Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast

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. Click on the episode title for Show Notes!

Today we meet my favourite character in The Great Divorce, the extremely frustrating Episcopal Ghost. Click on the episode title for Show Notes!

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"... Click on the episode title for Show...

Today we take our first steps into Heaven! The bus in which Lewis had been travelling alights in a new country and the passengers take their first tentative steps into this strange land... Click on the episode title for Show Notes!

Our episode today is rather special. I sat down with New York Times best selling author, Patti Callahan, to discuss her recent book, Becoming Mrs. Lewis, which recounts the Improbable love story between Joy Davidman and C. S. Lewis. Click on the episode title for Show Notes!

When we last left Lewis, he had got on a bus in a grey town and was now flying through the sky towards an unknown destination. In today's episode we learn more about the passengers on the bus. Click on the episode title for Show Notes!

This week is a short episode and Matt and I are not discussing The Great Divorce. Instead I talk about an interaction I recently had on Facebook and how we'd all be better off if we took to heart a little piece of Lewisian wisdom... Click on the episode title for Show Notes!

In today's chapter we begin the actual story of The Great Divorce. Our protagonist, Lewis, finds himself in a grey town at twilight in the rain. He attaches himself to a queue at a bus stop and watches as people leave the line. Eventually the bus arrives and he begins his journey to his mysterious destination... Click on the episode title for Show Notes!

Today we start a new book! The Great Divorce is my favourite book by Lewis. Through the vehicle of Jack's story, we get to see more clearly the daily choices which we make which takes us closer to either Heaven or Hell. Click on the episode title for Show Notes!

Matt and I wanted a little break, so today's episode is a replay of our Christmas episode from last year. We'll see you all in the New Year for Season 2 and "The Great Divorce"!

themes and ideas found in this fantasy work which we see taught didactically in Mere Christianity. Since Matt hadn't read the Chronicles of Narnia, it was also a perfect opportunity to begin to correct his deficient education...

will be discussing theosis with Joe Heschmeyer from Holy Family School of Faith. He writes at Shameless Popery and is also on The Catholic Podcast. Earlier in the year, Joe came to San Diego and gave a presentation on the subject of theosis, so I invited him onto the podcast to help give us a clear Biblical basis for this doctrine which Lewis discussed at great length in Mere Christianity.

Having completed Mere Christianity, Matt and I take this episode to discuss the book as a whole, share some of our favourite parts, as well as what it was like to read a book "in public" over the course of a year...

We have finally made it! In today's episode we draw to a close our journey through "Mere Christianity". Lewis closes out Book IV by talking in more detail about "The New Men"...

Today we address a question which is often asked by skeptics: why are all Christians not obviously nicer than non-Christians? In response, Jack asks "Did Christ come to make nice people or new men?"

In this episode we explore what Jesus meant when he said "Be ye perfect"...

n today's episode, Lewis attempts to answer the question: "Is Christianity hard or easy?". When discussing this question you may hear conflicting answers, since Scripture sometimes speaks as though it is former, and then at other times, the latter.

Today's episode will be a little different from usual. This week, I tell Matt about my trip to The Kilns, the home of C.S. Lewis in Oxford. Afterwards, we finish up the episode by responding to some listener questions about God and gender.

Hello everyone! We'll have a fresh episode of The Eagle and Child for you next week, but in the meantime, here is this week's episode of The Lamp-Post Listener. I was invited onto the show by Daniel and Phil to discuss Chapter 16 of C.S. Lewis' The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe...

Is pretending a good thing? In today’s chapter, Lewis explains why sometimes it’s a good thing to “fake it til you make it”. Please send […]

The chapter today is a short one. In it, Lewis adds two notes concerning things which were mentioned in the previous chapter. The first relates […]

Today will be an “After Hours” episode of The Eagle and Child, a new kind of format which we will occasionally intersperse among our regular […]

Today we encounter one of my favourite chapter titles in Mere Christianity: "The Obstinate Toy Soldiers". Today we speak more about Christ's Resurrection and what it achieved, and how we can benefit from it.

This week we continue to discuss the Trinity and the terms used to describe each its members. We ask what it means to say that "God is love". Finally, we dig deeper into understanding what it means to participate in the life of God.

Today we're talking about time. This might seen like an abstract topic, but it helps us understand important questions, such as: 1. If God is all-knowing, how can we really have free will? 2. How can God keep creation going while He was a baby asleep in a manger? 3. How can God be attending to millions of prayers at once? So put on your thinking cap and let's ponder the mystery of time...