On C.S. Lewis

Episode 5, Chapters 10 & 11: Travels Without the Sun and In the Dark Castle 20.03.2019 ↓

The children and Puddleglum tread the perilous paths of the Dark Realm. More important themes emerge: (1) The vital role of encouraging fellowship (Only through bearing one another's burdens and encouraging one another are the children and Puddleglum able to continue); (2) Scripture and layers of meaning (As the children are tempted to disbelieve the Signs, Puddleglum encourages them to remember t...

Episode 4, Chapters 7, 8, 9, & 10: The Wild Wastelands of the North, The Hill of Strange Trenches, The House of Harfang, and How They Discovered Something Worth Knowing 13.03.2019 ↓

As the children stray from the Signs, disaster ensues. Important themes from these chapters include: (1) The reality of Evil and its seductive beauty (Our culture wants to say that there is no such thing as evil; however, the Biblical witness is clear that Evil is real and can masquerade as beauty); (2) Safety in wise counsel (Puddleglum's wise counsel literally saves the children's lives and stop...

Episode 3, Chapters 3, 4, & 5: The Sailing of the King, A Parliament of Owls, and Puddleglum 27.02.2019 ↓

As the quest begins, the action heats up, and we explore more important themes: (1) Identity and Courage (Eustace models boldly standing up for what is right and true, even in circumstances where that could have been dangerous); (2)Sins (small and large) have consequences--redux (Jill and Eustace are deeply concerned because they have utterly and irretrievably blown it in terms of following the fi...

Episode 2, Chapter 2: Jill Is Given a Task 20.02.2019 ↓

Pole and Scrubb begin their adventures in Narnia, and we examine four key themes in the chapter: (1)There is no other stream (the living water Aslan offers is clearly a symbol for the living water Jesus describes in John's Gospel that He longs to give us, the only water which leads to life); (2) Sin and its consequences (Jill's sin leads to unimaginable consequences for Eustace, and she models tak...

Episode 1, Chapter 1: Behind the Gym 13.02.2019 ↓

We meet Pole and Scrubb in this episode, and address five themes from the chapter: (1) Experiment House and education ("Progressive" education was anathema to Lewis, not only because of its disdain for the classics and the Christian foundation of Western civilization, but more importantly because he believed the relativism it cultivates would destroy our society); (2) Outcasts as protagonists (in...