32:40 Book 1 Chapter 3 40:23 Book 1 Chapter 4 50:00 Book 1 Chapter 5 58:19 book2 58:23 Book 2 Chapter 1 1:04:58 Book2 Chapter 2 1:15:47 Book2 Chapter 3 1:25:29 Book2 Chapter 4 1:36:12 Book2 Chapter 5 1:45:48 Book 3 1:35:53 Book 3 chapter 1 1:56:22 Book 3 chapter 2 2:03:32 Book 3 chapter 3 2:13:09 Book 3 Chapter 4 2:22:53 Book 3 Chapter 5 2:37:58 Book 3 Chapter 6 2:55:06 Book 3 Chapter 7 3:04:53 Book 3 Chapter 8 3:17:20 skipped to Chapter 9 3:23:02 Book 3 Chapter 10 3:29:23 Book 3 chapter 11 3:38:27 Book 3 Chapter 12 3:48:19 Book 4 3:48:26 Book 4 chapter 1 (the ordinary reader -skipped to next page 154 line 7) 3:58:12 Book 4 chapter 2 4:07:39 Book 4 chapter 3 4:15:22 Book 4 Chapter 4 4:24:21 Book 4 Chapter 5 4:31:14 Book 4 Chapter 6 4:33:37 skipped chapter 7 and go to chapter 8 (from p.184 to p.197) 4:34:57 skipped to the last sentence of p.198) 4:37:56 Book 4 chapter 9 4:45:32 Book 4 chapter 10 5:02:10 Book 4 chapter 11
Book 1 chapter 1 15:08 Book 1 chapter 2 22:48 Book 1 chapter 3 32:39 Book 1 chapter 4 40:23 Book 1 chapter 5 50:00 Book 2 chapter 1 58:18 Book 2 chapter 2 1:04:58 Book 2 chapter 3 1:15:47 Book 2 chapter 4 1:25:29 Book 2 chapter 5 1:36:12 Book 3 chapter 1 1:45:48 Book 3 chapter 2 1:56:22 Book 3 chapter 3 2:03:31 Book 3 chapter 4 2:13:09 Book 3 chapter 5 2:22:53 Book 3 chapter 6 2:37:57 Book 3 chapter 7 2:55:06 Book 3 chapter 8 3:04:53 Book 3 chapter 9 3:17:20 Book 3 chapter 10 on Hope 3:23:02 Book 3 chapter 11 on Faith 3:29:23 Book 3 chapter 12 Faith 3:38:27 Book 4 4:01:53 4:47:51 5:02:00 5:11:15
“God made us, He invented us, like a man invented an engine. A car is made to run on gasoline, and it would not run on anything else. Now God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed to feed on. There is no other.” -C.S. Lewis Powerful.
*And yet Billions of People operate and function every single day of their lives not knowing anything of the "Christian God", nor caring or seeing any debit in their lives because of that...How do YOU explain that?*
@@Fireworxs2012the affect of God is in every man's conscience. The instruction: "Do to others as you want them to do to you" Is imprinted by God's spirit in our inward being before birth. To keep doing what is right, we are designed to run on God's spirit. Yes, God is the God of the Christians. But how can ignorance of Christian doctrine nullify the central truth that we need God's spirit in us?
Book 1 Chapter 1 The Law of Human Nature 15:13 Book 1 Chapter 2 Some Objections 22:48 Book 1 Chapter 3 The Reality of the Law 32:40 Book 1 Chapter 4 What Lies Behind the Law 50:00 Book 2 Chapter 1 The Rival Conceptions of God 58:23 Book 2 Chapter 2 The Invasion 1:04:58 Book 2 Chapter 3 The Shocking Alternative 1:15:47 Book 2 Chapter 4 The Perfect Penitent 1:25:29 Book 2 Chapter 5 Practical Conclusions 1:36:12 Book 3 Chapter 1 The Three Parts of Morality 1:45:48 Book 3 Chapter 2 The "Cardinal Virtues" 1:56:22 Book 3 Chapter 3 Social Morality 2:03:32 Book 3 Chapter 4 Morality and Psychoanalysis 2:13:09 Book 3 Chapter 5 Sexual Morality 2:22:53 Book 3 Chapter 6 Christian Marriage 2:37:58 Book 3 Chapter 7 Forgiveness 2:55:06 Book 3 Chapter 8 The Great Sin 3:04:53 Book 3 Chapter 9 Charity 3:17:20 Book 3 Chapter 10 Hope 3:23:02 Book 3 Chapter 11 Faith (Part 1) 3:29:23 Book 3 Chapter 12 Faith (Part 2) 3:38:27 Book 4 Chapter 1 Making and Begetting 3:48:26 Book 4 Chapter 2 The Three-Personal God 3:58:12 Book 4 Chapter 3 Time and Beyond Time 4:07:39 Book 4 Chapter 4 Good Infection 4:15:22 Book 4 Chapter 5 The Obstinate Toy Soldiers 4:24:21 Book 4 Chapter 6 Two Notes 4:31:14 Book 4 Chapter 7 Let's Pretend 4:33:37 (skipped to Chapter 8) Book 4 Chapter 8 Is Christianity Hard or Easy? 4:34:57 Book 4 Chapter 9 Counting the Cost 4:37:56 Book 4 Chapter 10 Nice People or New Men 4:45:32 Book 4 Chapter 11 The New Men 5:02:10
If this had been in every classroom in the world 30 years ago, the world would be in much better shape today. It's sad to say goodbye to America. Unfortunately it's to far gone to save at this point. I pray the Lord returns soon.
