Honestly, if all a person did was watch one of these elegantly illustrative videos of C.S. Lewis' eloquent breakdowns for proper understanding of the Christianic ethos once per day - it would nearly effortlessly be more beneficial than most tenured years of formal educational study in arbitrary blather and dogmatic drivel. To my mind, these videos are works of the most resplendent altruism, and ought to be embraced and ingraciated in-kind by a far wider audience than currently represented in its view counts. These are the definition of "superb".
Songs of Solomon shows the journey that love goes through; passionate hot love, tough painful love, and comforting enduring love. From the passion, we heat up and meld together. As it cools, we realize we are together and struggle against each other, in order to find out how we actually fit together. Once we find our fit with one another, then we rely on each other with utter trust and faith; for you and I, through hot passion and harsh refinement, now are of one flesh and one blood. Most people fail to see the final step, and as Paul writes, fails to finish the race, because they become over burden with fear and doubt.
Even though I'm not married and as single as single is, this is so necessary to hear. Not just in the aspect of marriage but of anything that you need to get past in life. I can't hold onto the past, I have to let it go, let it die and move on forward.
This is an interesting conception of the christian dominance model, I've never seen it rendered in this way. The male role playing a mediator towards the rest of society as mama bear will have deeply rooted impulses to protect her cubs.
Please keep making these, they are tremendous. C.S. Lewis had a phenomenal grasp of the English language; his pellucid and poetic way of conveying his thoughts always leaves me in awe. And the doodles are so satisfying to watch along with the reading.
*googles* "pellucid": pel·lu·cid pəˈlo͞osəd/ adjective adjective: pellucid translucently clear. "mountains reflected in the pellucid waters" *looks up the etymology for good measure* www.etymonline.com/word/pellucid *looks up corresponding bible verses for further edification" biblehub.net/search.php?q=by+light
I feel that his comments about trying to hold onto one passion and not moving onto its next form are vital. At 33 I very much feel like a disillusioned old man, God help me to seek better things than those shallow excitations of the flesh I so worshipped as a child.
We had part of this talk read at our wedding starting with "Being in love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing..." A lot of our extended family is only nominally Christian so we wanted to share what we were actually committing to. I can say, having been together now almost a decade, our love is different than it was when we first began to date. Less butterflies, but as I told my husband the other day, I'm not even curious about who I'd be without him, I only want to know the version of me that has him. You really do become two halves of a whole in a healthy marriage.
My eldest son absolutely loves C.S. Lewis. I have a hard time reading his books because I find it hard to visualize all he is saying. These last couple of videos I’ve watched were amazing. Thank you for putting these together so beautifully. I will be subscribing and sharing. Thank you again. By the way, the ending was perfect.
Those last minutes where he explains the male headship of the family were brilliant. I can imagine most people today would still reject the idea - and even be apoplectic about the insult to women - but I find it utterly compelling. I also know it's true from experience. I know many women who are almost constantly furious with their husbands for what Lewis calls being "an appeaser". I've felt that fury myself - after a recent parent-teacher meeting!
I just soo love C. S. Lewis - in the desert of this modern world his words are a shining light. Mere Christianity has been one of my Go To books for the last 40 years x
Thank you for making such excellent content! I have a hard time understanding CS Lewis's writing when I just read it. This perfectly accommodates a visual and audio learner like me.
Well done on the hard work drawing and putting these short films together! As a visual learner it really helps me to digest the information better. Much appreciated and God bless!
I'm glad that you drew the permanent constitution as the Bill of Rights of 1689. As an Australian, I was in my early 20s before I realised that when Americans talked about the Bill of Rights they were referring to something much later.
If you would like to know where the four traditional Christian marriage vows - to (a) love, (b) nourish, (c) cherish and (d) be faithful - come from and what they each actually mean, I’ve put together a couple of simple presentations on the subject, photographed in miniature toys. Part 1: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=6537536022&set=a.6461266022.19186.533841022&type=3&theater Part 2: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=108769881022&set=a.6461996022.19190.533841022&type=3&theater
Is there more to this section of Lewis’ book? It ends in such a cliff hangar way that I’d assume it’s got more to say after this. Just curious, and even the fifth or eighth time through, this is still quite entertaining! Thanks for bringing this stuff to light!
Every church would greatly proffit from having these videos shown in place of sermons, on REGULAR basis, once a month ....or more Are there videos of previous chapters (1-5), and continuation of reading after the 6th?... your answer will be helpful...thank you 👍 .
