Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast

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S2E3 – TGD 2 – “The bus ride in the clouds” Jan 29, 2019

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When we last left Lewis, he had got on a bus in a grey town and was now flying through the sky towards an unknown destination. In today's episode we learn more about the passengers on the bus. Click on the episode title for Show Notes!

S2E2.5 – Bonus – “The language we use…” Jan 22, 2019

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This week is a short episode and Matt and I are not discussing The Great Divorce. Instead I talk about an interaction I recently had on Facebook and how we'd all be better off if we took to heart a little piece of Lewisian wisdom... Click on the episode title for Show Notes!

S2E2 – TGD 1 – “The bus stop in the grey town” Jan 15, 2019

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In today's chapter we begin the actual story of The Great Divorce. Our protagonist, Lewis, finds himself in a grey town at twilight in the rain. He attaches himself to a queue at a bus stop and watches as people leave the line. Eventually the bus arrives and he begins his journey to his mysterious destination... Click on the episode title for Show Notes!

S2E1 – TGD P – “Preface” Jan 08, 2019

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Today we start a new book! The Great Divorce is my favourite book by Lewis. Through the vehicle of Jack's story, we get to see more clearly the daily choices which we make which takes us closer to either Heaven or Hell. Click on the episode title for Show Notes!

S1E45 – Bonus – “Christmas Do-Over” Dec 25, 2018

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Matt and I wanted a little break, so today's episode is a replay of our Christmas episode from last year. We'll see you all in the New Year for Season 2 and "The Great Divorce"!

S1E44 – Narnia – “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” Dec 18, 2018

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themes and ideas found in this fantasy work which we see taught didactically in Mere Christianity. Since Matt hadn't read the Chronicles of Narnia, it was also a perfect opportunity to begin to correct his deficient education...

S1E43 – AA – Joe Heschmeyer Dec 11, 2018

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will be discussing theosis with Joe Heschmeyer from Holy Family School of Faith. He writes at Shameless Popery and is also on The Catholic Podcast. Earlier in the year, Joe came to San Diego and gave a presentation on the subject of theosis, so I invited him onto the podcast to help give us a clear Biblical basis for this doctrine which Lewis discussed at great length in Mere Christianity.

S1E42 – MC R – “Retrospective” Dec 04, 2018

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Having completed Mere Christianity, Matt and I take this episode to discuss the book as a whole, share some of our favourite parts, as well as what it was like to read a book "in public" over the course of a year...

S1E41 – MC B4C11 – “The New Men” Nov 20, 2018

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We have finally made it! In today's episode we draw to a close our journey through "Mere Christianity". Lewis closes out Book IV by talking in more detail about "The New Men"...

S1E40 – MC B4C10 – “Nice people or new men?” Nov 13, 2018

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Today we address a question which is often asked by skeptics: why are all Christians not obviously nicer than non-Christians? In response, Jack asks "Did Christ come to make nice people or new men?"