Best C.S. Lewis for Today Podcasts (2025)

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#224 Paul Anderson: Lewis, Bultmann, Fern-seeds and Elephants 21:33

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Ruth Jackson is joined again by Dr Paul Anderson, Professor of Biblical and Quaker Studies at George Fox University. Paul, a prolific scholar and founding member of the "John, Jesus and History" project, shares insights from his paper presented at the 2024 conference at George Fox University. Together, Ruth and Paul explore Lewis’ classic essay "Fe…

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The Reminder Series Part-06, A Reminder About The Gospel Preached to You 29:00

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When Paul wrote to the Corinthians in AD 51, there were several deeply concerning problems which needed to be addressed urgently. After doing so in the first 14 chapters of the Epistle to the Corinthians, Paul declares how these problems can be resolved and avoided - if they would just be continually reminded the Gospel truths about what Jesus the …

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#223 Paul Anderson: CS Lewis and the Gospel of John 23:20

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Ruth Jackson is joined with Paul Anderson, a Professor of Biblical and Quaker Studies at George Fox University in Oregon. Paul speaks on his first encounter with C.S. Lewis and the role Lewis’ works have played in his own life, ministry, and scholarship. They discuss Lewis’ views on the Bible, how his literary approach to Scripture compares with t…

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Notre Dame Football and Faith, with Fr. Nate Wills, C.S.C. 33:32

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Fr. Nate Wills has been the chaplain for the Notre Dame football team since 2018. He’s been along for exhilarating triumphs and devastating losses. He’s seen and felt the energy of packed stadiums and the nervous focus of the pregame rituals. He’s watched young men try and fail, then recover and succeed. But through it all, maybe the most important…

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The Reminder Series, Part 05 - The Reminder About Holding Fast 29:00

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In the mid-first century, the apostle Paul writes to a church in turmoil and reminds them of why and how they had become Christians. The ten things initial things he wants to remind them of are still just as relevant for today. In this episode we consider his reminder to the Corinthians to "hold fast" to the gospel he is also reminding them of.…

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#222 Dr. Max Baker-Hytch: Lewis and the argument from desire 23:06

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Today we are joined by Dr. Max Baker-Hytch, a tutorial fellow in Philosophy at Oxford University, to discuss Lewis and the argument from desire. Covering topics such as whether our deepest longings point to the existence of another world, how naturalists might respond, and whether such desires could have evolutionary origins. The conversation also …

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The Reminder Series, Part 04 - A Reminder About Being Saved 29:00

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The Apostle Paul had written to the Corinthians Church to address the damage which had been done by the false teachers who had sown deception among the Corinthians. In First Corinthians 15 Paul makes one more appeal to the Corinthians as their overseeing apostle. This appeal was to remind the Corinthians of the gospel. Paul gives reasons for the Co…

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#221 Dr. Max Baker-Hytch: Lewis and the argument from reason 23:33

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Today we are joined by Dr. Max Baker-Hytch, a tutorial fellow in Philosophy at Oxford University, to discuss Lewis and Lewis' argument from reason, as explored in Miracles and beyond. They explore Lewis’ claim that if our thoughts are just the result of natural processes, we have no reason to trust them. Can reason really come from something non-ra…

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C. S. Lewis from Dante and the Medieval World, with Jason Baxter 51:09

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Many of us have learned to see the world differently because of C. S. Lewis. But how did Lewis learn to see the world the way he did? From whom did he learn to see the marriage of the spiritual and material, of heavenly things right along with scientific things? If we go in search of answers to such questions, we find ourselves plunged into the Med…

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The Reminder Series, Part 03 - Reminder About Standing in the Gospel 29:00

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The Corinthians had drifted from the gospel and as a result they were no longer 'standing' in the truth of what it meant to be either a Christian or a Church. The Apostle writes to them to remind them of what the gospel truly was - and why this was necessary.For more Biblical teaching via podcast subscribe to Messages That Matters with Dr. Andrew C…

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Reminder Series - Part 02 - A Reminder About Receiving the Gospel 29:00

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The Apostle Paul concludes his epistle to the Corinthian believers by reminding them if 10 things they had sorely forgotten. In this podcast I look at the second of these - a reminder of how they had received the gospel.By Dr. Andrew Corbett

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#220 Dr. Max Baker-Hytch: The Moral Argument for God's Existence 28:27

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Today we are joined by Dr. Max Baker-Hytch, a tutorial fellow in Philosophy at Oxford University, to discuss Lewis and the moral argument for God's existence. What did Lewis mean by a universal moral law, and why did he think it pointed to something beyond nature? They explore the foundations of this argument, its philosophical roots, and the criti…

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#219 Dr. Max Baker-Hytch: Was C.S Lewis a philosopher? 30:25

