1. Unsung Inklings: Owen Barfield

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    09/07/23
    18 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    Thanks to Barfield’s opposition, several important things happened to C.S. Lewis.
    Unsung Inklings: Owen Barfield

  2. Beren and Luthien

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    09/05/23
    7 mins
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    By Pete Lange
    Written in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of J.R.R. Tolkien's death.
    Beren and Luthien

  3. The Inner Ring

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    08/30/23
    14 mins
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    By Kevin Hale
    The issue is not the existence of so-called inner rings, but our desire and willingness to spend our lives in order to gain from an inner ring what is freely promised in Christ: hope, security, and identity.
    The Inner Ring

  4. What C.S. Lewis Thought About Aliens

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    08/10/23
    16 mins
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    By Grant Klembara
    Lewis takes us to the planets to satisfy our cravings for spiritual adventure, which, as he says, “sends our imaginations off the Earth,” in the first place.
    What C.S. Lewis Thought About Aliens

  5. Resurrection Life for Resurrection People Part 3: New Possibilities of Epistemology and Ontology

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    07/24/23
    24 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    Only the resurrection of Jesus guarantees and facilitates divine presence and love to us as divine life for us.
    Resurrection Life for Resurrection People Part 3: New Possibilities of Epistemology and Ontology

  6. Pentecost with C.S. Lewis

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    05/26/23
    19 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    The Holy Spirit isn’t so much the one you look at, as he is the one who turns you from looking at yourself and your sin to your Savior, Jesus.
    Pentecost with C.S. Lewis

  7. Confessions of a Tim Keller Name-Dropper

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    05/23/23
    13 mins
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    By Erick Sorensen
    Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
    Confessions of a Tim Keller Name-Dropper

  8. A First Far-Off Gleam of the Gospel: The Christian Beginnings of Tolkien’s Fiction in The Book of Lost Tales

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    05/03/23
    17 mins
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    By Joshua Miller
    In the sacrament, we receive an earnest of that future promise here and now in the body and blood of Jesus given and shed for us.
    A First Far-Off Gleam of the Gospel: The Christian Beginnings of Tolkien’s Fiction in The Book of Lost Tales

  9. Easter with the Inklings

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    04/17/23
    19 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    The story of salvation is the true story of God doing his unexpected work of salvation for us.
    Easter with the Inklings

  10. Holy Week with C.S. Lewis

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    04/03/23
    17 mins
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    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
    Holy Week with C.S. Lewis

  11. Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 2

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    03/17/23
    11 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    What we discover in O’Connor’s stories and Martin Luther’s theology is that God’s grace is elusive because the human heart is resistant to it.
    Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 2

  12. Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 1

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    03/03/23
    10 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.
    Reading Flannery O’Connor & Reflecting on Lent, Part 1
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