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The Thinklings Podcast — Episode 283 The Thinklings Podcast — Episode 283 The Inner Ring Welcome to Episode 283 of The Thinklings Podcast! In this episode, the Thinklings turn their attention to “The Inner Ring”, C.S. Lewis's penetrating essay found in The Weight of Glory. The conversation explores Lewis's warning about the desire for insider status, belonging, and recognition—and how that desire subtly shapes human behavior, temptation, and faithfulness in the Christian life. Thanks for tuning in to this week's conversation!

Government of Ghana has signed a ¥3 billion (Japanese Yen) grant agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to overhaul the Inner Ring Road in Kumasi.

In this episode of Thinking Out Loud, Nathan and Cameron dive deep into That Hideous Strength, the final and most complex book of C.S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy. Rather than offering a typical plot summary, they explore the prophetic theological themes that Lewis weaves into this dystopian narrative—from technocratic utopianism and demonic deception to the seduction of power and the spiritual cost of compromise. Originally written in 1945, this novel's relevance to the challenges Christians face in 2025 is both unsettling and illuminating. Nathan and Cameron connect Lewis's fiction to The Abolition of Man, The Inner Ring, and present-day issues like AI, media manipulation, transhumanism, and the loss of transcendence in modern culture. Perfect for Christians seeking rich theological reflection on current events, this conversation challenges believers to slow down, cultivate virtue, and recover a vision of reality where spirit precedes matter and truth is not up for negotiation.DONATE LINK: https://toltogether.com/donate BOOK A SPEAKER: https://toltogether.com/book-a-speakerJOIN TOL CONNECT: https://toltogether.com/tol-connect TOL Connect is an online forum where TOL listeners can continue the conversation begun on the podcast.

QUOTES FOR REFLECTION “Of all the passions, the passion for the Inner Ring is most skillful in making a man who is not yet a very bad man do very bad things.…you may be quite sure of this. Unless you take measures to prevent it, this desire is going to be one of the chief motives of your life, from the first day on which you enter your profession until the day when you are too old to care. That will be the natural thing—the life that will come to you of its own accord. Any other kind of life, if you lead it, will be the result of conscious and continuous effort.”~C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) in The Inner Ring“Look, the insidious thing about these forms of worship…is that they are unconscious. They are default-settings. They're the kind of worship you just gradually slip into, day after day, getting more and more selective about what you see and how you measure value without ever being fully aware that that's what you're doing. And the world will not discourage you from operating on your default-settings, because the world of men and money and power hums along quite nicely on the fuel of fear and contempt and frustration and craving and the worship of self. Our own present culture has harnessed these forces in ways that have yielded extraordinary wealth and comfort and personal freedom. The freedom to be lords of our own tiny skull-sized kingdoms, alone at the center of all creation.”“The really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to sacrifice for them, over and over, in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day. That is real freedom. The alternative is unconsciousness, the default-setting, the ‘rat race' — the constant gnawing sense of having had and lost some infinite thing.”~David Foster Wallace (1962-2008), American author and professor“What can strip the seeming beauty,From the idols of the earth?Not a sense of right or duty,But the sight of peerless worth.”~Lyrics to hymn “Hast Thou Heard Him, Seen Him, Known Him?”SERMON PASSAGEHebrews 11:23-31 (ESV)23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king's edict. 24 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 25 choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward. 27 By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible. 28 By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them. 29 By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days. 31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.

People are naturally drawn to insider status. Jesus offers us access to His inner circle, but the weakness of our flesh leads us to abandon him. Jesus still becomes the ultimate outsider on our behalf so that we can regain insider status with God. Listen in as Rom Jukes unpacks this truth for us.

Pastor Blake continues our series on Ephesians, focusing this week on our transition from not just strangers to members, but orphans to family, and what that means for the Church.

