S2E16 – Bonus – “Praise Him all His hosts!”
We’re taking a brief break from The Great Divorce to give the listeners an opportunity to ask the question: “Who exactly are Matt and David?
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S2E15 – TGD 10 – “The Controlling Ghost”
Lewis and MacDonald overhear the conversation between a Ghost whose husband is in Heaven. She initially says she wants nothing to do with him, but ends up demanding that he beg given to her. In between, we get a vivid picture of their marital life together…
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S2E14 – TGD 9 – “The Grumbler and The Artist”
Last week we began looking at Chapter 9. It’s an action-packed chapter so we decided to discuss it over the course of two episodes. As we finish the chapter we discuss two of the ghosts whom Lewis sees: The Grumbling Ghost and The Artistic Ghost…
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S2E13 – TGD 9 – “Meeting George”
The chapter today is really the pivot of The Great Divorce. In it, we meet George MacDonald, a writer whom Lewis had read on earth, but who is now a Bright Spirit. MacDonald explains much to Jack, particularly concerning the troubling accusations raised by the Hard-Bitten Ghost.
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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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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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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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