That is man’s Christianity, a means to earthly triumph. And in our present crisis we are appealing to it to defeat the Russians for us. We hear of the life-and-death struggle between Christianity and Communism, the necessity of “keeping God alive as a social force” — as if our Lord could not survive a Soviet victory! It is a poor sort of faith that imagines Christ defeated by anything men can do

Joy Davidman (1915-1960) American poet; wife of C.S. Lewis [Joy Davidman Gresham]

Smoke on the Mountain (1955)