The Lord gave this man a gift to teach. There are very few people who are able to edify God's Word in this way. He is kind to say, he's merely a layman minister. He took Jesus's commission with all sincerity. His spiritual gift to teach is annointed by God verily, verily. Jesus thank you for using C.S. Lewis as such a vessel.
God is always with me. This is a timely message. I was telling my spouse earlier today how tired I am from everything happening in my life. Then this video popped up in my feed. Pray for my youngest child. 😞 Thank you to all who pray.
I'm also doing this, there is something that pulls me so strongly to the words in this book. I'm glad I'm not alone! Question, are you christian? I've been an atheist all my life, but this book is moving me to God.
@@GroundBeef1 You may not have been asking me, but I feel like I have something to share here. I was a staunch atheist for the first 40 years of my life. I required proof, and was a fervent skeptic. I now have faith beyond any reasonable doubt in my mind. Everything changed for me overnight by accepting Christ. It has been incredibly profound.
Jesus Christ is alive and well in our physical world and therefore is always available to us as you say in a FRESH divine point of view. Fight the Good fight. 😊
Nonsense done with a nice voice. It is by faith in God we trade, a cow for magic beans, thereby climbing a stalk to heaven. One must be insanely arrogant to suggest knowing something of a God. it is by boldness, Moses became the world's worst navigator, by having one foot in some fantasyland. There is a fine line between fishing & standing on the shore, looking like an idiot. Fail to get the Jews to buy it for 2000 years & they should know who their Messiah is. Jesus is a fake, to immortalize the war against the Jews. Jesus Christ is crucified for all time in literature & the subjects of Rome are illiterate. Freud wrote, "The antidote to Christianity is literacy" & the joke is in the scriptures. "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:" Galatians 3:13 An improvement on your God & faith; would outlaw indoctrination & abuse of the vocabulary of fiction on children.
This is one of those books that you need to listen to every few years to remember the infallible argument for Mere Christianity. God bless C.S.Lewis. ❤
I’m 39, father of 2 and after a very beautiful 10 years 27-37, I have found myself in a tough spot. I didn’t think it was possible. I’d never given any sincere thought or respect towards religion or what is moral other then cuz I said so….. Struggle def made me look for help and though I’m not sure where I’m going this feels right.
I’m currently discovering the same. I’m 35 and never felt needed god. But I need a guiding voice. recent political deciding policies and the entropy of the morals of many people around me has been getting worse. Good bless
I’ll be praying for both of you. “You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart” Jeremiah 23:19 “For God so loved the world that he sent his one and only son so that whomever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life” John 3:16 Read through the Gospel of John. Repent and place your faith in Jesus Christ to be saved! Find a good Bible based church and pursue . Keeping anyone looking for the Lord in my prayers
I appreciate everyone’s support. I hadn’t noticed till know. Im learning and getting support from some unexpected places. My neighbour for the last 9 years is Christian and while we have always had a great relationship, they were religious and I wasn’t. Being ignorant in this area I decided to reach out and they’re committed to helping me learn. I have had so many unexpected positive conversations about my confused new outlook. It is remarkable how many people are also feeling this.
Listening to “Mere Christianity” by CS Lewis again. The genius of this book lies in its simplicity. It’s magnificently thoughtful and nuanced, yet simple.
The purpose of creation was for God to enjoy the particular pleasure of ever-increasing love. Within the trinity, the love is perfect, and therefore never increasing. God is love, and God therefore needs nothing more. He did not create us out of any sense of need, or He would not be God. He created us out of desire. For his good PLEASURE we are, and were created. The more we know Him, the more we love Him, and we will spend eternity getting to know Him more, and there will always be more to get to know. Hence, ever increasing love. But, He loves us with perfect love, so we get to taste that, too.
Author: 🖋 C.S. Lewis Format: 📻 Originally a series of radio broadcasts during World War II Sections: 📚 Divided into four parts: •"Right and Wrong as a Clue to the Meaning of the Universe" •"What Christians Believe" •"Christian Behavior" •"Beyond Personality: Or First Steps in the Doctrine of the Trinity" Main Themes: •Argues for the existence of a moral law as evidence for God's existence •Explores core beliefs of Christianity such as the existence of God, the divinity of Jesus Christ, and the importance of faith •Emphasizes "mere Christianity," common beliefs shared by different Christian denominations •Discusses Christian ethics and virtues like charity, chastity, and forgiveness •Addresses free will, the problem of evil, and the concept of redemption Audience: 🎯 Intended for both believers and skeptics, aiming to provide a rational basis for Christianity Legacy: 🌟 Widely regarded as a classic of Christian apologetics, influencing generations of readers with its logical arguments and insights into faith.
