In this article from 1944, "Answers to Questions on Christianity," C. S. Lewis provides, well, answers... to questions... on Christianity. His focus is on the ordinary, everyday Christian trying to live out their faith in the modern world and workplace. He has in mind Christian questions about work and modern progress and practical theology.
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Exploring C. S. Lewis' 1941 essay "Evil and God", learning the meaning of the very first line of the creed: "I believe in God". Lewis helps us see how deceptive and subtle the heresy of dualism is, how pervasive it is in western culture, and how it may have even crept into our own thinking.
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Exploring C. S. Lewis' 1944 Preface to St. Athanasius' On the Incarnation, "On the Reading of Old Books." Here, Lewis explains why it's not only good advice for people to be well-read, but specifically to be well-read in old books as well as new ones. Lewis then extends the argument to Christians especially, pleading with them to not only become familiar with, but to become immersed in orthodox Christian teaching through the reading of old books.
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Exploring C. S. Lewis' "What Are We to Make for Jesus Christ?" - a chapter he wrote in 1950 in a book for young people (Asking Them Questions). Here Lewis expands his famous argument from Mere Christianity, evaluating the historical Jesus and arguing that he could not have been either a Liar or a Lunatic, and, therefore, must be who he said he was: Lord. In this chapter, Lewis explores whether Jesus could have simply been a legend that grew among his followers. His answer, again, is "No, therefore, Jesus must be Lord."
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We're thrilled to have Dr. Christin Ditchfield-Lazo join us as we reflect back on what we've learned from Lewis about communicating the Gospel in a disenchanted age. As always with our finale's we look at the intersection of our theme from the season with Scripture, asking questions like – how can we be like Lewis in sharing Scripture with the disenchanted world around us? Lewis did this so well, especially through Narnia.
As it turns out, Christin has written a wonderful book, A Family Guide to Narnia: Biblical Truths in C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, which walks the reader through how Lewis is communicating Scripture to our disenchanted world through every chapter of Narnia.
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Mere Christians: A C. S. Lewis Conference
Returning Home: C. S. Lewis, Roots, & Transformation (Belfast Conference)
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Look... I didn't think anyone would ACTUALLY take me up on talking about "Religion & Rocketry" again. But here we are.
This time, I was invited on my good friend Amos Martel's apologetics podcast, Missionary District, to discuss the threat (if any) of Non-Human Intelligence to the Christian faith. While, of course, I use C. S. Lewis' masterful essay "Religion & Rocketry" (which, yes, I have memorized now), we also get into alot of new territory and I explain my most outlandish conspiracy theory yet... Octo-aliens. Think about it.
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Exploring C. S. Lewis' 1945 essay "Talking About Bicycles" with Daniel Payne from the Lamp-Post Listener podcast. As he talks about bicycles, Lewis points out that there seem to be 4 stages to being enchanted by something wonderful. First, before we've been enchanted and know nothing of it - this, he calls "unenchantment." Second, when we first become enchanted by something wonderful - "enchantment". Third, when we become disillusioned by the thing. This is "disenchantment." Fourth, when we, fully accepting of the things limitations, become "re-enchanted" by how wonderful it really is. We discuss how this impacts how we can share the Gospel in a disenchanted age, as well as, how it helps us reflect on the Gospel during the Advent season.
The music this episode is "Deliverer / O Come O Come Emmanuel" by Camille Parkman, and can be found on Spotify and other music platforms for purchase or streaming.
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Exploring C. S. Lewis' speech "Christian Apologetics" which he gave to youth leaders & clergy in 1945. Lewis gives us all a 'behind the scenes' look at what he is doing with his method and approach to the Christian Apologetics he is so well known for. We discuss with Ruth Jackson host of Premier Unbelievable's podcasts "The C. S. Lewis Podcast with Alister McGrath" and "Unbelievable."
Premier Unbelievable's Tik Tok, Instagram, YouTube, and their Christmas Apologetics Course.
Ruth's band The Daisy Chains
The Lewis essays Jordan said were follow-ups to topics in "Christian Apologetics" are:
"Historicism,"
"Is History Bunk?"
"The Funeral of the Great Myth,"
"On the Reading of Old Books,"
"Fern Seed and Elephants,"
"Miserable Offenders,"
"The Trouble with 'X',"
"On Forgiveness,"
"Before We Can Communicate,"
"Religion and Rocketry,"
"Miracles,"
"The Grand Miracle,"
"Horrid Red Things,"
"Laws of Nature."
