tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46295520123204835922024-02-28T15:41:52.729-08:00The C. S. Lewis Society of ChattanoogaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4629552012320483592.post-38338165731809217282023-09-11T16:23:00.003-07:002023-09-11T16:24:52.159-07:00You are invited!<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQg3rdYpPZlBu_Rc8rUVfoi3xUF2wYT386NTDaGow_I73-1aJ-XDuEq_2cShwkSwyi9dV24cfwqQ--Ez1JaIXI7SQBbTLebCAtIK8yMUWBnuRKqERLugosU4eVdFXSjcQZhFkmZ9tI1QDY3mng3c1_aOzPmowUdAmOrcmWqq1hdTc5Ob_8-XZEriSjLf9f/s928/Most-Reluctant-FB-Ad.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="928" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQg3rdYpPZlBu_Rc8rUVfoi3xUF2wYT386NTDaGow_I73-1aJ-XDuEq_2cShwkSwyi9dV24cfwqQ--Ez1JaIXI7SQBbTLebCAtIK8yMUWBnuRKqERLugosU4eVdFXSjcQZhFkmZ9tI1QDY3mng3c1_aOzPmowUdAmOrcmWqq1hdTc5Ob_8-XZEriSjLf9f/w400-h225/Most-Reluctant-FB-Ad.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We will be showing the movie, "The Most Reluctant Convert" on Tuesday evening, 3 October, 7:00 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Popcorn and candy provided! Coffee bar will be open. The event will be held at the Young Life building, 757 Martin Luther King Blvd. Rev. Beckmann will introduce the film and lead Q&A afterward. The event is free! <a href="https://fb.me/e/1jJCwKnMH" target="_blank">Go here for the Facebook event post.</a></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4629552012320483592.post-77950751352555899332023-07-03T13:05:00.004-07:002023-07-03T13:05:30.184-07:00Prep for our next meeting<p>As a way of preparing for our next meeting - on the 12th of July; as per a previous post - you may wish to view this 16 minute video I recorded on letters 15 & 16 of <i>Letters to Malcolm</i>, at Lewis's home church. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="274" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ESLwb-s45Ak" width="482" youtube-src-id="ESLwb-s45Ak"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4629552012320483592.post-28324726565292055872023-04-26T06:39:00.003-07:002023-06-22T16:11:51.059-07:00Summer, 2023, Events<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk16CYggngCltuGW_fItm87QbV9DzoyRJmmvhr5pwZSvdG6rNEhCQj9RB4PX6rWLRtIaScX2PnXKpt1c9UOWblOtMfQ9vYUqeZuxhzQIFe-hpuuyAjfN0Q474KsE6Z970KJb1HLVQ5yCEw2E9jxoYP2lQcdmb9KfGts9b9d29NBhccUXjpc105uMbB8Q/s1200/LEWIS%20AT%20THE%20LIVINGSTONE%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk16CYggngCltuGW_fItm87QbV9DzoyRJmmvhr5pwZSvdG6rNEhCQj9RB4PX6rWLRtIaScX2PnXKpt1c9UOWblOtMfQ9vYUqeZuxhzQIFe-hpuuyAjfN0Q474KsE6Z970KJb1HLVQ5yCEw2E9jxoYP2lQcdmb9KfGts9b9d29NBhccUXjpc105uMbB8Q/w638-h333/LEWIS%20AT%20THE%20LIVINGSTONE%20(1).png" width="638" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><i>UPDATE: 22 June</i></b> - We had to bring out extra chairs for the lecture on evolution. Next lecture - Wednesday July 12 - will be about "CS Lewis and the Nature of Reality." Our August lecture will be on The Four Loves, and our speaker will be Dr. Ben Mitchell. Looking forward to it!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">______________________________________________</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Plans are being made for a monthly series of lectures and discussions on various Lewis-related topics for this summer. The dates will be May 17, June 14, July 12 and August 9. Topics being considered: "Pretending to be Godly," "Did Lewis Believe in Evolution?" and "The Nature of Reality." </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">For information on the Livingstone Cafe, <a href="https://www.thelivingstonecafe.org/" target="_blank">click on this link</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4629552012320483592.post-14224591811190535532023-01-30T07:16:00.001-08:002023-01-30T07:16:07.933-08:002023 CS Lewis Lecture @ UTC<p>The title of our lecture this year will be "Iron Sharpening Iron: Lewis and Tolkien's Ecumenical Friendship and Mutual Influence”</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVcGQK17srrrKCDoRuD9djlZCtD37VdnzgBznhQcAc-GcVacHKsn4e0_MYyYkysFjZV5kNjIW5vRMTHGDAXOWM7ehrcz1tZDMKHSUV2t5k8o6lPZaR_msd9HXhGjnctMpftIP2G0BNWnn_SyznDXsE8XQhkcRzGhn3l19Q53mhfRq37k3pddmO0qcbg/s940/The%20Annual%20C.%20S.%20Lewis%20Lecture%20at%20Univ.%20of%20Tenn.%20@%20Chattanooga.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVcGQK17srrrKCDoRuD9djlZCtD37VdnzgBznhQcAc-GcVacHKsn4e0_MYyYkysFjZV5kNjIW5vRMTHGDAXOWM7ehrcz1tZDMKHSUV2t5k8o6lPZaR_msd9HXhGjnctMpftIP2G0BNWnn_SyznDXsE8XQhkcRzGhn3l19Q53mhfRq37k3pddmO0qcbg/w417-h349/The%20Annual%20C.%20S.%20Lewis%20Lecture%20at%20Univ.%20of%20Tenn.%20@%20Chattanooga.png" width="417" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4629552012320483592.post-72662408237954951982022-04-12T11:35:00.000-07:002022-04-12T11:35:16.804-07:00Lecture 3, The Abolition of Man<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="402" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4kqlZN1IEmA" width="484" youtube-src-id="4kqlZN1IEmA"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4629552012320483592.post-85463099919508679672022-01-04T08:15:00.004-08:002022-01-19T07:58:06.100-08:00Screwtape Letters Read-Through!