Claim OwnershipJordan Institute: Gospel Principles and the Writtings of C.S. Lewis
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A favorite amoung latter-day saints, the writtings of C.S. Lewis provide powerful insight into the gospel of Jesus Christ, as revealed in these latter-days. In the spirit of "...if there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things," this podcast class seeks to bring added understanding of the gospel as provided by C.S. Lewis. We will begin with the Chronicles of Narnia, then move on to Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters and conclude with The Great Divorce.
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The Chronicles of Narnia present Aslan as a big scary lion, who is the kindest, most loving creature. Likewise, we love Christ and are afraid of Him at the same time.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ teaches that all get what they truly desire. C.S Lewis powerfully illustrated this in the Chronicles of Narnia.
In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Eustice illustrates our feeble attempt to let go of Telestial and Terrestrial things and our need for the Savior's help.
Truth often comes with a false imitation. We are warned not to fall for the imitation. The Queen of Underland, in The Silver Chair, is a powerful illustration of Satan's power to enchant us with an imitation.
C.S. Lewis caught the vision that Christ is willing to pay our debt to justice as long as we meet His terms. In Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis presents what he claims are Christ's terms. Let's compair them to when we know in the restored gospel.
If laying down our pride is one of Chirst's conditions, we must come to a better understanding of humility. Humility is NOT, as we often assume, the act of tearing yourself down.
Faith is the art of holding on to what our reason has accepted, inspite of our fears.
Any attempt to sincerely do all that Christ asks of us will make it powerfully obvious that we cannot do so without His divine help.
Giving ourselves to Christ is the only way we can be our true selves.
The law of undulation; the law of ups and downs. God takes advantages of the downs to further His purposes in each of our lives. He withholds His hand so that we can walk on our own. If we misunderstand His purposed, we can turn against Him in the dark.
In our journey through the telestial world, we must let go off the things we hold on to that keep us in misery.
One turns a virture into a vice and one turns a vice into a virture. We must all submit the natural man to Christ. What He offers instead is far superior.
Self-pity is an ugly thing to hold on to instead of joy. Those who embrace joy must not hold heaven captive to hell.
To finish off this podcast series, we look at C.S. Lewis's comments on prayer, repentance, and other things.
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