A Visit With Jesus: Mere Christianty Broadcasts

‘Right & Wrong’ – A Clue to the Meaning of the Universe

Length: 11:04

Speaker: Narrator

A recreation of the original broadcast talk made by C.S. Lewis during World War II. This broadcast formed the basis of Chapter One of the book "Mere Christianity".

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Some Objections

Length: 13:52

Speaker: Narrator

This talk was called 'Some Objections' in Chapter 2 of Lewis' book 'Mere Christianity'.
Illustrations of the Moral Law/Natural Law found in other times and cultures are taken from the appendix to the book 'The Abolition of Man'

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The Reality of the Moral Law

Length: 10:45

Speaker: Narrator

This talk became Chapter 3 of Lewis' book 'Mere Christianity' and was called 'The Reality of the [universal] Moral Law'.

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What Lies Behind the Moral Law

Length: 13:02

Speaker: Narrator

This third talk became Chapter 4 of Lewis' book 'Mere Christianity' and was originally called 'Materialism or Religion’.

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We Have Cause to be Uneasy

Length: 10:34

Speaker: Narrator

This fourth talk became Chapter 5 of Lewis' book 'Mere Christianity' and was originally called 'What do we do about it?’

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The Rival Conceptions of God

Length: 8:43

Speaker: Narrator

This is an illustration of C.S Lewis’ first talk in the series called ‘What Christians Believe’. This became Chapter 11 in the book called ‘Mere Christianity’.

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The Invasion

Length: 15:26

Speaker: Narrator

This is an illustration of C.S Lewis’ third talk of the third radio series called ‘What Christians Believe’.
This talk became Chapter 2 of Book 2, in the book called ‘Mere Christianity’.

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The Shocking Alternative

Length: 13:31

Speaker: Narrator

This is an illustration of C.S Lewis’ third talk of the third radio series called ‘What Christians Believe’. This became Chapter 3 of Book 2, in the book called ‘Mere Christianity’.

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The Perfect Penitent

Length: 15:43

Speaker: Narrator

How unexpected would it be if a criminal actually admitted his crimes and his motive, rather than covering his guilt with proud looks and defiant silence? C.S. Lewis looks at repentance – only a bad person needs it, but only a good person can do it – and also looks at the Perfect Penitent, Jesus Christ.

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The Practical Conclusion

Length: 13:10

Date: Feb. 15, 1942

Speaker: Narrator

When this broadcast was made, Nazism was at the Zenith of its power. Freedom & democracy had been wiped from continental Europe due to an agreement between Hitler & Stalin, that divided Poland.

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The Three Parts of Morality

Length: 13:45

Date: Sep. 20, 1942

Speaker: Narrator

This is an illustration of C.S Lewis’ introductory talk of the third radio series called ‘Christian Behaviour’. This became Chapter 1 of Book 3, in the book called ‘Mere Christianity.’

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The ‘Cardinal Virtues’

Length: 11:04

Date: March, 1943

Speaker: Narrator

In the last talk of this series, C.S. Lewis illustrated morality with ships sailing in convoy during WWII. In this new chapter, Lewis looks at morality in the way the ancient writers divided the subject.

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