you may become by developing your bodily strength" — Socrates

Socrates wasn’t just a philosopher. He fought in wars too

In a world where war is certain, he said you had to embody virtue via discipline and training

Odysseus had the offer of a lifetime:

Immortality and unlimited sex with a goddess

He turned it down… Why?

He knew it was a trap that’s ruined the souls of men for millennia

Here’s why an eternity of sex is a fate worse than death…🧵 Odysseus is the protagonist of Homer’s “Odyssey”

The plot:

After winning the Trojan war, Odysseus is trying to find his way home

In theory it should be an easy journey, but fate has other plans for him...