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Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast

S1E5 – MC B1C3 – “The reality of the Law”

Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast

David Bates, Matt Bush, and Andrew Lazo

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8638 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Moving on to Chapter 3 of "Mere Christianity", Jack speaks further to "The reality of the Law". Do we imagine a Moral Law because it is convenient to us? Or does it arise due to its good for society? In today's episode, together with some help from C.S. Lewis, we tackle these and other questions...

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0:00.0

The Eagle and Child, Episode 5.

0:03.2

Mere Christianity. Book 1, Chapter 3.

0:11.5

Hello, and welcome to the Eagle and Child, the hallowed pub of the Inklings.

0:16.2

This is a podcast where each week, my friend Matt and I share a beer and discuss the writings of the author

0:21.2

known to the world as Clive Staples Lewis, or C.S. Lewis, or Jack to his friends. My name is David,

0:28.9

and today we come to Chapter 3 of mere Christianity, passing the halfway point in book one.

0:34.3

As always, I'm joined by my intrepid fellow C.S CS Lewis fan, Matt. David, it's good to be here.

0:40.1

And as you said, we're halfway through. And so we're getting into some pretty good stuff today.

0:44.5

Absolutely. And if you'd like to give us some feedback or you've got questions or comments,

0:48.3

please tweet us at Pints with Jack. So, as we're finishing up this six pack of Heineken,

0:54.0

cheers. Cheers!

0:55.0

And actually, if you have any suggestions as to what beer we should drink for the rest of Book 1, please let us know.

1:04.0

Or if you're feeling really generous, you could buy it for us.

1:07.0

That would be great. What kind of beers do you typically like?

1:10.0

Not a huge beer connoisseur, but I love Blue Moon. I would be great. What kind of beers do you typically like? Not a huge beer connoisseur,

1:12.3

but I love Blue Moon. I love Shocktop. I enjoy Stella, Heineken, Guinness. I was at the

1:18.4

Guinness factory when I was abroad at Oxford. I went there for a week. Yeah, I've visited Dublin as well.

1:23.1

So I fell in love with Guinness. But beyond that, I'm pretty far from anything else.

1:27.7

Yeah, well, I like all of those.

1:29.1

I would say generally, I don't like anything that's too hoppy.

1:32.6

We might go for one of those suggestions, or if people tweet us,

1:35.6

and especially if they mail us some beer, we'll drink something else.

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