Musings: Recent Episodes
Paul Lewis
I have been a Christian for 18 years and for the last 10 years I have been in dialogue with college students and high school students about the Gospel and I have written articles, sharing my thoughts on a sundry of topics with a diverse audience. These opportunities have served as a platform for sharing thoughtful perspectives on the Gospel from a Christian World view. With this podcast therefore, my aim is to continue the conversation as I share with you, my views on how being a Christian shapes all of life.
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This series of episodes (Part 1 of 3) is a response to the recent issue of the death of members of a Church in St. James. These members were killed through what seemed to be ritualistic killing, which has been very disturbing to the Jamaican public. It has also sparked numerous discussions and my hope is that these episodes will serve others to think critically.
Books used:
Foxes Book of Martyrs- John Foxe
The Bible- All passages were quoted from the English Standard Version
Students of the word- John Stott
Why Trust the Bible- Greg Gilbert
Questions have existed for as long as dialogue and enquiry existed. We ask questions out of a desire for answers, Socrates once said “as it is, the lover of inquiry must follow his beloved wherever it may lead him”. It is my hope to share with you a few thoughts on this topic that I do hope will serve you well.
Books mentioned are:
The Horse and His boy- C.S. Lewis
Till We Have Faces- C.S. Lewis
The Weight of Glory (essay)- C.S. Lewis
Confessions- Augustine
Why Trust the Bible-Greg Gilbert
Trial and death of Socrates- Plato
In this Podcast I’ll share a bit more about: who I am, a bit of what to expect and also what prompted this initiative.
Email address: themusingspodcast@gmail.com
In this episode, I will be exploring various views that seek to make sense of the world. Such views as: 1)Theism 2)Naturalism 3)Existentialism and 4)Postmodernism This Episode is part 1 of 2.
Books Used and recommended:
Art and the Bible- Francis Schaeffer
The Universe Next Door- James Sire
Escape From Reason- Francis Schaeffer
History of Christian Thought- Jonathon Hill
Lion Handbook of Christian Beliefs- General Editor Alister McGrath
We ask questions inherently for multiple reasons throughout life. In this episode the reasons for three main questions of 1) Who am I 2) Where did I come from and 3) Why am I here are asked as we aim to make sense of the world. We explore these questions, not to answer it right away but to affirm their place in the pursuit or discovery of Truth.
Please see the following books used:
- Mere Christianity- C.S. Lewis
- Your Mind Matters- John Stott
- Confessions- Augustine
- Why Should anyone believe anything at all- James Sire
As we explore the idea of worldviews, for this episode we will be exploring the factors that shape our beliefs. Last episode we explored the fact that we all believe in something or an idea and now we look on what influences and helps to shape these beliefs. Please submit any questions to themusingspodcast@gmail.com
Please see below the books referred to:
Why Should we believe anything at all?- James Sire
Art and the Bible- Francis Schaeffer
Orthodoxy- G.K. Chesterton
How to survive as a Student- Jonathan Lamb
As we start our series on worldviews, I thought it essential to start out by establishing some essentials before tackling the various view points and before even commending to you a Biblical worldview. This episode establishes where I think we all start. Below I have shared some books that I have found to be helpful for this episode particularly and also for the series:
Why Should anyone believe anything at all? James Sire
Your Mind matters- John Stott
Students of the Word- John Stott
This trailer is gives a taste in 51 seconds of what you can look forward to as an approach for this podcast.