S2E12 – TGD 8 – “The Self-Conscious Ghost”
Today in our journey into Heaven we meet “The Self-Conscious Ghost”…
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PWJ: S2E11 – TGD 7 – “The Hard-bitten Ghost”
Once again we return to The Great Divorce! Today we get to meet a new visitor from Hell, “The Hard-Bitten Ghost”…
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S2E10 – AA – Joseph Pearce
In this episode, Joseph Pearce and I will be discussing his book C. S. Lewis and the Catholic Church, which looks at Jack’s relationship to the Catholic Church and addresses the question asked by many Catholic C.S. Lewis fans: Why did Lewis not convert to Catholicism? Why didn’t he “Swim the Tiber”? We hope that all our listeners, regardless of denomination, will find this discussion interesting and very thought-provoking!
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TEA: Life in Christ, not just improvement, but transformation
Lent at St. Ignatius in Los Angeles. This is a longer version of the talk I gave the previous week in Dodge City which was called “What is the point of Christianity?”. The first 20 minutes is basically identical, after which I get into new material.
S2E9 – TGD 6 – “The Apple Thief”
We’re back discussing The Great Divorce this week. In today’s chapter “The Intelligent Ghost” attempts to take some apples back to the grey town…
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S2E8 – Bonus – “What is the point of Christianity?”
I was in Kansas this weekend speaking at a retreat so I didn’t get a chance to put together an episode with Matt. Rather than deprive you of an episode this week, here is the audio of a talk I gave at the weekend which draws heavily from Lewis and Mere Christianity.
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David Payne Performance
David Payne as C.S. Lewis, performing “My Life’s Journey”:
S2E7 – TGD 5 – “The Episcopal Ghost”
Today we meet my favourite character in The Great Divorce, the extremely frustrating Episcopal Ghost.
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S2E6 – TGD 4 – “I gotta have my rights…”
We now begin the main body of The Great Divorce. In each subsequent chapter, Lewis will witness an encounter between a Ghost and a Bright Spirit where we will see what they are willing to choose in place of Heaven. In today’s episode we spend time with the Bright Spirit, Len, and his former boss, The Big Ghost, who is very insistent that he gets “his rights”…
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