S1E10 – MC B2C2 – “The Shocking Alternative”

Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast

David Bates, Matt Bush, and Andrew Lazo

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 638 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2017

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Does the presence of evil in the world mean that God wills it? This and several other very important questions will be tackled by C.S. Lewis in today's episode. Jack looks at humanity's attempt to be happy with "something other than God", as well as God's initiatives to call mankind back to Himself.

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0:00.0	The Eagle and Child, episode 10.
0:02.9	Mere Christianity.
0:04.4	Book 2, Chapter 3.
0:06.7	The shocking alternative.
0:14.4	Hello, and welcome to the Eagle and Child, the hallowed pub of the Inklings.
0:19.1	This is a podcast where each week my friend Matt and I share a beer
0:22.3	and discuss the writings of the author known to the world as Clive Staples Lewis, or C.S. Lewis,
0:28.4	or just as Jack to his friends. My name is David, and today I'm excited because Jack finally talks
0:34.8	about Jesus. And as always, I'm joined by someone who is a fan of both CS Lewis and Jesus.
0:41.1	Matt.
0:41.9	And hopefully not in that order.
0:44.5	But I do worry sometimes based on which one I spend more time with.
0:48.4	I think you're okay.
0:49.7	Jack always points you to Jesus.
0:52.0	I like that.
0:52.7	I'll take that.
0:54.0	I'm also excited because today we're
0:56.6	going to get into this discussion of free will and evil. And just to tease the listener, we'll be
1:02.7	going through some questions like, was evil the will of God? Why make creatures of such rotten
1:08.9	stuff if we can do evil?
1:12.2	How did Satan go wrong?
1:14.4	How did God combat this?
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