Talking with the average college student today, compared to when men like Lewis taught, proves we've really dumbed ourselves way down. Way down... This is a deep, brilliant, collection of universal human thought and God.
"Mere Christianity" is a book by C.S. Lewis that explores Christian doctrine and ethics. It's a classic work that has been influential for many readers, both Christians and non-Christians alike. Lewis presents his arguments for the existence of God, the nature of morality, and the essence of Christian faith in a clear and accessible manner. The book has been praised for its logical reasoning and thought-provoking insights, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the fundamentals of Christianity.
Allow Mere Christianity to encourage and go deeper with your Christian walk. Also i hope it will allow fence sitters to go and share the Gospel with those who haven't heard it.
I truly hope those who complain about this reading, realize they are missing the point of the book. Listen again and work hard to take your wants out, and ask God to help you grow in your walk with Jesus. I am on my third time through this reading and know that the points I disliked, have brought new intuition into my own walk with our Lord.🙏❤🙏
Get stuck in Christian, this will help you understand a few things. The Bible is primary, but this has been excellent tool to help others understand Christianity. God used Lewis brilliantly Welcome to the kingdom of God ✝️
Here, a great man speaks wise words. In 2024, there is not one leader who speaks wise words, yet there are many fools certain they will change the world. 🙄😇
Starting at 14:25 is why many people move through multiple denominations and sects. They want an experience that makes them feel elevated from mundane life they currently have.
Interesting listening in 2024 to him saying near the end of Chapter 4 (around 47 mins or so) "we can hardly imagine matter giving instructions". In the age of AI we have observed it. Not that it is aware.
Actually, psychoanalysis is diametrically opposed to Christianity. It replaces the salvation of sinful souls with the cure of sick minds. We are not sick men in need of a cure. We are dead men in need of life.
“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.” Who can know they need a doctor unless the examine themselves and admit they need the cure. And also in accepting the cure, partaking in that cure.
God nor Christ would not want people with poor mental health to be deprived of medical treatment for their mental health anymore than medical treatment for any other illness.
@@wesbleess1586 What you are labeling mental health has nothing whatsoever to do with the medical field. What you, and your generation, call mental health, those of us who know the Truth call a sinful soul. The real Christ (not the fake christ of the soft cushy american cross) offers the cure for a sinful soul (what you falsely call poor mental health). Changing the salvation of sinful souls into the cure of sick minds is american idolatry. You would do well to repent, and stop preaching a false gospel.
The Psychological data used today in the US was gathered from the nazi regime during wwII. They did the work and the us adopted the information. Psychologists think Christian’s are stupid when we drop the truth about the Bible and scriptures are disregarded as if man are small god
@wesbleess1586 Both God and Christ want that treatment to be appropriate and helpful. If you know anything about the history of mental health treatment given to those in the most dire need you will know that it’s often not appropriate or helpful. I’ve advocated for men who are held in metal health wards and facilities, the “care” they are given is often neglect and abuse. Many (I’d dare say most) doctors have no faith, they cannot heal these people so they drug them enough to mask their symptoms or in to a stupor and lead them to live in the flesh while training them to get along in the world. Believers are supposed to be set apart from the world and worldly doctors can never teach a believer how to cope with the world hating them.
this hits different now after hearing hitlers speeches in english or with subtitles. CS Lewis was talking about other Christians like they were children of the devil. instead of the actual children of the devil. weird.
What does the part at the end mean where he mentions that we can only have a self when we give our self to Christ and that this is why Saints are all different? Would they not be the same if all are Christ or is it Christ acting through us, as he wants us to be? He also talks about how humans are unique but essential to the whole like the parts of a tree but about humans are unique considering God dwells in all of us? Thank you :)
He talks about that in The Screwtape Letters. He says it is one of the greatest paradoxes. God wants you to be like him, because he values your individuality. The only way you can truly ever be yourself is to give it to God.
