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• Episode 119c - Recovering Aslan: Faith When the World Forgets

  Send us a textWhat if you returned to a place you loved and found its heart deleted? We step into Prince Caspian to explore how a culture forgets its stories, how power polices memory, and why the ache for wonder is really a longing for the true king. From the ruins of Cair Paravel to the whispers that awaken a young prince, we follow the thread of worship, memory, and courage—and ask what it means for our own disenchanted age.We dig into the Bible’s rhythm of nearness and neglect—Exodus fire, promised‑land faithfulness, and the long slide into exile—and map it onto the Telmarine strategy of erasing Aslan’s name. Along the way, we talk about the most dangerous counterfeit: a “flat” Christianity reduced to social optics that inoculates seekers against the real thing. The remedy is older and simpler than it sounds: Scripture as our counter‑memory, worship that expects presence, and communities that become living signs of another kingdom. Caspian’s conversion, shaped by forbidden stories and faithful mentors, offers a model for awakening; Lucy’s clear sight shows the cost and beauty of trusting when consensus prefers a safer path.When Aslan returns, everything changes scale—trees wake, rivers dance, and crowns are set under a higher authority. That vision reframes leadership, politics, and hope itself, echoing Romans 8’s promise that creation will be set free from decay. If you’re a doubter, a seeker, or someone who feels the silence of God, this conversation is a horn in the woods: remember what is true, walk the ancient paths, and let your life make the rumour credible. If this resonates, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs courage, and leave a review so more listeners can find their way back to the story. The theme music is "Wager with Angels" by Nathan Moore

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• Episode 119b - From Wardrobe to World: Lewis, Myth, and the Gospel Made Visible

  Send us a textA lamppost in snow. A wooden door that shouldn’t be a doorway. A world frozen under the words “always winter, never Christmas.” We step through the wardrobe to explore why The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe still feels like a living parable—one that sneaks past our watchful dragons and ignites a deeper hunger for grace.We start with the mythic power Lewis wields so well: ordinary objects as sacraments, a lamplight as a promise, and a season turned into theology. From wartime England to a house full of secrets, we trace Lucy’s wonder and Edmund’s weakness—how a sweet temptation exposes the moral fabric Lewis calls the deep magic. That fabric requires justice, not as punishment-for-punishment’s sake, but as reality snapping back into place. Then comes the turning point: Aslan’s quiet choice to take Edmund’s place. We sit with the stone table, the shaming, the silence, and the weight of substitution that even a child can feel without a footnote.But the table cracks at dawn. Love proves older than law as the deeper magic wakes, and death begins to work backwards. We talk about resurrection not as a legal line item but as laughter, movement, and breath—Aslan running, Lucy and Susan rejoicing, the Witch’s power unravelling. And the thaw doesn’t stop at one forgiven boy; it spills across the land. Rivers loosen, statues breathe, and creation joins the chorus—echoes of Isaiah’s singing hills and Romans 8’s groaning world finally set free. Along the way, we surface often-missed facets of the gospel that Lewis braids together: victory over the devil, the healing of shame, the renewal of all things, and the invitation to meet grace through ordinary doors.If Narnia first taught you to hope, or if you’re ready to see why this story still melts cynicism like frost in sunlight, press play. Subscribe, share this with a friend who loves Lewis, and leave a review to tell us the moment the deeper magic found you. The theme music is "Wager with Angels" by Nathan Moore

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• Episode 119a - Narnia at 75 - Myth as the isthmus back to reality

  Send us a textA wardrobe opened 75 years ago, and the way we see reality has never been quite the same. We’re pausing our current theology series to celebrate Narnia’s diamond milestone and to ask a bigger question: why does C. S. Lewis’s world still captivate believers, skeptics, and the just-plain-curious? We dig into Lewis’s own view of fairy stories and myth—not as childish diversions but as serious vehicles of truth that awaken sehnsucht, the deep longing for more than the surface of things.Together we follow the thread from myth to meaning: how Lewis saw myth as an isthmus connecting our narrowed, modern peninsula of thought to the continent of reality we truly belong to. We unpack his bold claim that Christianity is “the myth that became fact,” and how that conviction quietly powers the Chronicles—especially in the figure of Aslan, the lion who is not safe but good. Expect a frank look at moral clarity with human complexity, why redemption matters for characters like Edmund, and how the stories recover our sense of an enchanted world without asking us to park our minds at the door.We also map the seven-book arc as a pilgrimage: creation and fall, providence in absence, temptation and transformation, courage under pressure, and the hope of judgment and renewal. Whether you first met Narnia on the page, the radio, or the screen, consider this a fresh invitation to read the books as windows into reality, not escape from it—to let your imagination be baptised and your longing reawakened. If this conversation stirs something in you, follow the series, share it with a friend who loves Lewis, and leave a review so more readers can find the wardrobe door too. The theme music is "Wager with Angels" by Nathan Moore