C.S. Lewis' BBC Broadcast Talks/Mere Christianity - Part 1 to 4 Combined czcams.com/video/QmHXYhpEDfM/video.html Part II - What Christian's Believe czcams.com/video/yaGwF7A79_w/video.html Part III - Christian Behaviour czcams.com/video/MtTeCyrgjIQ/video.html Part IV - Beyond Personality: First Steps in the Doctrine of the Trinity czcams.com/video/_RAsb3lv968/video.html
You have always done a wonderful job on these videos and hope you continue these for some time; I love watching them and have been telling family & friends about them :D
I have some struggles with this for sure. I feel like woman are so vonurable in this world, and it feels unfair. But I don't agree with modern feminism either, because I see how badly it affects society, both men, woman and children. So I guess I'm just stuck.
Here's another quote from C.S. Lewis on the subject of homemakers: “I think I can understand that feeling about a housewife’s work being like that of Sisyphus (who was the stone rolling gentleman). But it is surely, in reality, the most important work in the world. What do ships, railways, mines, cars, government etc exist for except that people may be fed, warmed, and safe in their own homes? As Dr Johnson said, ‘To be happy at home is the end of all human endeavour’. (1st to be happy, to prepare for being happy in our own real Home hereafter: 2nd, in the meantime, to be happy in our houses.) We wage war in order to have peace, we work in order to have leisure, we produce food in order to eat it. So your job is the one for which all others exist.”
You made a mistake. The Bill of Rights is not the UK's Constitution. The UK has an unwritten Constitution but one nonetheless. However Parliament has Erskine May.
True: in Britain we certainly say that we have a constitution, but it is one that exists in an abstract sense, comprising a host of diverse laws, practices and conventions that have developed over a long period of time. The key landmark is the Bill of Rights (1689), which established the supremacy of Parliament over the Crown following the forcible replacement of King James II (r. 1685-88) by William III (r. 1689-1702) and Mary (r. 1689-94) in the Glorious Revolution (1688).
Interesting how even at 1943 he claims that the great majority of British aren't Christians. Surveys would imply otherwise, which is why I like how he cleverly separates being a Christian by name, and being a Christian because you follow God.
Check out C.S. Lewis' 1946 essay called "The Decline of Religion" which is on the subject: "...One way of putting the truth would be that the religion which has declined was not Christianity. It was a vague Theism with a strong and virile ethical code, which, far from standing over against the "World", was absorbed into the whole fabric of English institutions and sentiment and therefore demanded churchgoing as (at best) a part of loyalty and good manners or (at worst) a proof of respectability. Hence a social pressure, like the withdrawal of the compulsion, did not create a new situation. The new freedom first allowed accurate observation to be made. When no man goes to church except because he seeks Christ the number of actual believers can at last be discovered. It should be added that this new freedom was partly caused by the very conditions which it revealed. If the various anti-clerical and anti-theistic forces at work in the nineteenth century had had to attack a solid phalanx of radical Christians the story might have been different. But mere "religion" - "morality tinged with emotion", "what a man does with his solitude", "the religion of all good men" - has little power of resistance. It is not good at saying No..."
Why does he say he hasn’t been married. He had a wife that died.
This was written in 1943. Lewis married Joy in 1957. See czcams.com/video/YNY1khF5WKE/video.html
Honestly, if all a person did was watch one of these elegantly illustrative videos of C.S. Lewis' eloquent breakdowns for proper understanding of the Christianic ethos once per day - it would nearly effortlessly be more beneficial than most tenured years of formal educational study in arbitrary blather and dogmatic drivel.
To my mind, these videos are works of the most resplendent altruism, and ought to be embraced and ingraciated in-kind by a far wider audience than currently represented in its view counts.
These are the definition of "superb".
A CSLewis doodle a day, keeps the doctors away.
Songs of Solomon shows the journey that love goes through; passionate hot love, tough painful love, and comforting enduring love.
From the passion, we heat up and meld together.
As it cools, we realize we are together and struggle against each other, in order to find out how we actually fit together.
Once we find our fit with one another, then we rely on each other with utter trust and faith; for you and I, through hot passion and harsh refinement, now are of one flesh and one blood.
Most people fail to see the final step, and as Paul writes, fails to finish the race, because they become over burden with fear and doubt.
0:32 "...the 2nd reason is that I have never been married myself." - C.S. Lewis in 1943
Joy Greshem has entered the chat in 1957.
Even though I'm not married and as single as single is, this is so necessary to hear. Not just in the aspect of marriage but of anything that you need to get past in life. I can't hold onto the past, I have to let it go, let it die and move on forward.