“This book is dedicated to all the useful idiots out there who made our victory possible. Especially those of you who weren’t even aware of the fact we were using you all along, for you proved to be the most useful idiots of them all. -Lord Nefarious”
I tried to listen to this on Audiobooks and Geoffrey’s voice left me cold ? But it sounds so much different on here , so I’m thinking maybe this isn’t the sterile, cleaned up recorded version and you can hear so much more passion in the voice? 🙏🏼🕊️🤍✝️
😮 I hear "the teaching of man in schools is man opposed to God's Holy Book. (about the planets-that is NO WHERE in that Book- read the creation model in Genesis 1). Also from this clip just after 1:19.19 (Genesis 6:9 says the "sons of God or angels took for themselves the daughter's of men"- it had everything to do with sex and the gene pool*) *extremely important to understand this, for of the last days, Jesus said, "as was in the days of Noah so will the last days to be"! Read what it says for yourself, not what you was taught in school and/or church Acts 17:11 ❤
@@CleopatrasNemesis The only truth can come from the ultimate truth. Jesus said, I am the truth, the way, and the life. The Quran is a mimic and a lie all wrapped up in a cultic vision.
Mere Christianity is undoubtedly a masterpiece, but some of C.S. Lewis’ arguments can feel outdated or overly simplistic in today’s world. For instance, his views on morality and gender roles reflect the time he lived in and might not resonate with modern readers who face more complex societal issues. Are we holding on too tightly to his ideas without critically examining how they apply to today’s challenges? Maybe we should focus more on how the core truths of his work can be reinterpreted for a contemporary audience.
You raise a fair point-C.S. Lewis wrote in a specific cultural and historical context, and some of his perspectives may feel less relevant to modern issues. However, the strength of Mere Christianity lies in its exploration of universal truths about faith, morality, and human nature. While some specifics might benefit from reevaluation, the foundational principles Lewis outlines remain deeply insightful. Engaging with his work critically and applying its truths thoughtfully can help bridge the gap between his time and ours, allowing his message to inspire new generations.
He doesn't quote scripture much in the beginning directly but many of the ideas are very biblical. The beginning is just arguing for existence of God (not a specifically Christian one). He later talks about Christian morality, and the last section of the book goes over the Christian conception of God.
Never read this. 57 YO recovering alcoholic. 95 days sober 😮God brought me to AA and I’m realizing, AA is bring me to God. ❤
Keep going.All roads of ultimate eternal truth will run you right into Jesus Christ.You'll love Him once you accept Him....🤠
Romans 10:9
Amen sister
Keep trudging the road. God has carried me through it all. I'm approaching 2 years, check out Russell S he is a fantastic speaker
You got this!!!! One day at a time!
32:40 Book 1 Chapter 3 40:23 Book 1 Chapter 4 50:00 Book 1 Chapter 5 58:19 book2 58:23 Book 2 Chapter 1 1:04:58 Book2 Chapter 2 1:15:47 Book2 Chapter 3 1:25:29 Book2 Chapter 4 1:36:12 Book2 Chapter 5 1:45:48 Book 3 1:35:53 Book 3 chapter 1 1:56:22 Book 3 chapter 2 2:03:32 Book 3 chapter 3 2:13:09 Book 3 Chapter 4 2:22:53 Book 3 Chapter 5 2:37:58 Book 3 Chapter 6 2:55:06 Book 3 Chapter 7 3:04:53 Book 3 Chapter 8 3:17:20 skipped to Chapter 9 3:23:02 Book 3 Chapter 10 3:29:23 Book 3 chapter 11 3:38:27 Book 3 Chapter 12 3:48:19 Book 4 3:48:26 Book 4 chapter 1 (the ordinary reader -skipped to next page 154 line 7) 3:58:12 Book 4 chapter 2 4:07:39 Book 4 chapter 3 4:15:22 Book 4 Chapter 4 4:24:21 Book 4 Chapter 5 4:31:14 Book 4 Chapter 6 4:33:37 skipped chapter 7 and go to chapter 8 (from p.184 to p.197) 4:34:57 skipped to the last sentence of p.198) 4:37:56 Book 4 chapter 9 4:45:32 Book 4 chapter 10 5:02:10 Book 4 chapter 11
Thank you
Thank you
You’re a life saver thank you
Book 1 chapter 1
15:08
Book 1 chapter 2
22:48
Book 1 chapter 3
32:39
Book 1 chapter 4
40:23
Book 1 chapter 5
50:00
Book 2 chapter 1
58:18
Book 2 chapter 2
1:04:58
Book 2 chapter 3
1:15:47
Book 2 chapter 4
1:25:29
Book 2 chapter 5
1:36:12
Book 3 chapter 1
1:45:48
Book 3 chapter 2
1:56:22
Book 3 chapter 3
2:03:31
Book 3 chapter 4
2:13:09
Book 3 chapter 5
2:22:53
Book 3 chapter 6
2:37:57
Book 3 chapter 7
2:55:06
Book 3 chapter 8
3:04:53
Book 3 chapter 9
3:17:20
Book 3 chapter 10 on Hope
3:23:02
Book 3 chapter 11 on Faith
3:29:23
Book 3 chapter 12 Faith
3:38:27
Book 4
4:01:53
4:47:51
5:02:00
5:11:15
life saver ❤❤❤
“God made us, He invented us, like a man invented an engine. A car is made to run on gasoline, and it would not run on anything else. Now God designed the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed to feed on. There is no other.” -C.S. Lewis
Powerful.
