Grammar lessons from C.S. Lewis

"WE WANTED TO BE NOUNS, BUT WE ARE, AND ETERNALLY MUST BE, MERE ADJECTIVES."

what do adjectives do? describe nouns placed near to them in a sentence.

what to they tell? characteristics of the noun.

what do Chrisitans do? describe God with their actions, words and lives.

what do Christians tell? characteristics of God.

do adjectives lie? no. you can't say "the purple banana," it doesn't make sense.

that's called a misplaced modifier, just for the record.

do Christians's lives lie about God?

well, is God selfish, hateful, excluding, jealous, ignorant?

"Christian" literally means "little Christ."

does "hateful little Christ" make sense?

no. that's a misplaced action.


so guess what, Christians?

be an adjective, not a modifier.

describe God. don't try to change Him.

<333>The Problem of Pain. read it, kid :]