
Not as Unwise but as Wise #24
everend Brian McGreevy continues his series, Not as Unwise but as Wise: Reflections from C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength on Living Christianly in a Post-Christian World.
everend Brian McGreevy continues his series, Not as Unwise but as Wise: Reflections from C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength on Living Christianly in a Post-Christian World.
Today we talk with Dr. Victor Reppert, a name intimately associated with The Argument From Reason, which Lewis puts forth most famously in his book, “Miracles”.
Hillsdale College is releasing a free online course called “C.S. Lewis on Christianity”…
Reverend Brian McGreevy continues his series, Not as Unwise but as Wise: Reflections from C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man and That Hideous Strength on Living Christianly in a Post-Christian World.
After reading his article about parallels between C.S. Lewis and St. Augustine, David invited philosopher and theologian Kenneth R. Samples onto the show to talk about it.
Video from “Into the Wardrobe” about “The Secrets of Narnia’s Stone Table”…
At the beginning of “Apologetics Month” we looked at science and scientism. Today with apologist Peter S. Williams we consider the related ideas of “Logical Positivism” and “Verificationism” which were popular in Lewis’ day and which are still alive and well today.
Andrew was extremely busy, so this month’s Common Room was just David and Matt. They discussed the recent Ecumenism Month this past April.
Lewis said that before he was six years old, he was “a votary of the Blue Flower”. The Blue Flower symbolized a life-long longing, “an unsatisfied desire which is itself more desirable than any other satisfaction”. Lewis used this idea in Mere Christianity to build The Argument From Desire, which Joe Heshmeyer discusses on today’s show as part of “Apologetics Month”.
On one of the Facebook groups, someone posted the following quotation from one of Lewis’ letters, a rare insight into some of the religious disagreements […]