Alister McGrath on the life of CS Lewis - Unbelievable?

Unbelievable?

Premier Unbelievable?

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2014

⏱️ 82 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Alister McGrath chats to Justin Brierley about his major new biography 'CS Lewis: A Life - Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet'. They discuss Lewis' (re-dated) conversion, his life in Oxford, his arguments for God and why he remains so singificant a figure 50 years on from his death. Alister also answers listener questions. Enter the draw for a signed copy of the book by emailing [email protected] with the title of Alister's opening address at Unbelievable? the Conference 2013. Alister is a keynote speaker at Unbelievable? the Conference 2013 on Sat 25 May www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable2013 For more theological discussion between Christians visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation via Facebook and Twitter For Alister's new book http://www.hodder.co.uk/Books/detail.page?isbn=9781444745528 For Alister's website http://alistermcgrath.weebly.com/ Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 5 Feb 2011 - Alister McGrath & Stephen Law - Why Won't God Go Away? Unbelievable? 6 Jun 2009 A Skeptic in Narnia Narnia & CS Lewis - Michael Ward & Laura Miller

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	When we put prayers to end extreme poverty into practice, there's no going back.
0:05.0	Yes, thank you Isaac. I was just about to get on to that.
0:08.0	You see when...
0:09.0	When we are trained in new skills, we can provide for ourselves.
0:12.0	Can I carry on? We can grow our own
0:14.9	vegetables, send our children to school, build our own homes. Do you want to do the
0:19.6	whole ad? No you go. This Christmas put your your prayers into practice, so there's no going back to extreme poverty.
0:27.0	To donate, search for Tier Fund, no going back.
0:30.0	Well, good afternoon and welcome along to Unbelievable with me Justin Briley.
0:35.0	It's the time of the week when we aim to get you thinking and I've got a very special guest joining me on today's show.
0:41.0	Not the usual discussion type format between Christian and
0:44.6	non-Christian. We're going for a real in-depth interview today on the show and I'll
0:50.0	explain why because joining me on today's show is the keynote speaker for
0:54.4	Unbelievable the conference this year Alister McGrath and if you haven't
0:58.3	booked in yet and you live somewhere in the UK what are you waiting for?
1:03.2	All the details of course available at Premier.org.
1:06.1	UK slash Jesus.
1:08.5	You can find out more about the speakers, about Alistair what he's speaking on.
1:12.2	You can find out how to book your
1:14.1	tickets and so on and of course there's that special offer two or more tickets
1:18.1	booked and you'll get last year's conference on DVD for free so you can't say
1:22.4	fairer than that can you it is the
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Premier Unbelievable?, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Premier Unbelievable? and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.