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Today we are joined by Dr. Max Baker-Hytch, a tutorial fellow in Philosophy at Oxford University, to discuss Lewis and philosophy. Did C.S. Lewis consider himself a philosopher, and should we? What kind of philosophical training did he have, and which thinkers shaped his ideas? How do his arguments compare with other 20th-century philosophers, and …

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The Heartbeat of Dante’s Comedy, with Jason Baxter 59:49

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Translating Dante is not a matter of rendering words in one language for words in another language. Indeed, no act of translation is so direct or basic. But as with Dante’s Comedy when the style itself is part of the art – the sound of the thing, the movement, the embodiment – the translator needs to feel as much as think, relying on sense along wi…

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The Reminder Series Part 01 - The Reminding of The_Gospel 29:00

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The first century Corinthian church had lost its understanding of what the gospel truly meant. They had become beguiled into accepting what certain false teachers had been saying against the apostle Paul and had been led to believe that there was more to Christianity than what Paul had been able to tell them. As a result they, they now bragged abou…

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#218 Traver Carlson: Re-veiling the Secret: Reading The Ransom Trilogy as Spiritual Exercise 36:38

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Ruth Jackson is joined by Traver Carlson, a PHD candidate in Philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies, to discuss his paper from the 2024 Undiscovered CS Lewis Conference, titled Re-veiling the Secret: Reading The Ransom Trilogy as Spiritual Exercise. We then get to hear his paper from the conference, followed by some helpful clarification…

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#217 Traver Carlson: The Ransom Trilogy, Space and Medieval Imagery 21:21

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Ruth Jackson is joined by Traver Carlson, a PHD candidate in Philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies, to discuss his paper from the 2024 Undiscovered CS Lewis Conference, which focuses on The Ransom Trilogy. They explore how Lewis uses space, language, and imagination to help us see the world in a new light. From medieval imagery to the i…

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A Pilgrim’s Thirst, special episode 14:01

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On our last episode, I welcomed two of our Sullivan Undergraduate Saints Fellows to talk about the pilgrimage through France that our cohort completed at the start of summer. The final destination on that pilgrimage was Lourdes. As follow up to that episode, I want to share with all of you a relatively short reflection on thirst. In particular, I w…

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#216 Traver Carlson: The Impact of CS Lewis today 20:51

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Ruth Jackson is joined by Traver Carlson, a PHD candidate in Philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies, to discuss his paper from the 2024 Undiscovered CS Lewis Conference. He dives into his first discovery of Lewis, the impact he had on his faith and academic journey and his relevance to today, as well as much more. Other series to listen …

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#215 Alister McGrath: Exploring The Discarded Image (Part 2) 22:32

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In part two, Ruth Jackson and Alister McGrath explore how CS Lewis saw the links between science, philosophy, and faith. They discuss his view that science can point to deeper truths, his idea of Christianity as the “true myth,” and his belief that scientific theories aren’t final facts. The conversation touches on Lewis’s thoughts about the soul, …

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#214 Alister McGrath: Exploring The Discarded Image (Part 1) 23:43

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Ruth Jackson speaks with Alister McGrath about CS Lewis’ final book, The Discarded Image, a reflection on the medieval view of the cosmos. Why did Lewis care so much about this old model of the universe, and what does it reveal about his views on science, imagination, and faith? They explore Lewis’s description of a geocentric, ordered world and ho…

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A Saints Pilgrimage, with Two Notre Dame Student Leaders 41:54

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Arising from the McGrath Institute for Church Life, the Sullivan Undergraduate Saints Fellowship forms Notre Dame students as leaders in the study and spirituality of the saints. We launched this fellowship in 2025 with an inaugural cohort of 12 students selected from a pool of many, many applicants. As part of their fellowship, our saints fellows …

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#213 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis on science, AI & technology (Part 2) 19:50

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Alister McGrath reflects on how Lewis’ ideas might speak into today’s rapidly advancing technologies. What would Lewis have thought about artificial intelligence, genetic modification, or even transhumanism? Would he see these developments as threats to human dignity or as opportunities that require moral and spiritual guidance? And as technology c…

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#212 Alister McGrath: CS Lewis on science, AI & technology (Part 1) 21:24

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In this episode, Ruth Jackson speaks with Alister McGrath about Lewis’ views on science, technology, and ethics. What concerns did Lewis raise about unchecked scientific progress in works like The Abolition of Man? Would he have seen developments in AI or genetic engineering as threats—or opportunities? They also explore whether Lewis thought scien…

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Our Faithful Departed, special episode 27:14

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Hi everyone. For today’s episode I do not have a guest joining me; instead, I am just going to share with you directly. You see, my dad died a few weeks ago and just last week we celebrated his funeral Mass. I’ve written a few books over the years and I dedicated one of those books to my dad, who raised me. That book is about fostering communion wi…

