Lesser-Known Lewis
By Lesser-Known Lewis
Lesser-Known LewisMay 01, 2024
S3 Finale — Myth & Scripture with Dr. Louis Markos (Part 2)
In our final episode is Season 3, we bring what we’ve learned from Lewis “On Metaphor and Myth” and think about how this helps us become better readers of Scripture. Our guest, Dr. Louis Markos, has literally written the book on this, many books, in fact, showing how Christians can look along Greek myths to discover the True Myth, Jesus Christ, and how learning to read myths gives us the right lenses to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest scripture better.
Find more Dr. Louis Markos' books on Amazon and his lectures on YouTube.
Find an index of Lewis' essays at pintswithjack.com/essays
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S3 Finale — Myth & Scripture with Dr. Louis Markos (Part 1)
In our final episode is Season 3, we bring what we’ve learned from Lewis “On Metaphor and Myth” and think about how this helps us become better readers of Scripture. Our guest, Dr. Louis Markos, has literally written the book on this, many books, in fact, showing how Christians can look along Greek myths to discover the True Myth, Jesus Christ, and how learning to read myths gives us the right lenses to read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest scripture better.
Find more Dr. Louis Markos' books on Amazon and his lectures on YouTube.
Find an index of Lewis' essays at pintswithjack.com/essays
Find more Lesser-Known Lewis — Online: pintswithjack.com/lesser-known-lewis Patreon: patreon.com/lesserknownlewis Instagram: @lesserknownlewis Facebook: Lesser-Known Lewis Podcast Email: lesserknownlewis@gmail.com Graphic Design by Angus Crawford.
S3E26 "Meditation in a Toolshed" with Fr. Andrew Lazo (Part 2)
Exploring the iconic C. S. Lewis essay "Meditation in a Toolshed" from 1945, where Lewis considers two ways of knowing things: "looking at" and "looking along". We might say, contemplating and enjoying. He argues that both are valid and necessary and which one is best depends on the circumstances. However, he points out that "looking along" is far undervalued and often disregarded completely by Western culture.
The Mere Christians Conference in Florida
Find Andrew Lazo at his own website or as a regular co-host on the Pints with Jack Podcast.
Andrew's book "Mere Christians"
Christin Ditchfield-Lazo's Book "A Family Guide to Narnia"
Find an index of Lewis' essays at pintswithjack.com/essays
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S3E25 "Meditation in a Toolshed" with Fr. Andrew Lazo (Part 1)
Exploring the iconic C. S. Lewis essay "Meditation in a Toolshed" from 1945, where Lewis considers two ways of knowing things: "looking at" and "looking along". We might say, contemplating and enjoying. He argues that both are valid and necessary and which one is best depends on the circumstances. However, he points out that "looking along" is far undervalued and often disregarded completely by Western culture.
The Mere Christians Conference in Florida
Find Andrew Lazo at his own website or as a regular co-host on the Pints with Jack Podcast.
Andrew's book "Mere Christians"
Christin Ditchfield-Lazo's Book "A Family Guide to Narnia"
Find an index of Lewis' essays at pintswithjack.com/essays
Find more Lesser-Known Lewis — Online: pintswithjack.com/lesser-known-lewis Patreon: patreon.com/lesserknownlewis Instagram: @lesserknownlewis Facebook: Lesser-Known Lewis Podcast Email: lesserknownlewis@gmail.com Graphic Design by Angus Crawford.
S3 Bonus — Myth & Imagination in Spiritual Formation with Sarah Arthur
Author Sarah Arthur continues a conversation about the place of myth and imagination in spiritual formation.
Jordan's brother Jared joins as co-host because of his expertise as English teacher (and totally not because their mom made him).
Find more about Sarah Arthur and her books at saraharthur.com
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S3 Bonus — Sarah Arthur & her book "Once a Queen"
Author Sarah Arthur joins us to chat about her new fantasy novel "Once a Queen," which is heavily influenced by C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Dorothy Sayers, and others. Sarah shares with us the power of myth in her storytelling and is a perfect example of all that we have been learning this season "On Metaphor and Myth."
Jordan's brother Jared joins as co-host because of his expertise as English teacher (and totally not because their mom made him).
Find more about Sarah Arthur and her books at saraharthur.com
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S3E24 Lent — "A Slip of the Tongue" (Part 2)
Exploring the second part of a 1956 sermon by C. S. Lewis, "A Slip of the Tongue," where Lewis realizes he accidentally prayed to hold onto temporal things. He reflects in the sermon that, even though it was a slip of the tongue, and meant to pray the opposite, the reality is he (and all of us with him) really do wish to hang onto the temporal things. He challenges us to consider - are there areas of our lives that we are keeping out of reach of God? Or are we truly giving God all of ourselves?
The music for this episode is "Collect for Lent," performed by David Stroeve, composed by Jordan Duncan and David Stroeve, from the Collect for the Second Sunday in Lent from the Episcopal Prayer Book. David Stroeve's album The Cathedral Project, is on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music. See especially "The Jesus Prayer," and "God of Mercy" as excellent meditative worship songs for Lent.