This is an interesting conception of the christian dominance model, I've never seen it rendered in this way. The male role playing a mediator towards the rest of society as mama bear will have deeply rooted impulses to protect her cubs.
Please keep making these, they are tremendous. C.S. Lewis had a phenomenal grasp of the English language; his pellucid and poetic way of conveying his thoughts always leaves me in awe. And the doodles are so satisfying to watch along with the reading.
*googles* "pellucid":
pel·lu·cid
pəˈlo͞osəd/
adjective
adjective: pellucid
translucently clear.
"mountains reflected in the pellucid waters"
*looks up the etymology for good measure*
www.etymonline.com/word/pellucid
*looks up corresponding bible verses for further edification"
biblehub.net/search.php?q=by+light
I feel that his comments about trying to hold onto one passion and not moving onto its next form are vital. At 33 I very much feel like a disillusioned old man, God help me to seek better things than those shallow excitations of the flesh I so worshipped as a child.
Thank you for bringing C.S. Lewis to the masses. Your artistry and notes are greatly appreciated. God bless you and your work!
We had part of this talk read at our wedding starting with "Being in love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing..." A lot of our extended family is only nominally Christian so we wanted to share what we were actually committing to. I can say, having been together now almost a decade, our love is different than it was when we first began to date. Less butterflies, but as I told my husband the other day, I'm not even curious about who I'd be without him, I only want to know the version of me that has him. You really do become two halves of a whole in a healthy marriage.
My eldest son absolutely loves C.S. Lewis. I have a hard time reading his books because I find it hard to visualize all he is saying. These last couple of videos I’ve watched were amazing. Thank you for putting these together so beautifully. I will be subscribing and sharing. Thank you again. By the way, the ending was perfect.
tried to take notes and literally everything was so wisdom filled and amazing that I knew if I wrote one word I’d copy the whole lesson down on paper
Those last minutes where he explains the male headship of the family were brilliant. I can imagine most people today would still reject the idea - and even be apoplectic about the insult to women - but I find it utterly compelling. I also know it's true from experience. I know many women who are almost constantly furious with their husbands for what Lewis calls being "an appeaser". I've felt that fury myself - after a recent parent-teacher meeting!
I have a confession to make: if it wasn’t for the drawings and videos, I probably won’t understand half of CS Lewis or the Bible. D:
Funny, I’m not a believer, but it’s such a pleasure to read and listen to, C. S. Lewis. What a joy.
I just soo love C. S. Lewis - in the desert of this modern world his words are a shining light. Mere Christianity has been one of my Go To books for the last 40 years x
That ending was legendary. Hit the nail on the head so much that I had to laugh.
Lovely. Great homage to a great Christian apologist. Thank you and God bless you.
Thank you for making such excellent content! I have a hard time understanding CS Lewis's writing when I just read it. This perfectly accommodates a visual and audio learner like me.
Well done on the hard work drawing and putting these short films together! As a visual learner it really helps me to digest the information better. Much appreciated and God bless!
I'm glad that you drew the permanent constitution as the Bill of Rights of 1689. As an Australian, I was in my early 20s before I realised that when Americans talked about the Bill of Rights they were referring to something much later.
If you would like to know where the four traditional Christian marriage vows - to (a) love, (b) nourish, (c) cherish and (d) be faithful - come from and what they each actually mean, I’ve put together a couple of simple presentations on the subject, photographed in miniature toys. Part 1: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=6537536022&set=a.6461266022.19186.533841022&type=3&theater
Part 2: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=108769881022&set=a.6461996022.19190.533841022&type=3&theater
This is a goldmine. Thank you so very much.
It's not easy to make such video. Drawing, timing editing to match the script etc ..... Salute!
This doodle thing is a genius! And of course the writings of CS Lewis is beyond genius. Thank God for men like him!
These are exceptional...👏👏🏆
Brilliant! Just came across these by accident (!) and very impressed to ay the least. The graphics and readings are quite superb.
There are almost no words to describe how wonderful these videos are....
This incredible illustration adds so much to an already incredible talk by an amazing man of God. Thank you for this...
CSLD. Phenomenal, as always. I look forward to these so much.
Great work!
I enjoyed this one tremendously.
this is a great piece! profound wisdom & truth made so simple....I really thank God 🙏 for great men like this
Is there more to this section of Lewis’ book? It ends in such a cliff hangar way that I’d assume it’s got more to say after this.
Just curious, and even the fifth or eighth time through, this is still quite entertaining! Thanks for bringing this stuff to light!
That was it. Originally it was one talk and was entitled "Christianity and Pleasure", but was broken into two separate chapters.
Enlightening. Thank you and God bless you
Thank you so much for making these. Pure awesomeness.
