We're thrilled to have Dr. Christin Ditchfield-Lazo join us as we reflect back on what we've learned from Lewis about communicating the Gospel in a disenchanted age. As always with our finale's we look at the intersection of our theme from the season with Scripture, asking questions like – how can we be like Lewis in sharing Scripture with the disenchanted world around us? Lewis did this so well, especially through Narnia. As it turns out, Christin has written a wonderful book, A Family Guide to...
Apr 23, 2025•54 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Look... I didn't think anyone would ACTUALLY take me up on talking about "Religion & Rocketry" again. But here we are. This time, I was invited on my good friend Amos Martel's apologetics podcast, Missionary District, to discuss the threat (if any) of Non-Human Intelligence to the Christian faith. While, of course, I use C. S. Lewis' masterful essay "Religion & Rocketry" (which, yes, I have memorized now), we also get into alot of new territory and I explain my most outlandish conspiracy...
Jan 15, 2025•57 min
Exploring C. S. Lewis' 1945 essay "Talking About Bicycles" with Daniel Payne from the Lamp-Post Listener podcast . As he talks about bicycles, Lewis points out that there seem to be 4 stages to being enchanted by something wonderful. First, before we've been enchanted and know nothing of it - this, he calls "unenchantment." Second, when we first become enchanted by something wonderful - "enchantment". Third, when we become disillusioned by the thing. This is "disenchantment." Fourth, when we, fu...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Exploring C. S. Lewis' speech "Christian Apologetics" which he gave to youth leaders & clergy in 1945. Lewis gives us all a 'behind the scenes' look at what he is doing with his method and approach to the Christian Apologetics he is so well known for. We discuss with Ruth Jackson host of Premier Unbelievable's podcasts "The C. S. Lewis Podcast with Alister McGrath" and "Unbelievable." Premier Unbelievable's Tik Tok , Instagram , YouTube , and their Christmas Apologetics Course . Ruth's band ...
Nov 27, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 9
In this 1955 speech, "On Obstinacy in Belief" C. S. Lewis picks up his train of thought from "Is Theism Important?" to talk about why and how Christians can persist in their faith despite occasional trials and reasons that cause doubt. Find an index of Lewis' essays at pintswithjack.com/essays Find more Lesser-Known Lewis — Online: pintswithjack.com/lesser-known-lewis Patreon: ...
Nov 14, 2024•57 min•Season 4Ep. 9
In C. S. Lewis' 1951 speech, "Is Theism Important?" he helps Christians see the task of "winning souls to Christ" in two steps of faith. The first step of faith is belief that there is a God. The second step is the trust in that God, Jesus Christ. A trust that Lewis says is like "confidence in a friend." This is the utmost step, the one to which all our evangelism, apologetics, indeed, all our witnessing must lead towards. However, that is not to undermine the importance of the first step, convi...
Oct 30, 2024•50 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Jordan sits down with Dr. Steven Beebe , retired professor, author , speaker, and all-around expert on communication, to hear what Dr. Beebe learned about communication from C. S. Lewis. As it turns out, he learned quite a lot. So much, in fact, that he has even written a book on C. S. Lewis and the Craft of Communication. Find an index of Lewis' essays at pintswithjack.com/essays Find more Lesser-Known Lewis — Online: pintswithjack.com/lesser-...
Oct 16, 2024•38 min
Exploring C. S. Lewis' 1961 article "Before We Can Communicate" where Lewis, the brilliant communicator, shares his thoughts on how he communicates so well. We find this advice applicable to anyone and everyone who wants to be able to communicate what they love with the people they love - or with strangers. But it is especially helpful for those who Lewis had in mind: people who want to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the world around them. We end the episode by covering the brief excerpt ...
Oct 02, 2024•59 min•Season 3Ep. 6
What categories would Lewis have included in "Modern Man and His Categories of Thought" if he was writing in 2024? We are joined by Dr. Paul Gould, philosopher, author, professor, and podcaster, who was just been writing on this very topic. We highly recommend checking out Paul's podcast The Eudo Podcast , and his book Cultural Apologetics as companion pieces to this season of Lewis' essays. Find out more about Paul here , and find his excellent books here. Find more Lesser-Known Lewis — Onlin...