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S3E23 Lent — "A Slip of the Tongue" (Part 1)
Exploring a 1956 sermon by C. S. Lewis, "A Slip of the Tongue," where Lewis realizes he accidentally prayed to hold onto temporal things. He reflects in the sermon that, even though it was a slip of the tongue, and meant to pray the opposite, the reality is he (and all of us with him) really do wish to hang onto the temporal things. He challenges us to consider - are there areas of our lives that we are keeping out of reach of God? Or are we truly giving God all of ourselves?
The music for this episode is "Collect for Lent," performed by David Stroeve, composed by Jordan Duncan and David Stroeve, from the Collect for the Second Sunday in Lent from the Episcopal Prayer Book. David Stroeve's album The Cathedral Project, is on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music. See especially "The Jesus Prayer," and "God of Mercy" as excellent meditative worship songs for Lent.
Find more Lesser-Known Lewis — Online: pintswithjack.com/lesser-known-lewis Patreon: patreon.com/lesserknownlewis Instagram: @lesserknownlewis Facebook: Lesser-Known Lewis Podcast Email: lesserknownlewis@gmail.com Graphic Design by Angus Crawford.
S3E22 Lent — "Three Kinds of Men" with Eston College
To reflect on the Lenten themes of C. S. Lewis' 1943 essay "Three Kinds of Men," Sean and Jordan recruit the help of their students at Eston College. We keep coming back to the ways Lewis is simply expounding on St. Paul's letter to the Philippians.
The music for this episode is "Collect for Lent," performed by David Stroeve, composed by Jordan Duncan and David Stroeve, from the Collect for the Second Sunday in Lent from the Episcopal Prayer Book. David Stroeve's album The Cathedral Project, is on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music. See especially "The Jesus Prayer," and "God of Mercy" as excellent meditative worship songs for Lent.
Find more Lesser-Known Lewis — Online: pintswithjack.com/lesser-known-lewis Patreon: patreon.com/lesserknownlewis Instagram: @lesserknownlewis Facebook: Lesser-Known Lewis Podcast Email: lesserknownlewis@gmail.com Graphic Design by Angus Crawford.
S3E21 "Psychoanalysis & Literary Criticism" with The Inklings Variety Hour (Part 2)
Exploring C. S. Lewis' 1942 essay "Psychoanalysis and Literary Criticism" where he dismantles Freud's view of how all literature is written and read from a place of psycho-sexual desire. In doing so, Lewis defends the depth and beauty and complexity of literature and myth, and leans towards a more Jungian concept of literature and myth.
Chris Pipkin's Links —
The Inklings Variety Hour Podcast
"Twelve Tide: 12 Days of Christmas" by Chris & Glencora Pipkin
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S3E20 "Psychoanalysis and Literary Criticism" with The Inklings Variety Hour (Part 1)
Exploring C. S. Lewis' 1942 essay "Psychoanalysis and Literary Criticism" where he dismantles Freud's view of how all literature is written and read from a place of psycho-sexual desire. In doing so, Lewis defends the depth and beauty and complexity of literature and myth, and leans towards a more Jungian concept of literature and myth.
Chris Pipkin's Links —
The Inklings Variety Hour Podcast
"Twelve Tide: 12 Days of Christmas" by Chris & Glencora Pipkin
The William O'Flaherty Episode with Corey Latta on "Psychoanalysis and Literary Criticism"
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S3E19 Oct 1, 1931 Letter to Arthur Greeves
This letter, written Oct 1, 1931 by a young C. S. Lewis to his closest friend Arthur Greeves, is uniquley timed. It was written 9 days after the influential conversation Lewis had on Addison's Walk with friends Tolkien and Dyson, and four days after his conversion to Christ (what has become known as "Sidecar Day"). Here Lewis tells Arthur more about the conversation and we get a peek into how Lewis found the idea of Myth Becoming Fact, compelling enough to lead him to Christ.
Links —
"They Stand Together" The Letters of C. S. Lewis to Arthur Greeves
C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
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S3E18 Christmas — "Myth Became Fact" with Rev. Andrew Lazo (Part 2)
Exploring the second part of the 1944 C. S. Lewis essay "Myth Became Fact" where Lewis defends Christianity against the de-mythologizing. He argues that the mythic nature of Christianity is essential and that what elevates it above all other myths is that this Myth actually became Fact. That is, it really happened. This was the idea that J. R. R. Tolkien argued with the non-Christian Lewis, which led to Lewis' conversion.
Find Andrew Lazo at his own website or as a regular co-host on the Pints with Jack Podcast.
Andrew's book "Mere Christians"
Christin Ditchfield-Lazo's Book "A Family Guide to Narnia"
Camille Parkman's song, "Deliverer / O Come O Come Emmanuel" can be found on Spotify and other music platforms for purchase or streaming.
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S3E17 Christmas — "Myth Became Fact" with Rev. Andrew Lazo (Part 1)
Exploring the 1944 C. S. Lewis essay "Myth Became Fact" where Lewis defends Christianity against the de-mythologizing. He argues that the mythic nature of Christianity is essential and that what elevates it above all other myths is that this Myth actually became Fact. That is, it really happened. This was the idea that J. R. R. Tolkien argued with the non-Christian Lewis, which led to Lewis' conversion.
Find Andrew Lazo at his own website or as a regular co-host on the Pints with Jack Podcast.
Andrew's book "Mere Christians"
Christin Ditchfield-Lazo's Book "A Family Guide to Narnia"
Camille Parkman's song, "Deliverer / O Come O Come Emmanuel" can be found on Spotify and other music platforms for purchase or streaming.