*And yet Billions of People operate and function every single day of their lives not knowing anything of the "Christian God", nor caring or seeing any debit in their lives because of that...How do YOU explain that?*
@@Fireworxs2012the affect of God is in every man's conscience. The instruction: "Do to others as you want them to do to you" Is imprinted by God's spirit in our inward being before birth. To keep doing what is right, we are designed to run on God's spirit.
Yes, God is the God of the Christians. But how can ignorance of Christian doctrine nullify the central truth that we need God's spirit in us?
Nonsense. It is merely a claim with no evidence.
@@coolhappybluewell first you would need to demonstrate God’s existence.
@@coolhappyblue *If you don't already know the answer to that question, then you, are indeed more lost than any Atheist I've ever known*
Book 1 Chapter 1 The Law of Human Nature 15:13
Book 1 Chapter 2 Some Objections 22:48
Book 1 Chapter 3 The Reality of the Law 32:40
Book 1 Chapter 4 What Lies Behind the Law 50:00
Book 2 Chapter 1 The Rival Conceptions of God 58:23
Book 2 Chapter 2 The Invasion 1:04:58
Book 2 Chapter 3 The Shocking Alternative 1:15:47
Book 2 Chapter 4 The Perfect Penitent 1:25:29
Book 2 Chapter 5 Practical Conclusions 1:36:12
Book 3 Chapter 1 The Three Parts of Morality 1:45:48
Book 3 Chapter 2 The "Cardinal Virtues" 1:56:22
Book 3 Chapter 3 Social Morality 2:03:32
Book 3 Chapter 4 Morality and Psychoanalysis 2:13:09
Book 3 Chapter 5 Sexual Morality 2:22:53
Book 3 Chapter 6 Christian Marriage 2:37:58
Book 3 Chapter 7 Forgiveness 2:55:06
Book 3 Chapter 8 The Great Sin 3:04:53
Book 3 Chapter 9 Charity 3:17:20
Book 3 Chapter 10 Hope 3:23:02
Book 3 Chapter 11 Faith (Part 1) 3:29:23
Book 3 Chapter 12 Faith (Part 2) 3:38:27
Book 4 Chapter 1 Making and Begetting 3:48:26
Book 4 Chapter 2 The Three-Personal God 3:58:12
Book 4 Chapter 3 Time and Beyond Time 4:07:39
Book 4 Chapter 4 Good Infection 4:15:22
Book 4 Chapter 5 The Obstinate Toy Soldiers 4:24:21
Book 4 Chapter 6 Two Notes 4:31:14
Book 4 Chapter 7 Let's Pretend 4:33:37 (skipped to Chapter 8)
Book 4 Chapter 8 Is Christianity Hard or Easy? 4:34:57
Book 4 Chapter 9 Counting the Cost 4:37:56
Book 4 Chapter 10 Nice People or New Men 4:45:32
Book 4 Chapter 11 The New Men 5:02:10
These five hours should be compulsory listening for all. Amen.
If this had been in every classroom in the world 30 years ago, the world would be in much better shape today. It's sad to say goodbye to America. Unfortunately it's to far gone to save at this point. I pray the Lord returns soon.
Hope and stay positive 🙏
Compulsory? No thanks.
Emerging knowledge is really going to change the way men think in relation to God.
@@Mike-s1x2x what’s this “emerging knowledge”?
The Lord gave this man a gift to teach. There are very few people who are able to edify God's Word in this way. He is kind to say, he's merely a layman minister. He took Jesus's commission with all sincerity. His spiritual gift to teach is annointed by God verily, verily. Jesus thank you for using C.S. Lewis as such a vessel.
God is always with me.
This is a timely message. I was telling my spouse earlier today how tired I am from everything happening in my life. Then this video popped up in my feed.
Pray for my youngest child. 😞 Thank you to all who pray.
Listen to this every night at bed.
Made it through about 20 times so far.
15-20 mins every night before oblivion comes.
Love this amazing book
That's a great idea. I'm going to give it a try. Thank you. The narrator's pleasant voice would definitely lend itself to drifting away nicely.
I'm also doing this, there is something that pulls me so strongly to the words in this book. I'm glad I'm not alone! Question, are you christian? I've been an atheist all my life, but this book is moving me to God.
@@GroundBeef1 You may not have been asking me, but I feel like I have something to share here. I was a staunch atheist for the first 40 years of my life. I required proof, and was a fervent skeptic. I now have faith beyond any reasonable doubt in my mind. Everything changed for me overnight by accepting Christ. It has been incredibly profound.
Same!!
Night time is great.
Starting afresh in 2024
How is the fresh start going?
Good luck and go with God
Needed a re-charge myself. Reading this, the New testement and scheduling daily prayer. Stay strong in the Lord sister
Jesus Christ is alive and well in our physical world and therefore is always available to us as you say in a FRESH divine point of view. Fight the Good fight. 😊
Amen
This is my favorite among all of the recordings of C.S. Lewis. This voice suits it perfectly.
