{"podcast":{"title":"Banned Books","slug":"banned-books-1005383","podcast_index_feed_id":1005383,"rss_url":"https://bannedbooks.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.1517.org/podcasts/banned-books","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/1/b/e/b1be8b5f4a63f8e488c4a68c3ddbc4f2/banned_books_podcast-20230812-29m6c8u8m4.jpg","author":"1517 Legacy","episode_count":461,"summary":"Welcome to Banned Books, where we read and converse with the rebel children, the holy mischief-makers of God, who fight against the kind of useless religious, spiritual, and moral methods of life improvement that seeks to smother the glory of God in Jesus Christ. We want to introduce you to those who forgot everything except Jesus Christ and him crucified. We all struggle with fear of being last, lost, least, littlest, and dead, and so we are here to encourage, challenge, provoke, and maybe even offend you by introducing you to theologians who at one time or another were banned by their church, declared dangerous, or simply vilified for daring to confess that Christ alone is the way, truth, and life. Welcome rebel children, holy mischief makers, and fools for Christ. This podcast is for you.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banned-books-1005383"},"episode":{"title":"419: C.S. Lewis - All that Christianity adds to Paganism is the cure","slug":"419-c-s-lewis-all-that-christianity-adds-to-paganism-is-the-cure","published_at":"2025-12-05T13:57:16+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banned-books-1005383/419-c-s-lewis-all-that-christianity-adds-to-paganism-is-the-cure","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banned-books-1005383","url":"https://www.1517.org/podcast-overview/419-lewis","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bannedbooks/BB_419.mp3?dest-id=697691","summary":"In this episode, we read C.S. Lewis' \"A Christmas Sermon for Pagans.\" Why does the post-Christian person need to become pagan again to be prepared to hear the gospel? How has a mechanistic view of nature led us to kill each other? Why do we reject the good news that Jesus ended the need for guilt-offerings, sin-sacrifices, and fear about the afterlife? What happened as a consequence of moderns pushing heavenly truth out of the material world? What is the message of Christmas that offers a cure for all that ails us? SHOW NOTES: A Christmas Sermon for Pagans https://ia601205.us.archive.org/24/items/c.-s.-lewis-a-christmas-sermon-for-pagans-1946/C.%20S.%20Lewis%20-%20A%20Christmas%20Sermon%20for%20Pagans%201946_text.pdf More from 1517: Support 1517 Podcast Network: https://www.1517.org/donate-podcasts 1517 Podcasts : http://www.1517.org/podcasts 1517 on YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/@1517org 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/channel/1517-podcast-network/id6442751370 1517 Events Schedule : https://www.1517.org/events 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education : https://academy.1517.org/ What's New from 1517: Coming Home for Christmas: 1517 Advent Devotional https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419916-coming-home-for-christmas Face to Face: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419312-face-to-face Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms by Chad Bird https://www.amazon.com/Untamed-Prayers-Devotions-Christ-Psalms/dp/1964419263 Remembering Your Baptism: A 40-Day Devotional by Kathryn Morales https://shop.1517.org/collections/new-releases/products/9781964419039-remembering-your-baptism Sinner Saint by Luke Kjolhaug https://shop.1517.org/products/9781964419152-sinne…","meta_description":"In this episode, we read C.S. Lewis' \"A Christmas Sermon for Pagans.\" Why does the post-Christian person need to become pagan again to be prepared to hear…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8604,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/banned-books-1005383/episodes/419-c-s-lewis-all-that-christianity-adds-to-paganism-is-the-cure/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/banned-books-1005383/419-c-s-lewis-all-that-christianity-adds-to-paganism-is-the-cure.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}