Find more Lesser-Known Lewis — Online: pintswithjack.com/lesser-known-lewis Patreon: patreon.com/lesserknownlewis Instagram: @lesserknownlewis Facebook: Lesser-Known Lewis Podcast Email: lesserknownlewis@gmail.com Graphic Design by Angus Crawford.
S3E16 Advent — Sept 22, 1931 Letter to Arthur Greeves
This letter, written Sept 22, 1931 by a young C. S. Lewis to his closest friend Arthur Greeves, is uniquley timed. It was written during the week in-between the influential conversation Lewis had on Addison's Walk with friends Tolkien and Dyson, and the day of Lewis' conversion to Christ (what has become known as "Sidecar Day"). Not surprisingly, during this week and in this letter to Arthur, Lewis had Sensucht on his mind.
Links —
"They Stand Together" The Letters of C. S. Lewis to Arthur Greeves
LKL's 2022 Advent episodes on "The Weight of Glory"
Pints with Jack Season 7 on Lewis' Letters
"Twelve Tide: 12 Days of Christmas" by Chris & Glencora Pipkin
Camille Parkman's song, "Deliverer / O Come O Come Emmanuel" can be found on Spotify and other music platforms for purchase or streaming.
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S3E15 Advent — Sensucht in "Light" AKA "The Man Born Blind" with Dr. Charlie W. Starr
**SPOILER ALERT** Listen to this short story first here: "The Man Born Blind" Or find where you can read it at pintswithjack.com/essays
We are back with Dr. Charlie W. Starr to talk about the theme of Sensucht in the short story "Light" and in the rest of Lewis' writings. It was Sensucht that alerted Lewis that there was more to this world than this world, and we find it the perfect theme to help us reflect through Advent.
Check out Charlie's book on the subject, called "Light: C. S. Lewis' First and Final Short Story".
Camille Parkman's song, "Deliverer / O Come O Come Emmanuel" can be found on Spotify and other music platforms for purchase or streaming. Find more Lesser-Known Lewis — Online: pintswithjack.com/lesser-known-lewis Patreon: patreon.com/lesserknownlewis Instagram: @lesserknownlewis Facebook: Lesser-Known Lewis Podcast Email: lesserknownlewis@gmail.com Graphic Design by Angus Crawford. Music:
Dream Cave / Crowned Kings / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
Why Read Lewis — with Dr. Jerry Root #CSLewisReadingDay
To celebrate the first ever C. S. Lewis Reading Day today on Lewis' 125th Birthday, we have an unreleased clip from our earlier episode with Dr. Jerry Root (See "Is Theology Poetry?"). Here Jerry tells us about his life and the huge influence Lewis played in teaching him the faith, expanding his imagination, and pointing his desires towards Christ. Click here for more of Dr. Jerry Root. Find more #CSLewisReadingDay content at pintswithjack.com/reading-day Find the Live-Streamed Q&A Panel on the Pints with Jack Facebook Page Find something of Lewis' to read at pintswithjack.com/essays
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S3E14 Epistemology in "Light" AKA "The Man Born Blind" with Dr. Charlie W. Starr
**SPOILER ALERT** Listen to this short story first here: "The Man Born Blind" Or find where you can read it at pintswithjack.com/essays
In this part of our conversation with Dr. Charlie W. Starr, we discuss one possible interpretation of "Light" as it pertains to "epistemology" or "how we come to know things". If this is the case, the short story helps us see how imagination and experiential knowing (which Lewis also calls "Looking Along") is as valid as rational "Looking At" ways of knowing.
Check out Charlie's book on the subject, called "Light: C. S. Lewis' First and Final Short Story". Find more Lesser-Known Lewis — Online: pintswithjack.com/lesser-known-lewis Patreon: patreon.com/lesserknownlewis Instagram: @lesserknownlewis Facebook: Lesser-Known Lewis Podcast Email: lesserknownlewis@gmail.com Graphic Design by Angus Crawford. Music: Dream Cave / Crowned Kings / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
S3E13 Intro to “Light" AKA "The Man Born Blind" with Dr. Charlie W. Starr
**SPOILER ALERT** Because we are finally covering a short story by C. S. Lewis, we recommend to listen to this 11-minute short story first, becuase it has a twist ending we will spoil in the epiosde: Find it on YouTube here: "The Man Born Blind"
Or find where you can read it at pintswithjack.com/essays
Lewis wrote two slightly different versions of this story, one goes by the title "Light" and the other "The Man Born Blind", but they are very similar and only have small changes to them. Dr. Charlie W. Starr, our guest in the episode, studied Lewis' handwriting to determine when Lewis wrote each version of the story. In this episode, Charlie recaps the story itself, tells us about his journey of working on the manuscript, and explains how the story could be an analogy of sorts to make his point against Owen Barfield in their "Great War".
