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Cherston &lt;a href= "https://ccel.org/ccel/chesterton/orthodoxy/orthodoxy.iv.html"&gt;https://ccel.org/ccel/chesterton/orthodoxy/orthodoxy.iv.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Planet Narnia by Michael Ward &lt;a href= "https://amzn.to/4jYwhFo"&gt;https://amzn.to/4jYwhFo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class= "Apple-converted-space"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More from 1517:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts"&gt;Support 1517 Podcast Network:&lt;/a&gt; https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.1517.org/podcasts"&gt;1517 Podcasts&lt;/a&gt;: http://www.1517.org/podcasts&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChDdMiZJv8oYMJQQx2vHSzg"&gt;1517 on YouTube&lt;/a&gt;: https://www.youtube.com/@1517org&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370"&gt; 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts&lt;/a&gt;: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370&lt;/li&gt; 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425: Lewis - Myth Became Fact

JAN 24, 2026156 MIN
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425: Lewis - Myth Became Fact

JAN 24, 2026156 MIN

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The Hangman's Nous. In this episode, we read an excerpt from The Maniac, by G.K. Chesterton, followed by Myth Became Fact, from C.S. Lewis' book of essays, "God in the Dock." The primary question we discuss, then, is whether men and women can live a healthy and sane life with mystery, without myth, and without higher truth. What has happened to modern churches that exorcised mystery from preaching, teaching, evangelism, and worship? What anchors the Body of Christ when it's unmoored from Church history and tradition? What have been the consequences for churches that treat the Christian story as more fantasy than fact? What does Lewis mean that God is "mythopoeic"? What does it mean that Christianity is, according to Lewis, "perfect myth and perfect fact"? SHOW NOTES: God in the Dock https://www.orcuttchristian.org/Lewis%20CS%20-%20God_in_the_Dock.pdf Orthodoxy - G.K. Cherston https://ccel.org/ccel/chesterton/orthodoxy/orthodoxy.iv.html Planet Narnia by Michael Ward https://amzn.to/4jYwhFo More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts: http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@1517org 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Events Schedule: https://www.1517.org/events 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education: https://academy.1517.org/ What's New from 1517: Being Family by Dr. Scott Keith https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419961-being-family The Essential Nestingen: Essays on Preaching, Catechism, and the Reformation https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419121-the-essential-nestingen Philip Melanchthon's Commentary on Ecclesiastes https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419299-philip-melanchthons-commentary-on-ecclesiastes Face to Face: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419312-face-to-face Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms by Chad Bird https://www.amazon.com/Untamed-Prayers-Devotions-Christ-Psalms/dp/1964419263 More from the hosts: Donovan Riley https://www.1517.org/contributors/donavon-riley Christopher Gillespie https://www.1517.org/contributors/christopher-gillespie CONTACT and FOLLOW: Email mailto:[email protected] Facebook https://www.facebook.com/BannedBooksPod/ Twitter https://twitter.com/bannedbooks1517 SUBSCRIBE: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@BannedBooks Rumble https://rumble.com/c/c-1223313 Odysee https://odysee.com/@bannedbooks:5 Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/banned-books/id1370993639 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2ahA20sZMpBxg9vgiRVQba Overcast https://overcast.fm/itunes1370993639/banned-books MORE LINKS: Tin Foil Haloes https://t.me/bannedpastors Warrior Priest Gym & Podcast https://thewarriorpriestpodcast.wordpress.com St John's Lutheran Church (Webster, MN) - FB Live Bible Study Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/356667039608511 Gillespie's Sermons and Catechesis http://youtube.com/stjohnrandomlake Donavon's Substack https://donavonlriley.substack.com Gillespie's Nostr https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqszfrg80ctjdr0wy5arrseu6h9g36kqx8fanr6a6zee0n8txa7xytc627hlq Gillespie Coffee https://gillespie.coffee Gillespie Media https://gillespie.media