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...
As we move into Chapter 2 of Book IV, we dive into the Trinity! What does it mean to say that God is a Trinity and how do we come to know this God better? How can we become one with God and yet not lose all individuality? All will be revealed in the latest episode of "The Eagle and Child"...
And now we begin Book IV! Together with Lewis, we take our first steps into the mystery of the Holy Trinity. In today's episode we begin by looking at the point of theology and make distinctions between "making" and "begetting"...
This week Matt and I read some more mail from listeners. This week we get some constructive criticism! We're going to be talking about charity and suffering...
We're back! After a bit of a hiatus (sorry about that!), Matt and I are now publishing podcasts again. We've got the next six already recorded, edited and ready to go. The next two episodes will be "mailbag episodes" where we will be reading some iTunes reviews and responding to messages from you, the listeners. After that, we'll be diving into Book IV of Mere Christianity.
Today's episode is a little different. Matt and I have an announcement. Last weekend we spent a day with New Eve Media...
And so we come to the final chapter of Book III. Continuing on from last chapter, we continue to examine "faith". This chapter focuses on faith in terms of salvation.
For the last two chapters of Book III we will be looking at the final theological virtue of "faith". This chapter focuses on faith in terms of holding onto rational truths despite raging emotions.
Last week we looked at "charity", and today we look at another of the theological virtues, hope. Out of this entire book, this is probably my favourite chapter...
We will spend the remaining episodes of Book III, we will be looking at the theological virtues. Today we begin with Christian love, also known as "charity"...
Today we come to the deadliest of the Seven Deadly Sins, pride, as well as its counterpart, my favourite virtue, humility.
Lewis had previously said that he thought chastity was the most unpopular thing in Christianity. In today's episode, he changes his mind, suggesting that it is, in fact, forgiveness.
This week Matt and I conclude the chapter in "Mere Christianity" on the subject of Christian marriage.
Following on from last week's episode on the virtue of chastity, today we look at the Christian teaching on marriage with C.S. Lewis. Matt and I got rather carried away on this chapter, recording far more material than normal, so this chapter will be divided into two parts.
What is the virtue of chastity? Is it unhealthy, impossible or repressive? In today's episode, Matt and I look at what C.S. Lewis had to say about this, the most unpopular of the virtues...
Sorry guys! I don't think I'm going to be able to get out an episode of the Eagle and Child this week! We'll be back next week.
Is Psychoanalysis in competition with Christianity? Or are they, in fact, complementary? In today's episode Matt and I will be unpacking what C.S. Lewis has to say about where psychoanalysis fits in with Christian morality and along the way we'll learn some important lessons about not judging other people...
In today's episode, Jack asks what a truly Christian society would look like. He's going to say some things to upset people on the Right and people on the Left...