Check out Charlie's book on the subject, called "Light: C. S. Lewis' First and Final Short Story". And his first episodes with us on "Why is Myth?" and "Why Does Myth Matter?" Find more Lesser-Known Lewis — Online: pintswithjack.com/lesser-known-lewis Patreon: patreon.com/lesserknownlewis Instagram: @lesserknownlewis Facebook: Lesser-Known Lewis Podcast Email: lesserknownlewis@gmail.com Graphic Design by Angus Crawford. Music: Dream Cave / Crowned Kings / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
S3E12 "The Funeral of a Great Myth" with Dr. Bethany Sollereder (Part 2)
In this 1944 essay "The Funeral of a Great Myth" C. S. Lewis continues the thought he began in "Is Theology Poetry?" about how the scientific theory of evolution has been hijacked by scientism to become an all-encompasing cosmic theory about improvement or development or progress. In Lewis' perspective, it is time to put this "mythic" to death. Dr. Bethany Sollereder, lecturer in Science & Religion, joins us to discuss how this myth is still prevalent in our world today and the differences between it and the "True Myth" of the Gospel of Christ.
Find more from Dr. Sollereder here or purchase her book "Why Is There Suffering?: Pick Your Own Theological Expedition"
Arend Smilde's website, containing comprehensive notes on Lewis' essays.
C. S. Lewis' essays can be located at pintswithjack.com/essays
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Music: Dream Cave / Crowned Kings / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
S3E11 "The Funeral of a Great Myth" with Dr. Bethany Sollereder (Part 1)
In this 1944 essay "The Funeral of a Great Myth" C. S. Lewis continues the thought he began in "Is Theology Poetry?" about how the scientific theory of evolution has been hijacked by scientism to become an all-encompasing cosmic theory about improvement or development or progress. In Lewis' perspective, it is time to put this "mythic" to death. Dr. Bethany Sollereder, lecturer in Science & Religion, joins us to discuss how Lewis was right on the money — and where parts of his argument do not hold up.
Find more from Dr. Sollereder here or purchase her book "Why Is There Suffering?: Pick Your Own Theological Expedition"
C. S. Lewis' essays can be located at pintswithjack.com/essays
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Music: Dream Cave / Crowned Kings / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
ICYMI — "The Last Battle: Mainly About Dwarves" on The Lamp-Post Listener
In Case You Missed It - Daniel and Phil invited us on The Lamp-Post Listener to talk about Chapter 7 of The Last Battle, "Mainly About Dwarves."
Check out the rest of their episodes on The Last Battle and the rest of the Narnian Chronicles at The Lamp-Post Listener Podcast and online here at The Lamp-Post Listener.
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ICYMI — LKL talks Jack's Essays on The Lamp-Post Listener
In Case You Missed It - We were recently guests on The Lamp-Post Listener with Daniel and Phil to talk about why we all love Lewis, especially his essay!
Check out The Lamp-Post Listener Podcast and online here at The Lamp-Post Listener.
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S3E10 "G. A. L. Burgeon: Owen Barfield's 'This Ever Diverse Pair'" with Owen A. Barfield
In "G. A. L. Burgeon" C. S. Lewis reviews his friend and fellow Inkling Owen Barfield's book This Ever Diverse Pair. Joined by Barfield's grandson, also named Owen, here we encounter how Lewis applies some of his thinking on metaphor and imagination to a novel written by Owen Barfield - the friend from whom Lewis derived much of his thinking about thinking, imagination, and metaphor.
Find more on Owen Barfield at owenbarfield.org
You may want to check out the entries that explain Barfield's thoughts on Metaphor or Metaphoric Internalization or The Metaphoric Period.
C. S. Lewis' essays can be located at pintswithjack.com/essays
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S3E9 "Who gaf me drink?: Owen Barfield, 'Romanticism Comes of Age'" with Owen A. Barfield
In "Who gaf me drink?" C. S. Lewis reviews his friend and fellow Inkling Owen Barfield's book Romanticism Comes of Age. Joined by Barfield's grandson, also named Owen, here we encounter how Lewis applies some of his thinking on metaphor and imagination to a book largely about imagination written by Owen Barfield - the friend from whom Lewis derived much of his thinking about thinking, imagination, and metaphor.
Find more on Owen Barfield at owenbarfield.org
You may want to check out the entries that explain Barfield's thoughts on Metaphor or Metaphoric Internalization or The Metaphoric Period.
C. S. Lewis' essays can be located at pintswithjack.com/essays
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Music: Dream Cave / Crowned Kings / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
S3E8 "Bluspels and Flalansferes: A Semantic Nightmare" (Part 2)
In the second part of his 1936 essay, "Bluspels and Flalansferes: A Semantic Nightmare" C. S. Lewis, once again, is defending metaphors as valid, useful, valuable, even necessary ways of speaking about reality. He concludes it is actually those who are best at creating metaphors who are "masters of meaning" rather than those who try to avoid metaphors and stick to the literal. We cannot have just one or the other for, while reason is the organ of truth, "imagination is the organ of meaning."
C. S. Lewis' essays can be located at pintswithjack.com/essays
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S3E7 "Bluspels and Flalansferes: A Semantic Nightmare" (Part 1)
In his 1936 essay, "Bluspels and Flalansferes: A Semantic Nightmare" C. S. Lewis, once again, is defending metaphors as valid, useful, valuable, even necessary ways of speaking about reality. He introduces the idea of a "Master's Metaphor" and a "Pupils Metaphor" to explain how metaphors can be tied to our understanding of a concept, but that this is not always the case.
