3.29 Joe Rigney, David Schrock, Trent Hunter • Interview • “The Unavoidable Either-Or: The Choice that Confronts Us in The Great Divorce“

Episode 112
61 Min
June 17, 2024
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Listen in as Joe Rigney joins David Schrock and Trent Hunter to discuss his longform essay "The Unavoidable Either-Or: The Choice that Confronts Us in The Great Divorce" as well as the 2024 meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Timestamps
  • Intro – 00:48
  • Law Amendment Update – 02:58
  • Rigney’s Reflections on the SBC – 03:35
  • Thinking Strategically Going Forward – 09:04
  • Trent’s Reflections on the SBC – 10:39
  • Living Under the Progressive Gaze – 12:09
  • What Makes a Classic a ‘Classic’? – 17:07
  • Lewis and His Background – 19:44
  • Trent on Reading More C.S. Lewis – 23:24
  • Expressing the Usefulness of Lewis but with caution – 26:00
  • What C.S. Lewis Fought Against in His Day – 34:30
  • How Should We Think about Books Outside the Christian Faith? – 39:54
  • Lewis and Appropriating Myths and Cultures from the Past – 45:32
  • The Characters in The Great Divorce – 50:04
  • Something Less Known from Lewis that is Worth Reading – 55:43
  • Closing and Outro – 58:20
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Authors

  • Joe Rigney serves as Fellow of Theology at New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho. He is the author of six books including: Live Like a Narnian: Christian Discipleship in Lewis’s Chronicles (Eyes & Pen, 2013) and Courage: How the Gospel Creates Christian Fortitude (Crossway, 2023). He is married to his wife, Jenny, and they have three children.

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  • David Schrock is the pastor for preaching and theology at Occoquan Bible Church in Woodbridge, Virginia. David is a two-time graduate of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a founding faculty member and professor of theology at Indianapolis Theology Seminary. And he is the author of Royal Priesthood and Glory of God along with many journal articles and online essays.

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  • Trent Hunter is the pastor for preaching and teaching at Heritage Bible Church in Greer, South Carolina. Trent is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author of Graphical Greek, an electronic reference guide for biblical Greek, Joshua in Crossway's Knowing the Bible series, and is co-author of Christ from Beginning to End: How the Full Story of Scripture Reveals the Full Glory of Christ. Trent is an Instructor for the Charles Simeon Trust Workshops on Biblical Exposition.

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