For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
– Ephesians 2:8-10
In Philip Yancey’s wonderful modern classic, “What’s So Amazing About Grace?” he tells a story about C.S. Lewis, considered by many to be the greatest theologian of the 20th cen...