The Eudo Podcast: "Bluspels & Flalansferes"
C. S. Lewis' essays can be located at pintswithjack.com/essays
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S3E6 "The Language of Religion" with the Mere C. S. Lewis podcast (Part 2)
In the second part of this 1960 essay, "The Language of Religion," C. S. Lewis once again defends the ordinary and poetic nature of most of our language within and about Christianity from those who would want it to be more scientific, literal, or quantitative. There is a use for this language, says Lewis, and even Christians sometimes need language like this when doing theology. However, if this was the only way we talked about things, there would be "some death in it." There is always a need and a value for poetic, qualitative language.
Check out the Mere C. S. Lewis podcast
C. S. Lewis' essays can be located at pintswithjack.com/essays
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Graphic Design by Angus Crawford.
Music: Dream Cave / Crowned Kings / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
S3E5 "The Language of Religion" with the Mere C. S. Lewis podcast (Part 1)
In this 1960 essay, "The Language of Religion," C. S. Lewis once again defends the ordinary and poetic nature of most of our language within and about Christianity from those who would want it to be more scientific, literal, or quantitative. There is a use for this language, says Lewis, and even Christians sometimes need language like this when doing theology. However, if this was the only way we talked about things, there would be "some death in it." There is always a need and a value for poetic, qualitative language.
Check out the Mere C. S. Lewis podcast
C. S. Lewis' essays can be located at pintswithjack.com/essays
Find more Lesser-Known Lewis —
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Patreon: patreon.com/lesserknownlewis
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Email: lesserknownlewis@gmail.com
Graphic Design by Angus Crawford.
Music: Dream Cave / Crowned Kings / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
S3E4 "Is Theology Poetry?" with Dr. Jerry Root (Part 2)
Exploring C. S. Lewis' 1944 essay "Is Theology Poetry?" where he defends the Christian belief against the accusation that we believe it merely because it is imaginatively appealing. There may often be aesthetic enjoyment of the truths of Christianity; it may be poetic, narrative, mythic, and metaphoric at times. And these are all valid ways of coming to know truth, but they not the only reasons we have to believe Christian claims are true.
Click here for more of Dr. Jerry Root.
C. S. Lewis' essays can be located at pintswithjack.com/essays
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Graphic Design by Angus Crawford.
Music: Dream Cave / Crowned Kings / courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
S3E3 "Is Theology Poetry?" with Dr. Jerry Root (Part 1)
Exploring C. S. Lewis' 1944 essay "Is Theology Poetry?" where he defends the Christian belief against the accusation that we believe it merely because it is imaginatively appealing. There may often be aesthetic enjoyment of the truths of Christianity; it may be poetic, narrative, mythic, and metaphoric at times. And these are all valid ways of coming to know truth, but they not the only reasons we have to believe Christian claims are true.
Click here for more of Dr. Jerry Root.
The Treachery of Images painting by Rene Magrite
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S3E2 Why Does Myth Matter? with Dr. Charlie W. Starr
Myth was important to C. S. Lewis. He thought it should be important to everyone, especially Christians. Before we get to Lewis' essays "On Metaphor and Myth" this season, we check in with Dr. Charlie W. Starr, author of "The Faun's Bookshelf: C. S. Lewis on Why Myth Matters", to ask just that question — why does myth matter?
For more on Charlie W. Starr —
The C. S. Lewis Retreat 2023
Hear Charlie discuss The Faun's Bookshelf
His Contribution on The Abolition of Man
We highly recommend Charlie's interview on his book The Lions Country on the Pints with Jack Podcast as a great counterpart to this episode.
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S3E1 What is Myth? with Dr. Charlie W. Starr
Myth was important to C. S. Lewis. He thought it should be important to everyone, especially Christians. Before we get to Lewis' essays "On Metaphor and Myth" this season, we check in with Dr. Charlie W. Starr, author of "The Faun's Bookshelf: C. S. Lewis on Why Myth Matters", to try and get an overview on what Myth is to Lewis. In short, Myth is a way of languaging, of communicating concrete realities to people so they can know them by experience through their imagination. Or, to quote Charlie, "Myth is perceived in the imagination, comes across in story, and is meant to point us to a higher reality through embodiment in story."
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Hear Charlie discuss The Faun's Bookshelf
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ICYMI — Jordan on The Inklings Variety Hour talking "Religion and Rocketry"
In Case You Missed It - Jordan took the guest spot on The Inklings Variety Hour to discuss the essay "Religion and Rocketry" with host Chris Pipkin. We cover everything from the question of aliens, to government conspiracies, to apologetics, to Richard Dawkins, Elon Musk, and James Cameron.
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ICYMI — LKL on Pints with Jack After Hours
In Case You Missed It - We were recently guests on Pints with Jack’s After Hours episode. We talk with David Bates about our show, and looking at the connections between C. S. Lewis' “Religion and Rocketry,” “The Seeing Eye,” and Out of the Silent Planet.
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Bonus — The Lost Screwtape Sequel with Dr. Charlie W. Starr
This clip is from our upcoming episodes with Dr. Charlie W. "Indiana Jones" Starr. Here he tells us about his unique role in C. S. Lewis studies and how he came to discover Lewis' only attempt at writing an Archangel Letter as a sequel to The Screwtape Letters.