Sep 18, 2024•58 min
Exploring Lewis' 1945 article "Modern Man and His Categories of Thought" where Lewis explores 6 reasons he believes to be why Modern people no longer believe in the supernatural, sin, or divine judgement. We find ourselves agreeing (with at least 5) and think those reasons have continued producing increasingly negative effects in our own day. The essay helps us understand why people in our own day are hard to reach with the Gospel. Carl Truman's book Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists...
Sep 04, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Exploring Lewis' 1958 article "Revival or Decay?" where he imagines a conversation with a headmaster who is celebrating how Religion seems to be having a bit of a revival. Lewis is not so sure whether to interpret things the same way. The signs of religious revival in culture that the headmaster sees might not be an entirely positive thing. We find these same supposed signs of revival in religion present in the early 2020's and think Lewis' invitation to remember what is more important is very r...
Aug 21, 2024•54 min•Season 3Ep. 4
In C. S Lewis' "On the Transmission of Christianity" from 1946, he explains why he thinks Christianity appears on the decline in future generations. Spoiler alert: It's not because humans are outgrowing religion or becoming too enlightened to believe in such silly things. It's because the next generation is no longer being taught a compelling view of the faith in their education. We are joined by Daniel from The Lamp-Post Listener , himself a teacher in a classical Christian school, to discuss L...
Aug 07, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 3
In the 1946 essay, "The Decline of Religion," C. S. Lewis counters those who claim that Christianity is in decline, but also cautions those who claim that Christianity is in a revival. We find that both of these claims are present in our culture today and what Lewis has to say to his own day carries over directly as a warning to ours. Find an index of Lewis' essays at pintswithjack.com/essays Find more Lesser-Known Lewis — Online: pintswithjack.com/lesser-kno...
Jul 17, 2024•52 min•Season 4Ep. 2
We kick off Season 4 "Apologetics in a Disenchanted Age" with C. S. Lewis' famous essay "God in the Dock" from 1948. In it, he summarizes the difficulties in trying to communicate Christianity to modern people. Nearly 80 years later his observations have become even more true. People do not believe in anything beyond the natural world, they're skeptical about anything historical, they do not have any awareness of even the idea of sin, and there is a huge language barrier between educated languag...
Jul 03, 2024•58 min•Season 4Ep. 1
In Case You Missed It — Jordan joined Joseph Weigel, on his podcast Men with Chests , to have a conversation about C. S. Lewis' essay "The Poison of Subjectivism." Check out Joseph's excellent podcast for episodes covering Lewis' book The Abolition of Man , and other books and essays related to it! Find more Lesser-Known Lewis — Online: pintswithjack.com/lesser-known-lewis Patreon: patreon.com/lesserknownlewis Instagram: @less...
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr 6 min
In Case You Missed It — Jordan joined Brian Shepherd, who is the creator of the That Hideous Lewis Substack , to have a conversation about mud pies, desire, and the promise of glory. 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...
May 29, 2024•48 min
In Case You Missed It - Jordan was on The Mere C. S. Lewis podcast to discuss the essay "Religion and Rocketry" (once again!) with host Thornton Ray. Find the Mere C. S. Lewis Podcast on Instagram Find more Lesser-Known Lewis — Online: pintswithjack.com/lesser-known-lewis Patreon: patreon.com/lesserknownlewis Instagram: @lesserknownlewis Facebook: Lesser-Known Lewis Podcast Email: lesserknownlewis@gm...
May 22, 2024•1 hr
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' book...
May 01, 2024•41 min•Season 3Ep. 28
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 o...
Apr 24, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 27
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 o...
Apr 17, 2024•41 min•Season 3Ep. 26
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...
Apr 10, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 25
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 Find more Lesser-Known Lewis — Online: pintswithjack.com/lesser-known-lewis Patreon: patreon.com/lesserknownlewis...
Apr 03, 2024•38 min
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...
Mar 27, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 1
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? ...
Mar 13, 2024•26 min•Season 3Ep. 24
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 ...
Mar 06, 2024•29 min•Season 3Ep. 23
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. Eston College 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 Cathedr...
Feb 21, 2024•50 min•Season 3Ep. 22
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 Find more Lesser-Known Lewis — Onlin...
Jan 31, 2024•28 min•Season 3Ep. 21
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 w...
Jan 24, 2024•41 min•Season 3Ep. 20
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 Stan...
Jan 17, 2024•47 min•Season 3Ep. 19
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 Pint...
Jan 03, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 18
