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Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast

S1E6 – MC B1C4 – “What lies behind the Law”

Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast

David Bates, Matt Bush, and Andrew Lazo

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8638 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Our penultimate chapter of Book I of "Mere Christianity" is Chapter 4 and is entitled "What lies behind the Law". In this episode, Jack digs into the consequences of the Moral Law and, in particular, what we can know about the universe in which we live.

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0:00.0

The Eagle and Child, Episode 6.

0:03.1

Mere Christianity.

0:04.4

Book 1, Chapter 4.

0:11.2

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

0:16.1

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

0:21.5

known to the world as Clive Staples Lewis, or C.S. Lewis, or just as Jack to his friends.

0:28.2

My name is David, and today we come to chapter four of book one of mere Christianity,

0:33.7

and it's entitled, What Lies Behind the Law? The end of book one is now in sight. And as always,

0:40.9

I'm joined by my fellow honorary inkling, Matt. I don't know if I'd consider myself an honorary

0:46.5

inkling, but potentially a wannabe inkling. Going back to Virtue and Vice is probably a fine line

0:52.1

that I'll leave it up to the listeners to decide.

0:59.5

But it is a pleasure to be here, and I'm looking forward to working through chapter four.

1:03.9

In this chapter, Lewis will finally make the jump from the moral law to God.

1:07.1

This will be one you will want to listen to closely.

1:12.4

Yes, and if you disagree with anything that Lewis says or anything that we say,

1:18.5

as always please tweet us at Pints with Jack with your thoughts, feedback, criticism. It's all good.

1:25.1

Now we did talk about starting a different brand of beer today, but I've got some leftovers in the fridge. So I'm currently working on a hyken

1:27.6

and Matt is back on the blue moon.

1:30.7

So, cheers.

1:31.6

Cheers.

1:35.6

I have to say, I think we clink

1:37.1

exceptionally well.

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