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Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast

S2E9 – TGD 6 – “The Apple Thief”

Pints with Jack: The C.S. Lewis Podcast

David Bates, Matt Bush, and Andrew Lazo

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8638 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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We're back discussing The Great Divorce this week. In today's chapter "The Intelligent Ghost" attempts to take some apples back to the grey town... Click on the episode title for Show Notes!

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0:00.0

Pints with Jack, season two, episode eight.

0:03.6

The Great Divorce, Chapter 6, The Apple Thief.

0:12.8

Friends, welcome to the Pints with Jack weekly podcast, where David and I have the distinct privilege of enjoying a drink together,

0:27.9

unpacking the writings of C.S. Lewis and discovering the truth and beauty of Christianity with you guys.

0:34.7

We are currently in season two in unlocking the treasures hidden within our favorite C.S. Lewis work,

0:35.9

The Great Divorce.

0:39.5

My name is Matt, and I'm joined by my friend David,

0:45.6

who I would wager, wouldn't be able to lift even the smallest heavenly apple from the Great Divorce. You're going to mean so much trouble with my mother. You're mean. Hey, you know what? I have

0:52.9

been incredibly kind these last few weeks, because I know your mother's listening.

0:57.4

And now you've just gone and ruined it all.

0:59.5

Oh my goodness.

1:01.2

Is it going to be one of those like confirmation bias where I've been great for the last month,

1:05.3

but she's going to focus on just this one time because I was mean again?

1:08.5

Absolutely.

1:09.9

You're off the Christmas card list.

1:13.2

Well, I'm excited for the quote this week.

1:15.5

What do we got?

1:16.4

Well, the quote this week is a description of the central event of this chapter.

1:21.2

Lewis described the action of Aiki, the bowler hat to ghost.

1:25.3

I could see him feverishly trying to fill his pockets with apples.

1:28.8

Of course it was useless.

1:30.4

One could see how his ambitions were gradually forced down.

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