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1 Year Anniversary — Looking Backward & Forward
In celebration of our first year on the air (yes, a whole year, and we're as surprised as you are), we have a casual conversation to tell you about — What is Lesser-Known Lewis? Who are we? What have we been doing so far? Why do we do what we do? Why do we do the podcast the way we do it? What would we like to do next? How would we like to grow? How can the listener get more involved?
Follow along with the essays —
Audible Version - "C. S. Lewis: Essay Collection and Other Short Pieces"
In Print - "Essay Collection: Faith, Christianity and the Church" in print
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S2 Bonus — The Gift of Prayer in Narnia
This week's episode is a short teaching Jordan was invited by Sean to share at Eston College. Jordan takes what we have been learning from C. S. Lewis on prayer this season and looks to The Chronicles of Narnia to see where we might see the same thing, and reflect on how the simple yet beautiful observations Lewis makes about prayer that should strengthen all of our prayer lives. Find more Lesser-Known Lewis —
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Season 2 Finale — Lewis & Scripture with Rev. Dr. Bryan Hollon
To wrap up our Second Season, where C. S. Lewis served as a guide to the Christian life, we sit down with Rev. Dr. Bryan Hollon to talk about what we can learn from C. S. Lewis on how to use Scripture personally, and in the ways we communicate the Gospel.
Ten Commandments in an Age of Moral Confusion, Conference at Christ Church, Plano, TX.
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
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S2E23 Lent — "Dangers of National Repentance" with Rev. Dr. David Ney (Part 2)
Exploring the second part of C. S. Lewis' 1940 essay "Dangers of National Repentance." This time David helps us think through what we should do about collective guilt, the difference between repentance and penitence, looking at others with charity. We also consider what the sins of our own age might be — what is the long in our own eye?
Consider attending the Common Roots Conference June 8-10, 2023, put on by David at the Robert E. Webber Center.
Check out Rev. Dr. David Ney's writing at The Covenant Blog, or in his books, All Thy Lights Combine, and The Quest to Save the Old Testament.
The music for this episode is a song called "Collect for Lent," performed by David Stroeve, composed by Jordan Duncan and David Stroeve, from the Collect for the Second Sunday in Lent from the Episcopal Prayer Book. David Stroeve's album The Cathedral Project, is on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music. See especially "The Jesus Prayer," and "God of Mercy" as excellent meditative worship songs for Lent.
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S2E22 Lent — "Dangers of National Repentance" with Rev. Dr. David Ney (Part 1)
Exploring C. S. Lewis' 1940 essay "Dangers of National Repentance," where Lewis challenges the young people of his day on their impulse to repent of the acts of past generations. He thinks we ought to be careful when repenting of collective guilt because in order to do this you risk a few dangers. Dangers Jesus confronted when he challenged us to look at the log in our own eye. Dr. Ney helps us reflect on Lewis’ challenge and how it might apply to “woke” culture, cancel culture, and thinking through how we should think and feel about the past - especially when there is obvious wrongdoing by people we are connected to.
Consider attending the Common Roots Conference June 8-10, 2023, put on by David at the Robert E. Webber Center.
Check out Rev. Dr. David Ney's writing at The Covenant Blog, or in his books, All Thy Lights Combine, and The Quest to Save the Old Testament.
The music for this episode is a song called "Collect for Lent," performed by David Stroeve, composed by Jordan Duncan and David Stroeve, from the Collect for the Second Sunday in Lent from the Episcopal Prayer Book. David Stroeve's album The Cathedral Project, is on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music. See especially "The Jesus Prayer," and "God of Mercy" as excellent meditative worship songs for Lent.
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S2E21 Lent — "On Forgiveness" with William O'Flaherty (Part 2)
Exploring the second part of C. S. Lewis' 1947 essay "On Forgiveness." Here Lewis turns our attention to how we can accept forgiveness from God and how we can (and ought to) forgive others when they sin against us. As we wrestle with how this challenges and encourages us in our own lives, William provides some good perspective and advice from his experience in the world of counseling on how to go about the process of forgiveness. Since, as Lewis says, "to be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."
Our guest William O'Flaherty can be found —
Online: EssentialCSLewis.com
YouTube: Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis
Podcast: All About Jack or to go directly to his "Essay Chat" episodes
Books: "C. S. Lewis Goes to Hell" and "The Misquotable C. S. Lewis"
Twitter: @essentiallewis
Facebook: Confirming C.S. Lewis Quotations Group
Here are links, should you want to read "On Forgiveness," or listen on YouTube: "On Forgiveness."
The music for this episode is a song called "Collect for Lent," performed by David Stroeve, composed by Jordan Duncan and David Stroeve, from the Collect for the Second Sunday in Lent from the Episcopal Prayer Book. David Stroeve's album The Cathedral Project, is on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music. See especially "The Jesus Prayer," and "God of Mercy" as excellent meditative worship songs for Lent.
The lyrics for the song, "Collect for Lent" are: "Oh God, whose glory it is to have mercy, be gracious to all who've gone astray from Your ways, lead us again with penitent hearts, and steadfast faith to hold fast and embrace the unchangeable truth, Your Word: Jesus Christ, Your Son, who with You and the Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and forever. Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy."
