S1E7 – MC B1C5 – “We Have Cause to Be Uneasy”

Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast

David Bates, Matt Bush, and Andrew Lazo

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 638 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2017

⏱️ 20 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

We finally come to the last chapter of Book I of "Mere Christianity"! The chapter bears the ominous title "We have cause to be uneasy". Thus far, C.S. Lewis has demonstrated that there is a Moral Law which we did not create and that we violate this Law continually. Now Jack explains why this should give us cause for concern...

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The Eagle and Child, Episode 7.
0:03.6	Mere Christianity, Book 1, Chapter 5.
0:12.7	Hello, and welcome to the Eagle and Child, the hallowed pub of the Inklings.
0:17.9	This is a podcast where each week my friend Matt and I share a beer and we discuss
0:21.8	the writings of the author known to the world as Clive Staples Lewis, or C.S. Lewis, or just as
0:27.5	Jack to his friends. My name's David, and today we come to Chapter 5, which is the final chapter
0:33.9	in the first book of mere Christianity, and it's ominously titled, We Have Caused
0:39.6	to be Uneasy. And I'm joined once again by my fellow King of Narnia, Matt. I was wondering
0:46.6	how long it was going to take you to introduce me by my formal title. Well, Matt, once a King or
0:53.0	Queen of Narnia, always a king or queen of Narnia.
0:56.1	I know you should have noticed that four episodes ago.
0:58.9	It's funny, actually. My mother sent me a message the other day. She noted that a lot of people
1:02.8	on Facebook had given me an honorary knighthood. She said, but they're calling you Sir Bates.
1:07.5	Technically, they should be calling you Sir David.
1:10.5	I hope you don't expect me to call you Sir David Bates going forward.
1:15.3	I'll get over it.
1:16.6	All right, good. But based on the title of this chapter, I think this should be a pretty
1:21.0	fun conversation. And I don't know about the listeners, but I'm feeling a little
1:24.8	uneasy about it. As you all should be.
1:29.3	Spoken by Sir David Bates.
1:32.3	So this week we're still working through the remaining beers in my fridge, and just to mix
1:36.4	things up a little bit, this time I'm drinking the Blue Moon, and Matt is working on a
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from David Bates, Matt Bush, and Andrew Lazo, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of David Bates, Matt Bush, and Andrew Lazo and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.