I just subscribed and will watch every one of these.
thank you.
Hi CSLD, You have brilliant planning and understanding.
Every church would greatly proffit from having these videos shown in place of sermons, on REGULAR basis, once a month ....or more
Are there videos of previous chapters (1-5), and continuation of reading after the 6th?... your answer will be helpful...thank you 👍
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C.S. Lewis' BBC Broadcast Talks/Mere Christianity - Part 1 to 4 Combined
czcams.com/video/QmHXYhpEDfM/video.html
Part II - What Christian's Believe
czcams.com/video/yaGwF7A79_w/video.html
Part III - Christian Behaviour
czcams.com/video/MtTeCyrgjIQ/video.html
Part IV - Beyond Personality: First Steps in the Doctrine of the Trinity
czcams.com/video/_RAsb3lv968/video.html
This book is so on point
This is absolutely fantastic!
Oh wow. I just found this channel. This is amazing! thank you!
Man, this channel is the best!
Amazing video. A Great Big Thank You to the person making them
You have always done a wonderful job on these videos and hope you continue these for some time; I love watching them and have been telling family & friends about them :D
Wow, this was awesome!! Absolutely fantastic illustrations and wise analogies.
Boy howdy is this good. Thanks for the upload as always!
This is so precious!
LOVE this!
Absolutely fantastic!
This was very refreshing
4:15 bam. Truth right there
Thank you for this! Amazing
Yet another top quality video. Good Job!
Another great video, thank you!
Absolutely fantastic
16:47 minutes in to The video the blue spectacles reminds me of the song by Eiffel 65 I’m blue
Wow! This is awesome truth !!!! Wow !!!
Truth !
Thank you!
Wow, yes, yes, and yes!
I have some struggles with this for sure. I feel like woman are so vonurable in this world, and it feels unfair. But I don't agree with modern feminism either, because I see how badly it affects society, both men, woman and children. So I guess I'm just stuck.
Here's another quote from C.S. Lewis on the subject of homemakers: “I think I can understand that feeling about a housewife’s work being like that of Sisyphus (who was the stone rolling gentleman). But it is surely, in reality, the most important work in the world. What do ships, railways, mines, cars, government etc exist for except that people may be fed, warmed, and safe in their own homes? As Dr Johnson said, ‘To be happy at home is the end of all human endeavour’. (1st to be happy, to prepare for being happy in our own real Home hereafter: 2nd, in the meantime, to be happy in our houses.) We wage war in order to have peace, we work in order to have leisure, we produce food in order to eat it. So your job is the one for which all others exist.”
Loved this.
You made a mistake. The Bill of Rights is not the UK's Constitution. The UK has an unwritten Constitution but one nonetheless. However Parliament has Erskine May.
True: in Britain we certainly say that we have a constitution, but it is one that exists in an abstract sense, comprising a host of diverse laws, practices and conventions that have developed over a long period of time. The key landmark is the Bill of Rights (1689), which established the supremacy of Parliament over the Crown following the forcible replacement of King James II (r. 1685-88) by William III (r. 1689-1702) and Mary (r. 1689-94) in the Glorious Revolution (1688).
This is Common Sense !!!
this is great work!
I love what you do!!!
Interesting how even at 1943 he claims that the great majority of British aren't Christians.
Surveys would imply otherwise, which is why I like how he cleverly separates being a Christian by name, and being a Christian because you follow God.
Check out C.S. Lewis' 1946 essay called "The Decline of Religion" which is on the subject:
"...One way of putting the truth would be that the religion which has declined was not Christianity. It was a vague Theism with a strong and virile ethical code, which, far from standing over against the "World", was absorbed into the whole fabric of English institutions and sentiment and therefore demanded churchgoing as (at best) a part of loyalty and good manners or (at worst) a proof of respectability. Hence a social pressure, like the withdrawal of the compulsion, did not create a new situation. The new freedom first allowed accurate observation to be made. When no man goes to church except because he seeks Christ the number of actual believers can at last be discovered. It should be added that this new freedom was partly caused by the very conditions which it revealed. If the various anti-clerical and anti-theistic forces at work in the nineteenth century had had to attack a solid phalanx of radical Christians the story might have been different. But mere "religion" - "morality tinged with emotion", "what a man does with his solitude", "the religion of all good men" - has little power of resistance. It is not good at saying No..."
WOW WOW WOW
I'm confused: this is not CS Lewis speaking, correct? Where did CS Lewis write the words that are in your video, that I can see or purchase?
The link is in the video description, the book is called 'Mere Christianity'.
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