“Why the Moral Law Points Us Home”
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Title: Mere Christianity
Author: C.S. Lewis
Category: Faith, Spirituality & Meaning
Sophie's first reaction to C.S. Lewis: he reads your mind before you open the book — then spends it explaining the strange voice inside you that says some things are right and others wrong.
Sam and Sophie trace the moral law from its universality to the gap between what we know and how we live. They unpack Lewis's argument that the 'ought' we can't shake points past mere physics, then move to sin, his image of a beautiful instrument we can't play, and the cross as where justice and mercy meet. They also cover the four cardinal virtues and the Christian virtues of faith, hope, and charity.
If you've ever felt the pull between what you know you should do and what you actually do, this episode is for you. The takeaway: the moral law isn't there to haunt you; it's there to guide you home.
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Chapters
00:00The Strange Voice of Right and Wrong00:51The Standard We Can't Meet01:31Sin and the Cross02:14The Cardinal Virtues03:18Evil, Trinity, and Daily Faith04:16The Invitation Home