C. S. Lewis is an imaginary guest as the hosts consider the problem of pain.
Peter and Susannah take Voltaire as an interlocutor first, considering the nature of the challenge of suffering.
Then, they look at Lewis’ first response: The Problem of Pain, which takes an apologetic or intellectual approach. The hosts examine the Christian origin of the problem – why was this not a problem in the Classical world? – and some Christian approaches to the intellectual challenge.
Then, they look at Lewis’ second book on the subject, A Grief Observed, a very personal journal of his agony after the death of his wife. They look at A Grief Observed through the eyes of Randall Gauger, a Bruderhof pastor who lost his son to cancer and whose wife suffers from chronic pain.
Finally, they give listeners a preview of important pieces in the current issue.
The PloughRead: The Tech of Prison Parenting by Robert Lee Williams
82: Regenerative Agriculture in the Lake District
The PloughRead: Why I Hunt by Tim Maendel
The PloughRead: Breakwater by Rhys Laverty
The PloughRead: Lambing Season by Norann Voll
The PloughRead: The Sadness of the Creatures by Peter Mommsen
The PloughRead: Are You a Tree? by Joy Clarkson
The PloughRead: Meeting the Wolf by Greta Gaffin
The PloughRead: The Leper of Abercuawg by David McBride
81: Can Metaphors Help Us Live Well?
The PloughRead: The Plants Can Talk by William Thomas Okie
The PloughRead: Saving the Soil, Saving the Farm by Colin Boller
The PloughRead: Dandelions: An Apology by Clare Coffey
80: The Technology of Middle-Earth
The PloughRead: Saskatchewan, Promised Land by Daniel J. D. Stulac
The PloughRead: The Wonder of Moths by Caroline Moore
79: According to the Scriptures – Resurrection in the Old Testament
The PloughRead: Christian Fellowship Isn’t Just Being Nice by Clarence Jordan
78: Worshiping Nature
The PloughRead: Three Pillars of Education by Heinrich Arnold
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