C.S. Lewis on How Do Demons Deceive Us? Plus Q&A

I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST

Dr. Frank Turek

Religion & Spirituality, Education, Christianity

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Why is propaganda and empty rhetoric so appealing to some people? In this midweek episode, Frank explains how the first of 'The Screwtape Letters' by C.S. Lewis perfectly illustrates the way demons manipulate human beings, now and throughout history. He'll also explore the recent power struggles between the Trump Administration and the lower district court judge who blocked Trump's transgender military ban. Frank will answer questions like:* Why is using "jargon" instead of evidence-based arguments not good thinking?* What specific tactics does C.S. Lewis say demons use to tempt humans and where do we see evidence of this happening in our culture today?* Do all people have the right or privilege to serve in the military?* Was Trump's decision to say transgender people are not qualified to serve in the military unconstitutional?* Why is it so difficult to impeach judges, and do we really have only three branches of government?* What do a lot of people get wrong about Islam?Frank also tackles some listener questions about who will be resurrected (is it only Christians?) and whether an old-earth contradicts biblical genealogies. Plus, he’ll reveal details about his numerous speaking events coming up this spring—so listen closely to see if he's coming to a city near you!Resources mentioned during the episode:The ScrewTape Letters by C.S. Lewis - https://a.co/d/7F6GSTM (https://a.co/d/7F6GSTM)Federal Judge Appoints Himself President - https://bit.ly/4hLAjOI (https://bit.ly/4hLAjOI)Seven Days that Divide the World - https://a.co/d/0VxGRz6 (https://a.co/d/0VxGRz6)The Case for Old-Earth Creationism (Genealogy Info) - https://bit.ly/4l0QTgh (https://bit.ly/4l0QTgh)Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem - https://a.co/d/38DqgSZ (https://a.co/d/38DqgSZ)

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, are you being deceived? Do you know Satan's tactics? Well, one problem with
0:11.3	being deceived is you don't know you're being deceived because if you knew, you wouldn't be
0:14.7	deceived. We're going to talk about what I think is an extremely profound insight from C.S. Lewis on that. But before I get into
0:25.2	that, I want to mention we just got back last week from Wayne State University in Detroit.
0:33.0	And it was a very good session we had, so much so that Dr. Bruce Russell, who had been teaching philosophy at Wayne State University since 1978.
0:51.0	He's an atheist. He showed up and we had a dialogue during the Q&A. It happens about one hour and 54 minutes in. So it's during the Q&A, you know, after the presentation. So if you go to YouTube and you want to see that, I enjoyed interacting with Dr. Russell. And we actually spoke a little bit afterwards as well.
1:12.8	And I think you'll enjoy the exchange.
1:17.2	I'll leave it to you to see who was closer to the truth in our little exchange.
1:17.9	He's an atheist.
1:21.5	Of course, I'm giving the Christian viewpoint. And we talked a little bit about the grounding of morality and mathematics and logic and that kind of thing.
1:27.3	So I appreciate Dr. Russell for
1:29.6	showing up. We had a bunch of other questions as well. So check out the YouTube of Wayne State
1:35.3	University. Also very interesting that Dr. Geisler, my mentor, that's the school he went to to get
1:41.1	his bachelor's degree, Wayne State University. I think that was his bachelor's degree.
1:46.2	Anyway, it's right in the heart of Detroit, Michigan. And we had a nice turn out there, probably
1:50.8	about 300 showed up. And we also had, we peaked out at about 17,000 watching on our X account,
1:59.6	our Twitter account. So we're trying to get the word out when we're
2:05.1	doing these events so people can see the argument for Christianity and see all the Q&A that we do.
2:11.8	And thank you for those of you that support us because when we go to a college campus,
2:15.3	we don't charge students a dime and we stream
2:18.6	it all as well. So the donors to crossexamine.org are paying for that. No students pay for it.
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