Joe Rigney-- C.S. Lewis on the Christian Life

Joe Rigney– C.S. Lewis on the Christian Life

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Welcome to the 150th episode of Equipping You in Grace. On today’s episode, Dave Jenkins talks with Joe Rigney about his book, Lewis on the Christian Life: Becoming Truly Human in the Presence of God (Crossway, 2018).

What you’ll hear in this episode

The central place of the Choice in Lewis’ thought.
How reading C.S. Lewis will help Christians become better Christian readers and writers.
How Christians can charitably, engage with those, we disagree with, while biblically and thoughtfully learning from them.
How C.S. Lewis helps Christians grow in their understanding of Christian hedonism.
C.S. Lewis and recovering the place of imagination in the Christian life.
The legacy of C.S. Lewis.

About the Guest

Joe Rigney (MA, Bethlehem College and Seminary) is assistant professor of theology and Christian worldview at Bethlehem College and Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the author of Live Like a Narnian: Christian Discipleship in C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles and The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife and two sons.

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Dave Jenkins( Executive Director )

Dave Jenkins is happily married to his wife, Sarah. He is a writer, editor, and speaker living in beautiful Southern Oregon. Dave is a lover of Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology. He serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries, the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine, the Host and Producer of Equipping You in Grace Podcast, and is a contributor to and producer of Contending for the Word. He is the author of The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021), The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age (G3 Press, 2022), and Contentment: The Journey of a Lifetime (Theology for Life, 2024). You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, or read his newsletter. Dave loves to spend time with his wife, going to movies, eating at a nice restaurant, or going out for a round of golf with a good friend. He is also a voracious reader, in particular of Reformed theology, and the Puritans. You will often find him when he’s not busy with ministry reading a pile of the latest books from a wide variety of Christian publishers. Dave received his M.A.R. and M.Div through Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.