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?
S2E16: “Praise Him all His hosts” (Download)
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Show Notes
• The title of this show is a play on the second version of Psalm 148:
Praise the Lord!
Psalm 148:1-2 (NASB)
Praise the Lord from the heavens;
Praise Him in the heights!
Praise Him, all His angels;
Praise Him, all His hosts!
• Matt’s copy of C.S. Lewis goes to Heaven has just arrived. I’m still trying to get hold of the author for an interview. He also recently bought The Lord of the Rings.
• This week Matt was drinking Buchanan’s Duluxe and I was drinking a Japanese Whiskey, Suntori Toki. While Matt was in San Diego, we went to The Aero Club to drink scotch. The service is normally great, but the night we went it wasn’t that great… 🙁
• The quote-of-the-week was from The Weight of Glory:
“…the New Testament knows nothing of solitary religion. We are forbidden to neglect the assembling of ourselves together. Christianity is already institutional in the earliest of its documents. The Church is the Bride of Christ. We are members of one another.”
C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
Lewis has a chapter on church attendance in Chapter 2 of The Screwtape Letters. I said that the motif of that book is how the Devil can take something good and twist it one way or the other.
• Matt needs to start a C.S. Lewis group in New York. If you’re a local, please reach out!
• Matt got to hang out with one of the listeners in New York, Jeff:
They went to go and see my favourite musical, Wicked.
Questions
• How many siblings do you have?
Matt: Older sister and younger brother. His sister is pregnant and has another child.
David: I have just one older sister and one niece.
• Favourite movies?
Matt: The Dark Knight, Life is Beautiful, Hacksaw Ridge, Notting Hill, On Golden Pond
David: The Shawshank Redemption, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Lord of the Rings, Notting Hill, Music & Lyrics
• Where did you go to University?
Matt: Notre Dame
David: Southampton University. This is the port of departure for The Titanic on its ill-fated journey to the United States.
• What was the last book you really got into?
Matt: Redeeming Love
David: Becoming Mrs. Lewis, Norse Mythology
• Who is the most fascinating person you’ve met?
Matt: M. Night Shyamalan, the creator of The Sixth Sense
David: Matt
• Who is your favourite author?
Matt: Henry Nowen
David: Peter Kreeft, Scott Hahn, J.R.R. Tolkien
• Introvert or extrovert?
Matt: Introvert
David: Introvert
• What TV series do you keep coming back and re-watching?
Matt: Suits
David: The Office, Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Arrested Development
• When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Matt: Hedge Fund Manager
David: Mechanic, then Software Engineer
• What music artist do you never get tired of?
Matt: Ben Rector, NEEDTOBREATH, Mumford and Sons, The Zack Brown Band, Taylor Swift, The Ugly Dolls Soundtrack
David: Casting Crowns, Audrey Assad or any classical music
• What would you tell your 15-year-old self?
Matt: It’s going to be okay…just do everything you’re going to do.
David: I’d offer some encouragement and probably tell him to relax a little more…
• If you could jump into the body of a celebrity for a day, who would it be?
Matt: Bill Gates
David: One of the actors on The Avengers
• Who is your historical or celebrity crush?
Matt: Emma Watson, Emelia Clarke
David: Mila Kunis (see Interview)
• What pets have you had?
Matt: A dog called Bailey. He wants to get a Husky called Balto (Errata: it was a Universal movie, not Disney)
David: Some goldfish (in particular Spottyman and Tim), as well as four gerbils named Bruce, Lee, Jackie and Chan
• What’s your favourite international food?
Matt: Curry in Calcutta, India
David: Curry (anywhere)
• Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Matt: Morning
David: Morning
• What is your favourite non-C.S. Lewis book?
Matt: The name of the wind
David: The Lord of the Rings, The Shawshank Redemption in the Different Seasons collection
• What is your favourite poet?
Matt: T.S. Elliot (The Four Quartets)… although I’m pretty sure he’s making it up…
David: Kahlil Gibran (The Prophet)
• If you could visit somewhere, real or imaginary, where would it be?
Matt: Rivendale from Middle Earth
David: Narnia, Middle Earth and the land in The Great Divorce
• What should everybody should do or try in their life?
Matt: Christianity (Mass reading statistics I mentioned), Downhill Skiing
David: Learn to dance, travel, go on a week-long silent retreat
• Have you seen Endgame and what did you think?
Matt: Incredible!
David: Top notch!