They can be found at pintswithjack.com/essays
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In this 1955 speech, "On Obstinacy in Belief" C. S. Lewis picks up his train of thought from "Is Theism Important?" to talk about why and how Christians can persist in their faith despite occasional trials and reasons that cause doubt.
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In C. S. Lewis' 1951 speech, "Is Theism Important?" he helps Christians see the task of "winning souls to Christ" in two steps of faith. The first step of faith is belief that there is a God. The second step is the trust in that God, Jesus Christ. A trust that Lewis says is like "confidence in a friend." This is the utmost step, the one to which all our evangelism, apologetics, indeed, all our witnessing must lead towards. However, that is not to undermine the importance of the first step, convincing people there is a God, there is something Supernatural, something Transcendent. This is becoming increasingly difficult in our Disenchanted Age. Difficult, but not impossible, and Lewis helps us figure out how to do just that.
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Jordan sits down with Dr. Steven Beebe, retired professor, author, speaker, and all-around expert on communication, to hear what Dr. Beebe learned about communication from C. S. Lewis. As it turns out, he learned quite a lot. So much, in fact, that he has even written a book on C. S. Lewis and the Craft of Communication.
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Exploring C. S. Lewis' 1961 article "Before We Can Communicate" where Lewis, the brilliant communicator, shares his thoughts on how he communicates so well. We find this advice applicable to anyone and everyone who wants to be able to communicate what they love with the people they love - or with strangers. But it is especially helpful for those who Lewis had in mind: people who want to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the world around them.
We end the episode by covering the brief excerpt published as "Pittenger-Lewis and Version Vernacular" which reiterates that famous advice that Lewis gives about the importance of communicating in "Vulgar English."
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What categories would Lewis have included in "Modern Man and His Categories of Thought" if he was writing in 2024? We are joined by Dr. Paul Gould, philosopher, author, professor, and podcaster, who was just been writing on this very topic.
We highly recommend checking out Paul's podcast The Eudo Podcast, and his book Cultural Apologetics as companion pieces to this season of Lewis' essays. Find out more about Paul here, and find his excellent books here.
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Exploring Lewis' 1945 article "Modern Man and His Categories of Thought" where Lewis explores 6 reasons he believes to be why Modern people no longer believe in the supernatural, sin, or divine judgement. We find ourselves agreeing (with at least 5) and think those reasons have continued producing increasingly negative effects in our own day. The essay helps us understand why people in our own day are hard to reach with the Gospel.
Carl Truman's book Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution
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Exploring Lewis' 1958 article "Revival or Decay?" where he imagines a conversation with a headmaster who is celebrating how Religion seems to be having a bit of a revival. Lewis is not so sure whether to interpret things the same way. The signs of religious revival in culture that the headmaster sees might not be an entirely positive thing. We find these same supposed signs of revival in religion present in the early 2020's and think Lewis' invitation to remember what is more important is very relevant.
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In C. S Lewis' "On the Transmission of Christianity" from 1946, he explains why he thinks Christianity appears on the decline in future generations. Spoiler alert: It's not because humans are outgrowing religion or becoming too enlightened to believe in such silly things. It's because the next generation is no longer being taught a compelling view of the faith in their education. We are joined by Daniel from The Lamp-Post Listener, himself a teacher in a classical Christian school, to discuss Lewis robust and challenging solution to the problem.
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In the 1946 essay, "The Decline of Religion," C. S. Lewis counters those who claim that Christianity is in decline, but also cautions those who claim that Christianity is in a revival. We find that both of these claims are present in our culture today and what Lewis has to say to his own day carries over directly as a warning to ours.
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We kick off Season 4 "Apologetics in a Disenchanted Age" with C. S. Lewis' famous essay "God in the Dock" from 1948. In it, he summarizes the difficulties in trying to communicate Christianity to modern people. Nearly 80 years later his observations have become even more true. People do not believe in anything beyond the natural world, they're skeptical about anything historical, they do not have any awareness of even the idea of sin, and there is a huge language barrier between educated language of the apologist and the everyday "vulgar" vernacular of his audience.
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In Case You Missed It — Jordan joined Joseph Weigel, on his podcast Men with Chests, to have a conversation about C. S. Lewis' essay "The Poison of Subjectivism." Check out Joseph's excellent podcast for episodes covering Lewis' book The Abolition of Man, and other books and essays related to it!
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In Case You Missed It — Jordan joined Brian Shepherd, who is the creator of the That Hideous Lewis Substack, to have a conversation about mud pies, desire, and the promise of glory.
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