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• Episode 119 - The Unchanging God: Philosophical Speculations vs Biblical Revelation

  Send us a textThe unchanging nature of God stands as one of Christianity's most fundamental doctrines, yet how we understand divine immutability profoundly shapes our entire theological framework. This episode delves into the fascinating tension between philosophical conceptions of God's timelessness and the Bible's rich portrayal of divine relationship.We begin by examining what Scripture actually means when it declares "the Lord does not change." Rather than abstract metaphysics, biblical immutability primarily concerns God's faithfulness, dependability, and consistent character. However, philosophical traditions—beginning with Neoplatonism and continuing through Christian history—have developed a far more radical concept: that God exists in a single "eternal moment" with absolutely no sequence of events, no before or after, no conversation or interaction even within the Trinity itself.This provocative concept suggests everything God has done or will do occurs simultaneously in one eternal act. There is no potential, only pure actuality. God doesn't think one thought after another or engage in sequential activities—everything is maximally realized in this timeless moment. While intellectually sophisticated, this view creates significant tensions with Scripture's portrayal of God.The Bible consistently depicts the Father, Son, and Spirit engaging in genuine conversation and relationship. In passages like Psalm 2, Hebrews 1-2, and Psalm 110, we witness the Father speaking to the Son about future events, the Son responding to the Father, and clear evidence of sequential divine dialogue. These biblical passages suggest real communication between Trinity members—not merely anthropomorphic language, but genuine relational dynamics within God's nature.This exploration challenges us to reconsider whether philosophical abstractions, however intellectually compelling, should supersede the Bible's clear revelation of a God who remembers the past, acts in the present, and anticipates the future. Can the Trinity transcend time's limitations while still experiencing genuine relationship and sequence? Join us as we navigate this profound theological terrain where Scripture and philosophy collide. The theme music is "Wager with Angels" by Nathan Moore

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• Episode 118 - Beyond the Space-Time Continuum: Rethinking Divine Immutability

  Send us a textDivine immutability stands as one of theology's most captivating mysteries. What exactly do we mean when we say "God cannot change"? This question takes us on a fascinating journey through biblical revelation, philosophical speculation, and even modern physics.The living God experiences time in ways utterly foreign to our own experience. For us, time brings aging, decay, forgetting – but the Father, Son and Spirit know no such limitations. Yet philosophers and theologians throughout history have proposed various models for understanding this divine relationship to chronology. Some suggest God exists in an "eternal moment" from which He can observe our timeline from beginning to end, like viewing a line that stretches from creation to consummation. This "timeless now" allows God to access any moment in cosmic history while maintaining His own separate existence outside our universe's constraints.Modern conversations have grown more complex with Einstein's relativity theory linking time intrinsically to physical space. If time is fundamentally a property of material existence, and God transcends the material universe, some argue God must be completely "timeless" – experiencing no sequential events whatsoever. This radical position suggests the Trinity has no "before" or "after" within divine life, a concept that challenges our understanding of the dynamic relationships between Father, Son and Spirit described in scripture.Scripture points to different "heavens" – from our atmosphere to outer space to a "third heaven" with different physical laws – yet affirms that even this cannot contain God. The Trinity has existed eternally, before any creation, with relationships that transcend all created reality. But does this transcendence mean a complete absence of sequence? As we explore these profound questions, we balance intellectual curiosity with faithful reasoning, recognizing both the mystery of divine transcendence and the living, active God revealed in scripture. How do you understand God's relationship to time? The theme music is "Wager with Angels" by Nathan Moore

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