BOOK CLUB: Sense & Sensuality by Ravi Zacharias

 So I read this awesome book over the summer, "Sense and Sensuality" by Ravi Zacharias and it was amazing. It explores a fictional conversation between novelist Oscar Wilde and Jesus Christ. The main theme of the short book is pain versus pleasure and answers the question "If it feels good, why not?" Anyone who is confused about the purpose of pleasure for mankind will enjoy the book. Below are some quotes as well as some accompanying pictures from all over the internet. Enjoy!

One's own spirit and body, one's kinsmen and friends and enemies, wealth and poverty, disgrace, prosperity, good reputation, health and so on- anything, in short, that endures for a shorter than the soul does is incapable of satisfying the soul...{p.70}

In seeking pleasure, you pursued the body and lost the person. You sought the sensation and sacrificed the individual. {p.71}

Pleasure took you astray, and pain brought you back. {p.77}

Wanting someone without a commitment to that someone is always one step away from hate; you exhaust the sensual and then want your potential accuser to just be gone from your life. My laws were designed out of love for each and every person so that none would be abused. {p.55}

The truth is that whenever a fence is removed, it's wise to ask why it was put there in the first place. {p.56}

Ultimately, children will be sacrificed at the altar of a wicked and perverse will. {p.57}