<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9RGtUWDt4sMf3o-Sss5llJndfFcX1aZf3iJqxKkdHzBv-BqF9HIcYtmVwCheW-T8kI2ADt-iOdVtAakAwhB_9iqbLxxutZsmos1y4Me7J34VuL0JTSGoeo9dxJj-m6fcFbrHqu87F2mcRaKSyJFt4yPMa0QWvf4UNWsoY_2JH8K84AyWEw4OOshbqYQ=s940" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9RGtUWDt4sMf3o-Sss5llJndfFcX1aZf3iJqxKkdHzBv-BqF9HIcYtmVwCheW-T8kI2ADt-iOdVtAakAwhB_9iqbLxxutZsmos1y4Me7J34VuL0JTSGoeo9dxJj-m6fcFbrHqu87F2mcRaKSyJFt4yPMa0QWvf4UNWsoY_2JH8K84AyWEw4OOshbqYQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Starting Thursday, 20 January, 2022, we will be reading through C. S.Lewis' famous book, <i>The Screwtape Letters</i>. We'll meet bi-weekly and we'll see how long it takes us. The event will take place at <a href="https://www.redeemerchattanooga.org/">Anglican Church of the Redeemer</a>, 104 McBrien Road, in Brainerd, 7:00-8:00 p.m. The event is free and open to all who want to talk about this book. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Rev. Beckmann at revbeckmann @ gmail.com. See also our Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/cslewischattanooga">facebook.com/groups/cslewischattanooga</a> .</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4629552012320483592.post-19664488777228206702021-10-31T07:08:00.000-07:002021-10-31T07:08:11.382-07:00CS Lewis Lecture @ UTC for 2022<p>The committee for the annual C. S. Lewis Lecture at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has just announced that the lecturer for spring, 2022, will be Dr. David Downing, Director of the Marion Wade Center at Wheaton College. For more information and updates, be sure to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/C.S.LewisLecture" target="_blank">follow the lectureship Facebook page</a>.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4629552012320483592.post-87513724290532700412020-11-12T08:32:00.002-08:002020-11-12T08:32:58.211-08:00Info on News and Events<p> Greetings, gentle reader. Though you can keep up with all things C. S. Lewis in Chattanooga on our Facebook page, you can also go to the Christian Study Center "<a href="https://www.chattanoogastudycenter.org/news-and-events">news and events</a>" page for information. Find the links to the Ward and Garth videos there, too.</p><p>Cheers!</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4629552012320483592.post-24118383319439175832020-07-22T11:46:00.001-07:002020-07-22T11:46:23.181-07:00Plans for Fall 2020 in the works<span class="_4yxo" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; white-space: pre-wrap;">Upcoming this Fall</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">: monthly recorded discussions with scholars followed up with zoom discussion meetings for local CS Lewis fans. In the que: Michael Ward and John Garth. 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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4629552012320483592.post-1498486902684334872019-09-28T06:35:00.002-07:002019-10-10T12:40:51.285-07:00Heather Hess on Surprised by Joy As Romantic AutobiographyA lecture given on 7 October at UTC by Dr. Heather Hess, adjunct professor at Covenant College; sponsored by the Christian Study Center of Chattanooga.<br />
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Jordan Peterson has just uploaded a 53 minute conversation with Dennis Prager, in which he summarizes his comments in another video about his problem with someone saying that they believe in God. He thinks such a claim is so challenging to the human character that he finds it hard to imagine that anyone would "dare" make such a claim. For the religious person, who commonly thinks of "believing in God" as a first step to everything else in their religion, this has to be confusing.<br />
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It is a matter of definition. Peterson's comments about "believing in God" reveal that, to his mind, this believing necessarily includes an absolute and thoroughly consistent, morally good behaviour. He thinks that if someone <i>really</i> believes, then he would <i>have</i> to reflect that belief with what amounts to moral perfection.<br />
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At the same time, Peterson is so convinced - and so aware - of the "fallenness" of mankind, the thought that someone could claim a thoroughly upright lifestyle is beyond mere hubris. It is pretty much unthinkable.<br />
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Part of what makes such a claim unthinkable for Peterson is his understanding of the place of the human will, or perhaps I should say here, "will-power." He believes that we can achieve improvement of character through the responsible exercise of the power of our wills. But at the same time, the human will is not all-powerful, and it is damaged at its root. To have the will-power to achieve a thoroughly moral life-style, consistent with a true belief in a moral God, would be, practically, a <i>super</i>-human achievement.<br />
