Mere Caffeination

Jun 04 2024 10 ep. 35 mins 6
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An Inklings-inspired podcast about cultivating a winsome Christian witness with clarity, creativity, and kindness.

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Are John Calvin and Martin Luther Friends?

Jun 04 2024 35 mins  
This is the second part of the conversation with Flame, Grammy-nominated hip hop artist, about his faith journey. He talks about vocation, essential things, and why he's no longer a Calvinist. Mere Caffeination is an Inklings-inspired podcast about cultivating a winsome Christian witness produced by the Center for Worldview and Culture at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, MO

Flame, Snoop Dogg, and the Gospel

Apr 13 2024 28 mins  
Grammy-nominated and award-winning hip hop artist FLAME and I talk about C.S. Lewis's metaphor from Mere Christianity of a great hallway. We discuss how we should think about the Church, the gospel, and Snoop Dogg's Christian rap album.

Deconstruction and Doubt: The Rest of the Convo with the Notorious KSP

Mar 07 2024 27 mins  
Dr. Karen Swallow Prior helped us wrap up season one of Mere Caffeination and she joined us again or this the second episode of season two. This season will include several interviews with remarkable Christian leaders and a survey of the peaks of Mere Christianity, the book for which this podcast's name is inspired.

Church, Heaven, & Karen Swallow Prior

Jun 05 2023 36 mins  
In the final episode of this season of Mere Caffeination, we're joined by literature professor Dr. Karen Swallow Prior (aka. the Notorious KSP) as we explore C.S. Lewis's themes of church and heaven in the Screwtape Letters. I lead off the interview with Karen by asking her about all the time she's spent behind bars. True story.

C.S. Lewis Defeated?

Apr 19 2023 35 mins  
A cigar smoking, monocle wearing, young lady once beat C.S. Lewis in a public debate. Or so some say. We'll talk about how that relates to Lewis's demons in the Screwtape Letters and wrap up our conversation with Ameen Hudson from the Southside Rabbi podcast. We've packed all that into this espresso-infused episode of Mere Caffeination.

The Human Condition

Apr 14 2023 37 mins  
In this caffeine-infused episode we look at how C.S. Lewis found his voice and how his demons understood adolescence. We're joined by Ameen Hudson, a theologian and writer who focuses on the intersection of theology, art, and culture. He's also the co-host of the Southside Rabbi podcast.

Love and Hell

Jan 31 2023 40 mins  
"Where the Hell are we?" President Kennedy asked C.S. Lewis on November 22, 1963. Stay tuned for the second half of the program if you want to hear his response. First, we're going to wrap up our conversation with author and all-around-great-person, Trillia Newbell. Then we'll survey three summary points of Lewis's view of Hell as enunciated by his demons in a letter about romance.

Was Evil C.S. Lewis's Favorite Apologetic?

Dec 22 2022 38 mins  
Was evil C.S. Lewis's favorite apologetic? It was evil that led him into atheism, and, ironically, what led him out. How did a nun save Lewis's demons? We talk about all that in this episode as we're joined by the wonderful and ever cheerful Trillia Newbell.

Tolkien, the Cave, and a Lost Manuscript

Nov 23 2022 45 mins  
C.S. Lewis dedicated the Screwtape Letters to his good friend J.R.R. Tolkien, beloved author of the Middle Earth stories. But did Tolkien even like the Screwtape Letters? Unrelated, what was the cave where Tolkien and Lewis’s spent so much time together? Were these two authors into spelunking? And why didn’t Tolkien’s wife let him hang out at C.S. Lewis’s house? Is that why

Screwtape & Sam Allberry

Oct 31 2022 32 mins  
In the first episode of Mere Caffeination we talk about how Hitler and a boring sermon inspired the former atheist, C.S. Lewis, to create a diabolical conversation about how to avoid temptation. Author, pastor, and all-around-good-guy, Sam Allberry, joins the program mainly to make fun of the host. Join us in this first season for a guided tour of The Screwtape Letters with some am