Thank you.
Ita a great voice for it. Its the same voice actor that did a bunch if voices from the Game elder scrolls oblivion so its really familiar to me.
Nonsense done with a nice voice.
It is by faith in God we trade,
a cow for magic beans,
thereby climbing a stalk to heaven.
One must be insanely arrogant to suggest knowing something of a God. it is by boldness, Moses became the world's worst navigator, by having one foot in some fantasyland. There is a fine line between fishing & standing on the shore, looking like an idiot. Fail to get the Jews to buy it for 2000 years & they should know who their Messiah is. Jesus is a fake, to immortalize the war against the Jews. Jesus Christ is crucified for all time in literature & the subjects of Rome are illiterate. Freud wrote, "The antidote to Christianity is literacy" & the joke is in the scriptures. "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:" Galatians 3:13
An improvement on your God & faith; would outlaw indoctrination & abuse of the vocabulary of fiction on children.
@@benry007haha, I can't help but Imagine Vicente (RIP) speaking.
This is one of those books that you need to listen to every few years to remember the infallible argument for Mere Christianity. God bless C.S.Lewis. ❤
This book changed my life
Only Jesus, faith in him forever no matter what Amen. I love you Lord Jesus.
God Bless all Christians ✝️ ❤
This prayer fills my soul with peace and hope. God’s love is eternal.
I’m 39, father of 2 and after a very beautiful 10 years 27-37, I have found myself in a tough spot. I didn’t think it was possible.
I’d never given any sincere thought or respect towards religion or what is moral other then cuz I said so…..
Struggle def made me look for help and though I’m not sure where I’m going this feels right.
It’s written on our hearts.
🙏🏼
I’m currently discovering the same. I’m 35 and never felt needed god. But I need a guiding voice. recent political deciding policies and the entropy of the morals of many people around me has been getting worse.
Good bless
I’ll be praying for both of you.
“You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart”
Jeremiah 23:19
“For God so loved the world that he sent his one and only son so that whomever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life” John 3:16
Read through the Gospel of John.
Repent and place your faith in Jesus Christ to be saved!
Find a good Bible based church and pursue . Keeping anyone looking for the Lord in my prayers
I appreciate everyone’s support. I hadn’t noticed till know.
Im learning and getting support from some unexpected places. My neighbour for the last 9 years is Christian and while we have always had a great relationship, they were religious and I wasn’t. Being ignorant in this area I decided to reach out and they’re committed to helping me learn.
I have had so many unexpected positive conversations about my confused new outlook. It is remarkable how many people are also feeling this.
My first time with this book. Excellent!
The part at 3:05:00 chapter 8 about PRIDE wow…. Changed my entire outlook on myself and life
Listening to “Mere Christianity” by CS Lewis again. The genius of this book lies in its simplicity. It’s magnificently thoughtful and nuanced, yet simple.
I've listened to this numerous times,It never gets old.
Lewis is the most intellectually honest and "based" Christian existential thinker ever to describe mankind's plight versus Gods worldview!
I love to listen to this wisdom, it makes me happy. If only people could hear this before they reject it just for its title.
The purpose of creation was for God to enjoy the particular pleasure of ever-increasing love. Within the trinity, the love is perfect, and therefore never increasing. God is love, and God therefore needs nothing more. He did not create us out of any sense of need, or He would not be God. He created us out of desire. For his good PLEASURE we are, and were created.
The more we know Him, the more we love Him, and we will spend eternity getting to know Him more, and there will always be more to get to know. Hence, ever increasing love. But, He loves us with perfect love, so we get to taste that, too.
❤
Author: 🖋 C.S. Lewis
Format: 📻 Originally a series of radio broadcasts during World War II
Sections: 📚 Divided into four parts:
•"Right and Wrong as a Clue to the Meaning of the Universe"
•"What Christians Believe"
•"Christian Behavior"
•"Beyond Personality: Or First Steps in the Doctrine of the Trinity"
Main Themes:
•Argues for the existence of a moral law as evidence for God's existence
•Explores core beliefs of Christianity such as the existence of God, the divinity of Jesus Christ, and the importance of faith
•Emphasizes "mere Christianity," common beliefs shared by different Christian denominations
•Discusses Christian ethics and virtues like charity, chastity, and forgiveness
•Addresses free will, the problem of evil, and the concept of redemption
Audience: 🎯 Intended for both believers and skeptics, aiming to provide a rational basis for Christianity
Legacy: 🌟 Widely regarded as a classic of Christian apologetics, influencing generations of readers with its logical arguments and insights into faith.
Talking with the average college student today, compared to when men like Lewis taught, proves we've really dumbed ourselves way down. Way down...
This is a deep, brilliant, collection of universal human thought and God.
People who are "College educated" today may as well be considered braindead 70 years ago.