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In response, I think that - at heart - every Christian would sympathize with Peterson and admit that, yes, a solid belief in a moral God should be accompanied by solid, moral living. Even Jesus says to those who claim to be his disciples - believers in His Father in heaven - "be ye therefore perfect, as your Father in heaven is perfect." And the apostle John says something similar to Peterson's "how dare one say?" with his words in his first epistle: "1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." In other words, how dare a person say they believe in God and are morally perfect - without sin - when we know that that cannot be achieved in this life? They have to be lying.<br />
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Yet that is not all that Jesus says about belief. Nor is it all that John says about the problem of inconsistency in a believer's life. The concept is more complex than Peterson is allowing.<br />
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For brevity, let me simply refer us to the story of the father with the son who had a dumb spirit (Mark 5), famous for the prayer, "Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief (v. 25)." Jesus did not say, "You know your faith is not perfect! How dare you say you believe?" Again, when Jesus' disciples act inconsistently with their belief, he does not call them hypocrites. He says they have "little faith." Their faith is not what it should be, and their behaviour is not what it should be, but they do believe; they do have faith. And when they express their belief - "Thou art the Christ," e.g. - that belief is approved by Jesus. He doesn't say, "How dare you?!" The Lord accepts our faith on the basis of its quality, not its quantity.<br />
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The Christian faith is a faith of tension in time. The Christian knows that his belief ought to be perfect and his behaviour absolutely consistent with that belief. The quantity - manifest in behaviour - should match the quality. But he is also taught to understand that such perfection is not expected in this life. We are to aim for it (vis a vis, "as your Father in heaven is perfect") for if we do not aim for it, we do not make moral progress. Our belief does, after all, call us to such progress. But an absolutely consistent, one-to-one correspondence of belief and behaviour is a part of the joy of the life to come. God recognizes that the correspondence should be there, but he has planned to grant us this power at the Resurrection, after this "body of sin" (Romans 6 & 7) has met its end.<br />
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In the meantime, he deals with us as he has always dealt with all his saints. He hears our prayers for forgiveness and cleansing. I John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" - from all the inconsistencies that grieve us in this short life of ours in this age.<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/j0GL_4cAkhI" target="_blank">You may view the video here</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4629552012320483592.post-5592296065115707912019-02-11T07:35:00.001-08:002019-02-11T07:35:09.181-08:00Feb. 2019: God in the Dock - cont'd.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our next meeting will see the continuation of our discussion of <i>God in the Dock</i>. We'll try a new venue this time: Anglican Church of the Redeemer, 104 McBrien Road, in Brainerd, 7:00-8:00 p.m. on Thursday, the 21st of February. We'll have coffee and tea for you. <br />
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The church is located between Brainerd Road and North Access, very near the Moore Rd./I-24 exit. We'll see how we like it. For more info on the church you can <a href="https://www.redeemerchattanooga.org/" target="_blank">go here</a>.<br />
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The reading will consist of Part II, chapters 15 & 16; and Part III, chapter 1, on "Bulverism." If you don't have the reading done ahead of time, you can attend anyway. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All of England was amazed at what Winston Churchill called "a miracle of deliverance" at Dunkirk. People claimed it was an answer to prayer. Lewis takes the occasion to comment on Christian prayer as it related to the events of history - do our prayers matter?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Synopsis: This talk will consider C. S. Lewis’s science fiction, focusing on the last book of his Space Trilogy, That Hideous Strength. As a reader of H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, and other science fiction writers, Lewis creates a striking contribution to this sort of “fantastic fiction” (as he puts it). Noting some of the key features of That Hideous Strength including its medieval and Arthurian elements and depictions of the supernatural, we will consider the distinctiveness of Lewis’s science fiction. </span></div>
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