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S2E20 Lent — "On Forgiveness" with William O'Flaherty (Part 1)
Exploring C. S. Lewis' 1947 essay "On Forgiveness." You'll never guess what it's about ;) In this first part, Lewis leads us to reflect on how we approach God when we ask for forgiveness. He helps us see the important difference between forgiving and excusing and after reminding us that confession and repentance are important regular activities of the Christian life, he challenges us to consider whether our confession and repentance with God is true repentance asking for true forgiveness, or whether we are merely approaching God with excuses, and leave never truly having asked for forgiveness.
Our guest William O'Flaherty can be found —
Online: EssentialCSLewis.com
YouTube: Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis
Podcast: All About Jack or to go directly to his "Essay Chat" episodes
Books: "C. S. Lewis Goes to Hell" and "The Misquotable C. S. Lewis"
Twitter: @essentiallewis
Facebook: Confirming C.S. Lewis Quotations Group
Here are links, should you want to read "On Forgiveness," or listen on YouTube: "On Forgiveness."
The music for this episode is a song called "Collect for Lent," performed by David Stroeve, composed by Jordan Duncan and David Stroeve, from the Collect for the Second Sunday in Lent from the Episcopal Prayer Book. David Stroeve's album The Cathedral Project, is on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music. See especially "The Jesus Prayer," and "God of Mercy" as excellent meditative worship songs for Lent.
The lyrics for the song, "Collect for Lent" are: "Oh God, whose glory it is to have mercy, be gracious to all who've gone astray from Your ways, lead us again with penitent hearts, and steadfast faith to hold fast and embrace the unchangeable truth, Your Word: Jesus Christ, Your Son, who with You and the Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and forever. Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy."
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S2E19 Lent — "The Trouble with 'X'" with Rev. Dr. Joel Scandrett (Part 2)
Exploring the second part of the 1948 article by C. S. Lewis, "The Trouble with 'X'" where Lewis explores the all too relatable problem of what to do when we encounter people whose "fatal flaw" shipwreck all our best plans. Here he turns the whole complaint on its head and with a few parables Lewis helps us see that God sees one more person with fatal flaws that we don't see, the only person we are able to change, the only person we are responsible to change — ourselves. Lewis helps us take seriously "the log in our own eye," that we may be blind to things in us that, if left unchecked, may lead to hell, and consider what we ought to do about it. There's no time like the present to put ourselves into God's hands and allow him to do his gracious work of salvation.
Our guest on for this essay is Rev. Dr. Joel Scandrett.
To read this essay an version can be found online here: "The Trouble with 'X'," or audio version can be listened to on YouTube, "The Trouble with 'X'."
Should you want to read ahead for the upcoming Lent essay: "On Forgiveness," or listen on YouTube: "On Forgiveness."
The music for this episode is a song called "Collect for Lent," performed by David Stroeve, composed by Jordan Duncan and David Stroeve, from the Collect for the Second Sunday in Lent from the Episcopal Prayer Book. David Stroeve's album The Cathedral Project, is on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music. See especially "The Jesus Prayer," and "God of Mercy" as excellent meditative worship songs for Lent.
The lyrics for the song, "Collect for Lent" are: "Oh God, whose glory it is to have mercy, be gracious to all who've gone astray from Your ways, lead us again with penitent hearts, and steadfast faith to hold fast and embrace the unchangeable truth, Your Word: Jesus Christ, Your Son, who with You and the Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and forever. Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy."
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S2E18 Lent — "The Trouble With 'X'" with Rev. Dr. Joel Scandrett (Part 1)
Exploring the 1948 article by C. S. Lewis, "The Trouble with 'X'" where he tells explores the all too relatable problem of what to do when we encounter people whose "fatal flaw" shipwreck all our best plans. The first thing to do, is realize that we now know a little of how God feels, for God sees all his plans spoiled too, by all these same people with their fatal flaws. Only, he sees even more fatal flaws than we could ever see. How frustrating it is that God, in his wisdom, has "made it a rule for himself that he won't alter people's character by force." Nevertheless, this means that we have to come to grips with the fact that no matter how well the rest of our lives go — even if we won the lottery — we would still have to face the hurdles of all the people around us, shipwrecking our plans. How will we deal with that? How does God deal with it?
Lent is a good time to think about such things, and face such issues head-on.
Our guest for this essay is Rev. Dr. Joel Scandrett.
To read this essay an version can be found online here: "The Trouble with 'X'," or audio version can be listened to on YouTube, "The Trouble with 'X'."
Should you want to read ahead for the upcoming Lent essay: "On Forgiveness," or listen on YouTube: "On Forgiveness."
The music for this episode is a song called "Collect for Lent," performed by David Stroeve, composed by Jordan Duncan and David Stroeve, from the Collect for the Second Sunday in Lent from the Episcopal Prayer Book. David Stroeve's album The Cathedral Project, is on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music. See especially "The Jesus Prayer," and "God of Mercy" as excellent meditative worship songs for Lent.
The lyrics for the song, "Collect for Lent" are: "Oh God, whose glory it is to have mercy, be gracious to all who've gone astray from Your ways, lead us again with penitent hearts, and steadfast faith to hold fast and embrace the unchangeable truth, Your Word: Jesus Christ, Your Son, who with You and the Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and forever. Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy."
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S2E17 Lent — "Miserable Offenders" (Part 2)
Exploring the second part of C. S. Lewis' 1946 sermon, "Miserable Offenders," where he defends the language of the Anglican prayer book, referring to ourselves as "miserable offenders," because those fatal flaws we see so clearly other people are present also in us. Lewis gives us some great pastoral wisdom for dealing with getting these logs out of our own eyes. Lent is precisely the time for such a task.