"Mere Christianity" is a book by C.S. Lewis that explores Christian doctrine and ethics. It's a classic work that has been influential for many readers, both Christians and non-Christians alike. Lewis presents his arguments for the existence of God, the nature of morality, and the essence of Christian faith in a clear and accessible manner. The book has been praised for its logical reasoning and thought-provoking insights, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the fundamentals of Christianity.
There are places in this recording where words, even sentences, are skipped or dropped from the recording.
yeh i noticed that 🧐
I am going to see if I can cross reference the book. I noticed as well.
Allow Mere Christianity to encourage and go deeper with your Christian walk. Also i hope it will allow fence sitters to go and share the Gospel with those who haven't heard it.
I truly hope those who complain about this reading, realize they are missing the point of the book. Listen again and work hard to take your wants out, and ask God to help you grow in your walk with Jesus. I am on my third time through this reading and know that the points I disliked, have brought new intuition into my own walk with our Lord.🙏❤🙏
Get stuck in Christian, this will help you understand a few things. The Bible is primary, but this has been excellent tool to help others understand Christianity.
God used Lewis brilliantly
Welcome to the kingdom of God ✝️
Lewis never gets old
Explanation of 😊 Free Will & l good and evil at 1:16 minutes mark is fantastic !!🎉
15:08 book 1 chapter 1
22:48 book 1 chapter 2
Thank ya
What Lewis said about salvation beginning at 3hour 30 minutes is very wise
You can timestamp in comments! 3:30:00 is what I imagine you mean
Be aware. Im following along with the book and there have been paragraphs chopped off at the beginning of some chapters.
*edited for grammar mistakes.
Delicious reading/listening. So well articulated.
Here, a great man speaks wise words. In 2024, there is not one leader who speaks wise words, yet there are many fools certain they will change the world. 🙄😇
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Starting at 14:25 is why many people move through multiple denominations and sects. They want an experience that makes them feel elevated from mundane life they currently have.
Shout out to the king of kings Lord Jesus Christ
Shout out to the Bible
Pls God i ask for help. U promised to help when i seek u. Pls help me
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I enjoyed this
Saved to read later already a Christian jesus believer but would like to read it❤
Thanks to Jaufre for taking a break from cloud ruler temple to read us some Lewis.
Thank you! Nobody else mentioned that it was him. I thought i was going crazy.
15:08 book 1
Thank you
Also, thank you.
Anyone looking for book 1 chapter 1 the law of nature it's 15:17 if your reading the book at the same time the audio was skipped to another thing
Fascinating
58:25 book 2
Do good unto others, be kind to yourself.
Interesting listening in 2024 to him saying near the end of Chapter 4 (around 47 mins or so) "we can hardly imagine matter giving instructions". In the age of AI we have observed it. Not that it is aware.
What minute does Book 2 start? Book 3?
1:36:12 Book 2 chapter 5
This is what u 2 be should be about. Posting Truth instead of censorship of Christian conservatives.
2:03:31 book 3 chapter 3
15:17 Ch 1: Law of Human Nature
Actually, psychoanalysis is diametrically opposed to Christianity. It replaces the salvation of sinful souls with the cure of sick minds. We are not sick men in need of a cure. We are dead men in need of life.
“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.” Who can know they need a doctor unless the examine themselves and admit they need the cure. And also in accepting the cure, partaking in that cure.
God nor Christ would not want people with poor mental health to be deprived of medical treatment for their mental health anymore than medical treatment for any other illness.
@@wesbleess1586 What you are labeling mental health has nothing whatsoever to do with the medical field. What you, and your generation, call mental health, those of us who know the Truth call a sinful soul.
The real Christ (not the fake christ of the soft cushy american cross) offers the cure for a sinful soul (what you falsely call poor mental health).
Changing the salvation of sinful souls into the cure of sick minds is american idolatry. You would do well to repent, and stop preaching a false gospel.
The Psychological data used today in the US was gathered from the nazi regime during wwII. They did the work and the us adopted the information. Psychologists think Christian’s are stupid when we drop the truth about the Bible and scriptures are disregarded as if man are small god
@wesbleess1586 Both God and Christ want that treatment to be appropriate and helpful. If you know anything about the history of mental health treatment given to those in the most dire need you will know that it’s often not appropriate or helpful. I’ve advocated for men who are held in metal health wards and facilities, the “care” they are given is often neglect and abuse. Many (I’d dare say most) doctors have no faith, they cannot heal these people so they drug them enough to mask their symptoms or in to a stupor and lead them to live in the flesh while training them to get along in the world. Believers are supposed to be set apart from the world and worldly doctors can never teach a believer how to cope with the world hating them.
this hits different now after hearing hitlers speeches in english or with subtitles. CS Lewis was talking about other Christians like they were children of the devil. instead of the actual children of the devil. weird.
