In the excerpt below, Peter Hitchins (Christopher’s brother) explains how God used an artistic interpretation of the Last Judgment to bring him to faith. It’s worth reading on a number of levels: as an example of the power of art to prod and provoke, as a sober warning to the ungodly, and as a story of converting grace.
Let us never forget that the one who says “fear not” to the Father’s children also instructs the ungodly to “fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matthew 10:31, 28). To say “fear not” when there is great reason to fear is not the triumph of love, but the silencing of it.