You can read "Miserable Offenders" here. To read next the essays for the weeks ahead you can find them here: "The Trouble with 'X'," and "On Forgiveness," or audio versions can be listened to on YouTube, here: "The Trouble with 'X'," and "On Forgiveness."
The music for this episode is a song called "Collect for Lent," performed by David Stroeve, composed by Jordan Duncan and David Stroeve, from the Collect for the Second Sunday in Lent from the Episcopal Prayer Book. David Stroeve's album The Cathedral Project, is on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music. See especially "The Jesus Prayer," and "God of Mercy" as excellent meditative worship songs for Lent.
The lyrics for the song, "Collect for Lent" are: "Oh God, whose glory it is to have mercy, be gracious to all who've gone astray from Your ways, lead us again with penitent hearts, and steadfast faith to hold fast and embrace the unchangeable truth, Your Word: Jesus Christ, Your Son, who with You and the Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and forever. Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy."
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S2E16 Lent — "Miserable Offenders" (Part 1)
Exploring C. S. Lewis' 1946 sermon, "Miserable Offenders," where he defends the language of the Anglican prayer book, referring to ourselves as "miserable offenders," asking for God to give us "contrite hearts," and confessing that the burden of our sins is "intolerable." Lewis is adamant that this has nothing to do with how we feel, but is a statement of fact and one we, as Christians, must come to grips with if we are to be honest and to be saints. His message is challenging but leads us straight into the loving arms of Jesus during the season of Lent.
You can read "Miserable Offenders" here. To read ahead, links are here: "The Trouble with 'X'," and "On Forgiveness," or audio versions can be listened to on YouTube, here: "The Trouble with 'X'," and "On Forgiveness."
The music for this episode is a song called "Collect for Lent," performed by David Stroeve, composed by Jordan Duncan and David Stroeve, from the Collect for the Second Sunday in Lent from the Episcopal Prayer Book. David Stroeve's album The Cathedral Project, is on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, and Apple Music. See especially "The Jesus Prayer," and "God of Mercy" as excellent meditative worship songs for Lent.
The lyrics for the song, "Collect for Lent" are: "Oh God, whose glory it is to have mercy, be gracious to all who've gone astray from Your ways, lead us again with penitent hearts, and steadfast faith to hold fast and embrace the unchangeable truth, Your Word: Jesus Christ, Your Son, who with You and the Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and forever. Have mercy, have mercy, have mercy."
Links to resources Jordan mentioned for understanding the secular age we live in:
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S2E15 Lent — "Some Thoughts" (Part 2)
Exploring C. S. Lewis' 1948 article "Some Thoughts" where he explores the Christian paradox — that Christianity is both a world-affirming and world-denying religion. In this episode, we focus on the world-denying aspects of the faith. We see that because Christianity has both sides of the paradox, things like fasting or celibacy should be practiced differently in Christianity than in every other religion and ideology.
NOTE: Our first part of this essay is found a few episodes earlier S2E12 Christmas 2 — "Some Thoughts" (Part 1)
For a visual on the absurd rabbit trail Jordan and Sean start off the show with, as well as devotional connection Jordan draws between Zombies and C. S. Lewis, see this link to a video Jordan made after he had some thoughts of his own.
If you want to read or listen to C.S. Lewis' "Some Thoughts" you can find links to it in print, online, and in audio format at pintswithjack.com/essays
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S2E14 "The Psalms" (Part 2)
Exploring C. S. Lewis' essay "The Psalms" which was a precursor to his 1958 book Reflections on the Psalms. In the second part of the essay, Lewis explains how Christians need a paradigm shift to see the Psalms of judgment differently. They are more like scripts that help us approach God as the woman in the parable of the Unjust Judge (Luke 18) who knows she is in the right, if only she could get her case heard. Sean and Jordan wrestle with how uncomfortable it makes us as Christians to come to God in prayer, claiming to be standing in righteousness — ironic, right? Well, helpfully, Lewis suggests the Psalms might lead us to the Righteousness that belongs to Another.
If you want to read or listen to C. S. Lewis' "The Psalms" you can find links to it in many formats at pintswithjack.com/essays
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S2E13 "The Psalms" (Part 1)
Exploring C. S. Lewis' essay "The Psalms" which was a precursor to his 1958 book Reflections on the Psalms. In the first part of the essay, Lewis defends why modern Christians ought to pray the Psalms even though they are old and alien to us. While they are at times cruel and vindictive, and at others, appear self-righteous, they are what they claim to be — God's revelation. He guesses that they are useful to us as a way of dealing with our emotions, and provide self-reflection. Ultimately, because Jesus prayed them and the Church has benefited from following his example in doing so for thousands of years.
Links to things mentioned in today's show:
The Mere C. S. Lewis Podcast episode on "Reflections on the Psalms"
The Wade Center Podcast episode on "Reflection on the Psalms"
The work by Athanasius that Jordan was referring to is called "The Letter to Marcellinus."
If you want to read or listen to C. S. Lewis' "The Psalms" you can find links to it in many formats at pintswithjack.com/essays
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Music by Jessica Syratt (Twitter: @jesssyratt).