Starts 15:08
What does the part at the end mean where he mentions that we can only have a self when we give our self to Christ and that this is why Saints are all different? Would they not be the same if all are Christ or is it Christ acting through us, as he wants us to be? He also talks about how humans are unique but essential to the whole like the parts of a tree but about humans are unique considering God dwells in all of us? Thank you :)
He talks about that in The Screwtape Letters. He says it is one of the greatest paradoxes. God wants you to be like him, because he values your individuality. The only way you can truly ever be yourself is to give it to God.
Mere
Thank you ❤
Why does it cut between the seconds of 4:33:37-4:33:39
Book 3 chapter 8 3:04:51
Bookmark 1:58:37
Reading the book is better, IMHO.
Reading is better but listening is better than nothing. My town shuts down at 7pm and I don’t remember to buy books until it’s too late lol.
@@MatthewZelek-iv8tb I do love listening to the Bible read by Alexander Scourby, check it out, you'll love it.
4:27:06 bookmark
1 hour 57 minutes 6 secs
Huge chunk missing..... 👍🏼 Great job
“This book is dedicated to all the useful idiots out there who made our victory possible. Especially those of you who weren’t even aware of the fact we were using you all along, for you proved to be the most useful idiots of them all.
-Lord Nefarious”
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22:23 Ch 2: Some objections
1:45:50 Book 3 Chapter 1
3:17:19 but skip to chapter 9
40:27 Ch 4: What Lies Behind the Law
32:42 Ch3: Reality of the Law
Wilson Kimberly Martin Dorothy Lee Thomas
Book 2 Ch 1: 58:24
SuprB ☺👌👌💗💢💕
2:45:26 several sentences skipped
2.13 (book mark)
yup
Bro sounds like Jauffre from Oblivion
3:48:18 Book 4, Chapter 1
3:58:11 Book 4, Chapter 2
4:07:39 Book 4, Chapter 3
4:15:20 Book 4, Chapter 4
4:24:20 Book 4, Chapter 5
4:31:13 Book 4, Chapter 6
3:20:56 Gaing territory in the spiritual war
Me too. Good luck, God bless.
Thank you 👍
50:02 Ch 5
I tried to listen to this on Audiobooks and Geoffrey’s voice left me cold ? But it sounds so much different on here , so I’m thinking maybe this isn’t the sterile, cleaned up recorded version and you can hear so much more passion in the voice? 🙏🏼🕊️🤍✝️
😮 I hear "the teaching of man in schools is man opposed to God's Holy Book. (about the planets-that is NO WHERE in that Book- read the creation model in Genesis 1). Also from this clip just after 1:19.19 (Genesis 6:9 says the "sons of God or angels took for themselves the daughter's of men"- it had everything to do with sex and the gene pool*) *extremely important to understand this, for of the last days, Jesus said, "as was in the days of Noah so will the last days to be"! Read what it says for yourself, not what you was taught in school and/or church Acts 17:11 ❤
Lovely man. But when I witness the Roman Catholic Pope kiss the Qur'an. I tend to speak out.
i was raised muslim but now a christian - i still revere the quran as a holy book
there is profound truth in all 3 ‘books’
@@CleopatrasNemesis The only truth can come from the ultimate truth. Jesus said, I am the truth, the way, and the life. The Quran is a mimic and a lie all wrapped up in a cultic vision.
Book 3 chapter 4 2:13:09
Walker Cynthia Gonzalez Brian Garcia Michelle
2:21
"the world is enemy territory and we are an army of occupation."
Bookmark 1:25:25
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1:15:49 chapter 3 book 2
“ChriSTAINity”? Typo or intentional?
well spotted
Is this read by Lewis?
No in the beginning it gives the narrators name
30:15
46:00
03:30:00
Mere Christianity is undoubtedly a masterpiece, but some of C.S. Lewis’ arguments can feel outdated or overly simplistic in today’s world. For instance, his views on morality and gender roles reflect the time he lived in and might not resonate with modern readers who face more complex societal issues. Are we holding on too tightly to his ideas without critically examining how they apply to today’s challenges? Maybe we should focus more on how the core truths of his work can be reinterpreted for a contemporary audience.
You raise a fair point-C.S. Lewis wrote in a specific cultural and historical context, and some of his perspectives may feel less relevant to modern issues. However, the strength of Mere Christianity lies in its exploration of universal truths about faith, morality, and human nature. While some specifics might benefit from reevaluation, the foundational principles Lewis outlines remain deeply insightful. Engaging with his work critically and applying its truths thoughtfully can help bridge the gap between his time and ours, allowing his message to inspire new generations.
Strange name for a book that rarely uses any form of ‘Christian’ expression, namely the scriptures have never been mentioned once 62 minutes in.
He doesn't quote scripture much in the beginning directly but many of the ideas are very biblical. The beginning is just arguing for existence of God (not a specifically Christian one). He later talks about Christian morality, and the last section of the book goes over the Christian conception of God.
44:39