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The Charlie Kirk Show

The Immortal C.S. Lewis with Dr. Jerry Root

The Charlie Kirk Show

Charlie Kirk

Politics, Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.665.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Millions of people have been brought to the Christian faith by C.S. Lewis, author of the Chronicles of Narnia, Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, and much more. Lewis expert Dr. Jerry Root, Professor Emeritus from Wheaton College and author of multiple books about the noted Oxford & Cambridge scholar including “The Neglected C.S. Lewis”,  joins Charlie to take a detailed look at some of Lewis's most important works and explains why Lewis isn't just a giant of Christian apologetics, but one of the greatest thinkers in Western history.

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody, Dr. Jerry Root. We do a full hour on C.S. Lewis, very important, especially

0:04.4

this Holy Week. Listen to this episode, text it to your friends, and read C.S. Lewis, read C.S. Lewis. Read C.S. Lewis. It will bless you. Email me, freedom at Charliekirk.com. Buckle up, everybody. Here we go. Charlie, what you've done is incredible here. Maybe Charlie Kirk is on the college campus. I want you to know we are lucky to have Charlie Kirk.

0:24.2

Charlie Kirk's running the White House, folks.

0:27.3

I want to thank Charlie.

0:28.6

He's an incredible guy.

0:29.7

His spirit, his love of this country.

0:31.5

He's done an amazing job.

0:33.1

Building one of the most powerful youth organizations ever created, Turning Point USA.

0:37.7

We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives,

0:43.2

and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country.

0:46.7

That's why we are here.

0:49.4

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0:54.7

and Todd.com.

0:58.4

This hour is going to really be focused on things that are eternal in nature, and they're

1:05.0

much more important than politics. Politics is critical, obviously. We talk about it all

1:08.7

the time. But politics is only part of a broader

1:12.9

picture. We're going to talk about morality and religion and eternity. Joining us now is Dr. Jerry

1:19.1

Root. He's Professor Emeritus from Wheaton University. We could talk about that, but definitely

1:24.9

want to talk about more importantly, his book, The Neglected

1:28.7

C.S. Lewis, and Dr. Rute is with us now. Doctor, welcome to the program.

1:34.5

Thank you, Charlie. I'm grateful. Wonderful. So, Dr. Rute, I have personally been blessed by reading

1:43.4

and studying C.S. Lewis. I've only really touched on six or

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