{"product_id":"the-friendship-of-christ","title":"The Friendship of Christ","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Robert Hugh Benson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll arguments about allegory aside, \u003c\/b\u003ethe description of Aslan in C. S. Lewis’s \u003ci\u003eThe Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe \u003c\/i\u003ecan suitably be said of Christ: “Who said anything about safe? ’Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you.” And because he is good, Christ the King tells his disciples: “I have made known to you all that my Father has told me; and so I have called you my friends.” In \u003ci\u003eThe Friendship of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Hugh Benson meditates on the mystery of God’s gift of friendship to his creatures, discoursing on the mystical aspect of this friendship in the soul of the believer; on its external manifestations, especially in the Church and the Eucharist; and on the historical evidence of the “supreme pledge of friendship” offered by the God-Man, once and for all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe is as good as He is great.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eHis love is as ardent as it is true.…\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am in all things His debtor, but He bids me call Him Friend. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRobert Hugh Benson)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eA series of sermons preached from 1910 to 1912, \u003ci\u003eThe Friendship of Christ \u003c\/i\u003emakes for richly rewarding spiritual reading, anchored in sacred Scripture and imbued with its author’s affectionate acceptance of Christ’s call to friendship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Hugh Benson \u003c\/b\u003e(1871–1914), son of the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, was a convert to Roman Catholicism and was ordained a priest in 1904. A dynamic preacher and author, Benson wrote dozens of novels as well as numerous short stories, plays, essays, and spiritual texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685951603\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100035735919,"sku":"978-1685951603","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Product1553.jpg?v=1781124758","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-friendship-of-christ","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}