{"id":67473,"date":"2018-04-10T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=67473"},"modified":"2020-01-06T22:42:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T05:42:11","slug":"the-eagle-and-child-s1e22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2018\/04\/10\/the-eagle-and-child-s1e22\/","title":{"rendered":"PWJ: S1E22 – MC B4C9 – “Charity”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Charity\"<\/p>\n

We will spend the remaining episodes of Book III, we will be looking at the theological virtues. Today we begin with Christian love, also known as “charity”…<\/p>\n

If you enjoy this episode, you can subscribe\u00a0manually<\/a>, or\u00a0any place where good podcasts can be found\u00a0(iTunes<\/a>,\u00a0Google Play<\/a>,\u00a0Podbean<\/a>,\u00a0Stitcher<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0TuneIn<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Please send any objections, comments or questions, either via email\u00a0through my website<\/a>\u00a0or tweet us\u00a0@pintswithjack<\/a>. Be sure to follow\u00a0our new Instagram account<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Episode 22: “Charity”<\/strong>\u00a0(Download<\/a>)<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/TEAC-S1E22.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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— Show Notes —<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 My outline for\u00a0today’s chapter is available\u00a0here<\/a>. Unfortunately, there isn\u2019t a C.S. Lewis Doodle for it.<\/p>\n

\u2022 If you want a great way of preparing for Confession, take 1 Corinthians 13 and replace the word “love” with your own name.<\/p>\n

\u2022 In this episode we’re going to answer the following questions:<\/p>\n

1. What is charity?
\n2. What does charity require of us?
\n3. How do we grow in charity?
\n4. How does it apply to our relationship with God?<\/p>\n

\u2022 The quote-of-the-day is:<\/p>\n

“Agape is all giving, not getting”<\/span><\/p>\n

– C.S. Lewis, Collected Letters.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 I’m sick this week – my voice is almost deeper as Barry White’s. To help with my sore throat, Matt and I are drinking Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Before we started recording this week, Matt proudly told me that he had Lagaveulen for the first time at a party that week, completely forgetting that he had drunk it with me on this show recently. This is why Matt isn’t invited to my “Finer Things Club”…<\/p>\n

\u2022 Matt mentioned an essay of Lewis’ which I’ve never read: The Inner Ring.<\/p>\n

1. What is charity?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Charity has a couple of definitions. These days it typically means to give alms to the poor, but originally it meant love in the Christian sense.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Charity is principally about the will, not our emotions.<\/p>\n

\u2022 We naturally love ourselves. The Christian Faith says we should do this for other people.<\/p>\n

2. What does charity require of us (and what does it not require)?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Charity does not<\/span> require me to like everybody I encounter.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Your likes and dislikes of people isn’t sinful, no more than your preference for a particular flavour of ice-cream. What we do with these likes or dislikes, however, matters very much.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Liking people often makes it easier to love them. However, it can actually cause the opposite problem. If we like someone, it might cause us to be uncharitable to another. Matt gave the example of a spoiled child. I gave the example of when a girl I really liked entered a competition<\/a> where I got to pick the winner…<\/p>\n

3. How do we grow in charity?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Feels can help actions.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Acting like you love someone can help nurture affection towards them.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Motivations do matter though. If you are willing the good of the other in anticipation for their praise or gratitude, you will be disappointed.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Acts of hate beget feelings of hate. Hate and love work with “compound interest”.\u00a0I have heard it said that Einstein said that the most powerful force in the universe is compound interest. Matt and I talk about financial stuff for a while. I told the story about the man who asked for grains of rice on a chessboard.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Small steps will lead you to do great things e.g. running a marathon.<\/p>\n

4. How does it apply to our relationship with God?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 What do you do if you don’t have feelings of love for God? Do the same as you do with people. Don’t wait for feelings, act as though you did.<\/p>\n

\u2022 This was the same idea as Christian marriage.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Told C.S. Lewis stories told by his stepson in a video<\/a>. In the video he quotes the following poem:<\/p>\n

“Any man’s death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind and therefore send to know for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee”<\/span><\/p>\n

– John Dunn<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Someone we mentioned last week, St. Maximillian Kolbe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 God cares about our sins:<\/p>\n

“…the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come and go, His love for us does not. It is not wearied by our sins, or our indifference; and, therefore, it is quite relentless in its determination that we shall be cured of those sins, at whatever cost to us, at whatever cost to Him.”<\/span><\/p>\n

– C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (Book III, Chapter 9)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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