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Ecclesiology Part 6 - Developing a Healthy Culture Within a Local Church 26:36

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In order for a local church to be healthy, it needs to have a healthy culture. In this episode, Dr. Corbett expounds on why this is important and what it looks lie — and what it should not look like. He then offers two practical suggestions for how a local church can build a healthy culture.Also, check out the Ecclesiology Blog Posts:Ecclesiology P…

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#211 Nathan Fayard: Exploring the Inversion of the Satanic Hero. 23:44

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Explore the depths of CS Lewis's thought and theology in our latest podcast episode with Dr. Nathan Fayard from Indiana Wesleyan University. Specialising in old English literature and medievalism, Dr. Fayard discusses his latest work, "The Recovered Images." We dive into his presentation from the 2024 Undiscovered CS Lewis Conference titled "Promet…

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Ecclesiology Part 5 - The Prophetic Role of a Local Church 31:31

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A church is more than just a building; it's more than just a meeting on a Sunday meeting; it's more than a global organisation - it is primarily a local community of Christ-followers. These believers are called together by the Holy Spirit to be a worshiping, witnessing, welcoming community of sons and daughters of God the Father. A local church is …

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Working for the Inklings, with Three Belmont University Students 32:12

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In our previous episode of Church Life Today, I was joined by Professor Christie Kleinmann of Belmont University, who talked with me about her fascinating and truly original course on Strategic Public Relations for the Inklings (specifically, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Dorothy Sayers). This is a follow up to that previous excellent episode …

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#210 Nathan Fayard: What makes a true hero - power, rebellion, or love? 20:54

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Ruth Jackson speaks with Dr. Nathan Fayard, Assistant Professor of English at Indiana Wesleyan University about how Lewis engages with the idea of the romantic hero in Perelandra. Why does Lewis split heroic qualities between Ransom and the villain Weston? What can Byron’s Manfred and Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound teach us about Lewis’s theology?Fay…

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How Jesus' Folded Grave Cloths Proved His Physical Resurrection 46:37

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Christianity is grounded in the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ. There is now good evidence to believe that the folded grave cloths of the crucified Jesus of Nazareth, the shroud used to cover His body, and the face cloth to place over His face, have been preserved even to this day. In this presentation Dr. Corbett presents some of that evide…

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#209 Nathan Fayard: Lewis’s thinking on redemption, paradise, and poetic vision 19:43

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Ruth Jackson is joined again by Nathan Fayard, Assistant Professor of English at Indiana Wesleyan University, to explore how the poetry of John Milton and Percy Bysshe Shelley shaped C.S. Lewis’s imagination and theology. Focusing on Paradise Lost and Prometheus Unbound, they discuss how these epic works influenced Lewis’s thinking on redemption, p…

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Habemus Papam, with John Cavadini 28:53

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“Habemus Papam.” We have a pope. We have a papa. We have a father. The announcement of a new pope is a startlingly joyous and even spellbinding moment, when not just the faithful but also many who seemingly have no interest in the Church stop and cheer together. What is being proclaimed? What is the significance of the pope for the Church and, thro…

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#208 Nathan Fayard: The impact of Lewis on life, faith and perspective 18:57

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Ruth Jackson is joined by Nathan Fayard, an assistant professor of English at Indiana Wesleyan University, to discuss his paper from the 2024 Undiscovered CS Lewis conference held at George Fox University. How did Nathan first encountered Lewis? What impact has he had on his life and faith journey? He also gives a summary Perelandra as we prepare t…

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Public Relations for C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Dorothy Sayers, with Christie Kleinmann 25:27

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Have you ever thought about becoming a brand expert for C. S. Lewis or J. R. R. Tolkien? On the one hand, these seem like authors who need no introduction. On the other hand, how many people today really know the work of these towering 20th Century authors, beyond what made its way onto the silver screen? And what about one of the authors closely a…

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Why Good Friday was GOOD Friday 37:44

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It is known as Good Friday. But why? It is the penultimate moment in human history when the Creator of the Universe entered into His creation. In this message, Kim and I share why Good Friday really was GOOD Friday.By Dr. Andrew Corbett

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#207 Jacqueline Wilson: C.S Lewis's Prayer Life in Historical Context 22:14

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Ruth Jackson is joined by Jacqueline Wilson, a student working towards her Master of Arts in cultural apologetics from Houston Christian University, to share her thoughts on Lewis' prayer life in the paper she presented at the 2024 Undiscovered CS Lewis conference, which was held at George Fox University. The title of her paper was "A very Ordinary…

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#206 Jacqueline Wilson: The prayer life of CS Lewis 20:03

