Hello and welcome to the eagle and child, the hallowed pub of the Inklings.

This is a podcast where each week I share a beer with my friend Matt, and we discuss the

writings of the author known to the world as Clive Staples Lewis, C.S. Lewis, or Jack, as he was known to his friends.

Today is the inaugural episode, so it's going to be pretty short. This is all about introducing

you to the podcast and letting you know what to expect from here onwards. The goal of this podcast

is to get more people reading C. reading CS Lewis and to provide a virtual community

where people can read through his works together. And I'd like to begin by giving a little

explanation as to the genesis of this podcast. Because you see, here in San Diego, we have a

CS Lewis reading group, which is also called The Eagle and Child. And when we were

putting it together, I had friends from outside of San Diego message me saying that they wish they could be

part of our group. And this podcast is a way for them to do just that. Also, as I was preparing the

material for our meetings here in San Diego, I went looking for CS-Lewis podcasts, and I was preparing the material for our meetings here in San Diego, I went looking

for CS-Lewis podcasts, and I was rather surprised that I pretty much came up empty.

And since a CS-Lewis podcast didn't exist, I thought it would be worth creating.

And it's tempting to try and make the perfect podcast, but as long as it doesn't exist,

it's not helping anyone. One of my favorite quotations is from G.K. Chesterton. He said,

if something's worth doing, it's worth doing badly. Basically, it's better to have something

rather than nothing. So we're going to begin by going through one of Jack's most popular

apologetics works, mere Christianity.

Now, I said earlier I didn't find any CS Lewis podcasts.

That's actually not quite true. I did find one podcast where a group of Christians were working their way through the book,

but they gave up early into book two. And that was the last episode they ever posted. So we have

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