Lesser-Known Lewis: Christian Reflections on C. S. Lewis's Essays and Short Works S2E5 "Petitionary Prayer: A Problem Without an Answer" (Part 1)
Exploring the first part of C. S. Lewis' 1953 speech “Petitionary Prayer: A Problem Without an Answer" where Lewis wrestles through the two seemingly incompatible ways Jesus teaches us to pray. First, submitting our requests to God's possible refusal (e.g. “thy will be done”). Second, with the certain faith we shall get the specific thing we ask. Sean and Jordan push back and forth on this one, as Lewis does in the essay. But, also like Lewis, we find no clear answer to the problem. Still, after the wrestle, we find ourselves having learned a lot more about prayer than we knew before, and we learn about the nature of faith along the way. We also find ourselves taking a dip into letter 11 of "Letters to Malcolm," Lewis' last published book. And though he does not have an answer in the essay or the book, what Lewis does have is a beautiful picture of two ways of praying that Jesus gives as gifts to his disciples.
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