Chapter 6: Two Notes

I. Why did God not beget many Sons?
    A. Transformation into sons might have been easy or automatic if mankind had not turned away from God.
    B. Contingency (what if) is absurd as applied to God.
    C. Many begotten Sons would have to be distinguishable.
II. The organism of humanity
    A. While humans are alike in many ways, they can differ, like the organs in an organism.
    B. The value of individuals must not be subordinated in collectives.
    C. We are all parts of an organism with individual roles to play.
        1. Forgetting that we are all parts of an organism leads to Individualism.
        2. Trying to make everyone the same leads to Totalitarianism.
        3. We must avoid both errors.
III. Error often come in pairs of extremes.

Discussion Questions: (pp. 183-186)
    1. Lewis asserts that there could only be one begotten Son of God. Does the Bible agree? (Heb. 1:3) (p. 184)
    2. How can viewing the church as an organism, rather than an organization, help its function? (1 Cor. 12:12-31) (p.185)
    3. How can judgments, particularly unnecessary ones, lead to pairs of errors of extremity (fissiparation)? (p. 186)