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Ruth Jackson is joined by Jacqueline Wilson, a student working towards her Master of Arts in cultural apologetics from Houston Christian University, to discuss her paper from the Undiscovered CS Lewis conference, and how she first encountered Lewis. They tackle questions surrounding Lewis' unusual prayer life, as well as his perception of and conne…

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The Evangelizing Brilliance and Errors of Matteo Ricci, with Anthony Clark 27:40

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When we say the name “God”, have we assumed too quickly that we know what we mean? We use that word quite regularly, without much strain or prolonged consideration, as if the meaning of the word were self-evident. But what if you had to explain – indeed, translate – the word “God” into a language that had no such concept? That would force you, I th…

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#205 Alister McGrath: Lewis on science and evolution 17:39

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In this episode, Ruth Jackson speaks with Alister McGrath about Lewis’s views on evolution and science. What did Lewis believe about evolution, and how did he separate it from philosophical naturalism? Did he think evolution could explain things like morality and consciousness? They also explore his concerns about reducing human life to just materi…

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Ecclesiology_Part 4 - The Pathway of a Local Church 32:24

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Ecclesiology is the study of the church. Local churches are all a part of the global Church which made up multiple denominations and traditions. There is one thing that is often neglected by a local church and it is not just their foyer or carpark - it is their pathway. In this session Dr. Andrew Corbett discusses how a local church can begin to de…

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#204 Alister McGrath: Lewis on science, miracles and materialism 24:17

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In this episode, Alister McGrath reflects on what Lewis thought about miracles and science. Did he think miracles could make sense in a world ruled by natural laws? Can someone believe in both science and the supernatural? They also look at Lewis’s response to the ideas of HG Wells, who believed science and religion didn’t mix. Were Wells’ views co…

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Healing Wounds, with Bishop Erik Varden 37:39

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By his wounds. His wounds are the source of healing. Our wounds are the wounds that are healed by his wounds. Our wounds may even become the source of healing for others because we have been healed by his wounds. What an unimaginable mystery. Wounds heal. Healing from wounds. Have we considered the magnificence or the near-unbelievability of this r…

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Ecclesiology Part-3 - When a Church Assembles 23:13

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Becoming a Christian is the entrance to belonging to a church family. There is a growing trend for Christians looking for a more meaningful engagement with their local church when they gather. The Apostle Paul described the gathering a church as being a time when the presence and power of the Lord Jesus Christ was experienced and obvious. In this e…

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#203 Alister McGrath: How CS Lewis bridged the gap between faith and scientific understanding 20:38

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In this second episode of our mini-series on CS Lewis and science, Ruth Jackson continues the conversation with Professor Alister McGrath. They explore how Lewis challenged the supposed conflict between science and religion, offering instead a richer vision where both disciplines illuminate reality. McGrath discusses Lewis’ evolving views, from ear…

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Ecclesiology Part 2 - Refocusing and Revitalising a Local Church 29:31

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The reason every Christian should be increasingly aware of ecclesiology is quite simple. When someone becomes a follower of Christ because of the miracle of conversion, they are “baptised into the body of Christ” as Paul told the Corinthians. In this episode we discuss the principles for revitalising and refocusing a local church so that it can "gl…

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Ecclesiology, Part 1 - Introduction 21:22

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Every Christian should know about ecclesiology. Ecclesiology, from the two Greek words ecclesia and logos is the study of the church. The reason every Christian should be increasingly aware of ecclesiology is quite simple. When someone becomes a follower of Christ because of the miracle of conversion, they are “baptised into the body of Christ” as …

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#202 Alister McGrath: What did CS Lewis think of science? Part 1 14:42

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In part 1 of our new series on science, Ruth Jackson is joined by Alister McGrath to explore how CS Lewis approached the relationship between science and religion. A former atheist and Oxford-trained scientist, McGrath unpacks how Lewis combined reason and imagination to challenge scientific materialism while affirming science’s value within a broa…

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#201 Holly Ordway: Tolkien, suffering and the problem of evil 31:08

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Ahead of Tolkien Reading Day on 25th March, Dr Holly Ordway, author of Tolkien’s Faith, explores the contrasting spiritual journeys of J.R.R. Tolkien and CS Lewis—both of whom experienced the profound early loss of their mothers. While Tolkien’s faith deepened through suffering, Lewis famously declared that even amid the horrors of World War I, he …

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Edge of Belief: UFO’s, Technology, and the Catholic Imagination, with Brett Robinson 23:14

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How should Catholics think about UFOs? How can the Church respond to evolving scientific discoveries? What are the boundaries for Catholic belief? These are the kinds of questions at the heart of a new documentary short film produced by The McGrath Institute for Church Life. "Edge of Belief: UFOs, Technology & The Catholic Imagination," explores th…

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