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#70 Miracles in Narnia and Taiwan - David Marshall
Episode 71
In the third part of their discussion David Marshall tells Justin Brierley about his own time as a missionary in China and East Asia and how he foun…
3 years, 7 months ago
#69 We need to talk about Susan: David Marshall defends CS Lewis against Pullman and JK Rowling
Episode 70
My sister Susan,” answered Peter shortly and gravely, “is no longer a friend of Narnia.”
Philip Pullman and JK Rowling have both criticised the w…
3 years, 8 months ago
#68 The Case For Aslan: David Marshall on ’Puddleglum’s Wager’
Episode 69
'The Case for Aslan: Evidence for Jesus in the land of Narnia' examines how Lewis employed Christian apologetics throughout the fantasy writing of N…
3 years, 8 months ago
#67 Audience Q&A on vocation, culture and Christian witness
Episode 68
Alister McGrath joins Justin Brierley and a panel of Christian thinkers, scientists and church leaders to take audience questions on vocation, cultu…
3 years, 8 months ago
#66 Speaking the authentic voice of Jesus in arts, science and global culture
Episode 67
Recorded live at Unbelievable? the Conference 2022, Justin Brierley leads a panel including Alister McGrath, Sharon Dirckx, John Wyatt, Skye Jethani…
3 years, 8 months ago
#65 Alister McGrath: How to transform our culture and not be consumed by it
Episode 66
Prof Alister McGrath draws on CS Lewis and scripture to encourage Christians to live out their vocation and make a difference in a confused and divi…
3 years, 9 months ago
#64 On Living In An Atomic Age - CS Lewis’ essays and short writings
Episode 65
'If we are all going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things'. Alister and Justin dis…
3 years, 9 months ago
#63 The Weight of Glory - CS Lewis’ essays and short writings
Episode 64
'The Weight of Glory' is a sermon that CS Lewis preached at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford in 1941. It is widely regarded as on…
3 years, 9 months ago
#62 First and Second Things - CS Lewis’ essays and short writings
Episode 63
Oringally published in 1942 this essay argues that humans often turn 'second order' things such as music, art, romatic love etc into 'first order' t…
3 years, 9 months ago
#61 Is Theology Poetry? CS Lewis’ essays and short writings
Episode 62
Originally given as a talk in 1945, this was the first piece of Lewis' writing that Alister Mcgrath ever read as a student and it had a profound inf…
3 years, 10 months ago