Welcome to this classic episode. Classics are my favorite episodes from the past 10 years published once a month. These are N of one conversations with N of one people. This is a rare opportunity to hear from one of the best investors of the past decade—Josh Kushner, founder and managing partner of venture firm, Thrive Capital. Josh started Thrive in 2010 and launched its first institutional fund in 2011. That first institutional fund was $40 million and, in it, Thrive led Warby Parker's Series A, invested in Instagram, and incubated a business, which Josh co-founded, called Oscar. Their portfolio is stage agnostic and their track record includes many of the best known businesses from the past decade, including Spotify, Unity, Stripe, and Twitch among many more. Please enjoy my great conversation with Josh Kushner. Subscribe to Colossus Review. For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here. ----- This episode is brought to you by WorkOS. WorkOS is a developer platform that enables SaaS companies to quickly add enterprise features to their applications. With a single API, developers can implement essential enterprise capabilities that typically require months of engineering work. By handling the complex infrastructure of enterprise features, WorkOS allows developers to focus on their core product while meeting the security and compliance requirements of Fortune 500 companies. Visit WorkOS.com to Transform your application into an enterprise-ready solution in minutes, not months. ----- This episode is brought to you by Passthrough. Passthrough streamlines subscription documents, KYC, and AML compliance, so you can focus on running your fund, not managing paperwork. New SEC Update 31 CFR hits investment firms in under a year, and managers are getting ready for it now. If you think basic OFAC screening is enough, think again. You'll need continuous monitoring of your investors and all their beneficial owners across multiple watchlists, plus a comprehensive anti money laundering program. Passthrough has already processed 50,000 LPs and built the complete solution. Don't risk SEC deficiency letters, fines, or regulatory enforcement. Visit passthrough.com to get compliant now. ----- Invest Like the Best is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Invest Like the Best, visit joincolossus.com/episodes.  Follow us on Twitter: @patrick_oshag | @JoinColossus Show Notes (00:00:00) Welcome to Invest Like the Best (00:05:14) Why do this podcast (00:08:14) The development of taste and quality  (00:12:20) CS Lewis tweet; The Inner Ring (00:18:14) Overview the founding story of Oscar Health (00:25:18) Learning to identify good problems and creating a business to solve it (00:27:43) The birth story of Thrive Capital (00:32:14) Lessons learned from creating the first three Thrive funds (00:39:44) Talent, recruiting and seeing potential in younger generations of people (00:47:40) Investments he made during the early foundation of Thrive that had significant impact (00:51:12) His analogy for investing in early versus late stage and styles of real estate investing (00:56:22) The current macro environment (01:00:57) Why he sold small stakes of Thrive (01:05:10) His philosophy on what makes a good product (01:10:10) His absence from crypto and why he refrained during the boom in 2021 (01:12:33) Thoughts about the opportunity set in FinTech today writ large (01:15:39) Lessons learned from his time spent with Marc Andreessen (01:17:43) Lessons learned from Stan Druckenmiller, Henry Kravis, and David Geffen (01:22:09) Firm values he thinks are very important (01:31:15) Vision as a key ingredient for founders (01:34:19) His view of the investment industry in the world today writ large  (01:44:48) The kindest thing anyone has ever done for him

CS Lewis wrote an essay entitled, “Inner Ring.” He suggested that the desire humans have to be a part of a secret group or with select individuals effects everything about us, sometimes for good other times for bad. We all want access. With this essay as a backdrop we look at Ephesians 2.11-22 and discuss access to the Father. Join us as we continue our sermon series through Ephesians.

In this final episode on C. S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters, we tackle the pervasiveness, problem, and cure, of Inner Ring idolatry. Tune in to hear how the pull of the Inner Ring is illustrated in the second Inside Out movie, and to learn how to turn cliques in the church inside out. Scriptures Referenced:Luke 10:19-21 Visit PracticologyPodcast.com for more episodes.Follow the Practicology Podcast on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MandMsPodcast

What is the inner ring and why is it so appealing? C.S. Lewis experts, Ben and Jeff explain.

Is Justification and the Immaculate stopping you from becoming a Catholic? What does C.S. Lewis's Inner Ring means? What is Jovianism? Don't miss this Friday's edition of Called to Communion.

Is Justification and the Immaculate stopping you from becoming a Catholic? What does C.S. Lewis's Inner Ring means? What is Jovianism? Don't miss this Friday's edition of Called to Communion.

Pastor Ian Graham continues our series in Romans looking at our insatiable desire to be at the center of the action and how that desire itself is God-given, designed to draw us to himself and receive the good news that we have been welcomed into the inner ring of love through Christ. Support the Show.

Luke 9:37-50 // It is an incredible thing to be called to follow Jesus. But we must be careful not to equate the kingdom of God with an earthly "Inner Ring" by desiring power, position, or acceptance in the wrong way. In the gospel, we are invited to belong through simple faith like a child.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: The Inner Ring by C. S. Lewis, published by Saul Munn on April 25, 2024 on LessWrong. Note: In @Nathan Young's words "It seems like great essays should go here and be fed through the standard LessWrong algorithm. There is possibly a copyright issue here, but we aren't making any money off it either." What follows is a full copy of the C. S. Lewis essay "The Inner Ring" the 1944 Memorial Lecture at King's College, University of London. May I read you a few lines from Tolstoy's War and Peace? When Boris entered the room, Prince Andrey was listening to an old general, wearing his decorations, who was reporting something to Prince Andrey, with an expression of soldierly servility on his purple face. "Alright. Please wait!" he said to the general, speaking in Russian with the French accent which he used when he spoke with contempt. The moment he noticed Boris he stopped listening to the general who trotted imploringly after him and begged to be heard, while Prince Andrey turned to Boris with a cheerful smile and a nod of the head. Boris now clearly understood - what he had already guessed - that side by side with the system of discipline and subordination which were laid down in the Army Regulations, there existed a different and more real system - the system which compelled a tightly laced general with a purple face to wait respectfully for his turn while a mere captain like Prince Andrey chatted with a mere second lieutenant like Boris. Boris decided at once that he would be guided not by the official system but by this other unwritten system. When you invite a middle-aged moralist to address you, I suppose I must conclude, however unlikely the conclusion seems, that you have a taste for middle-aged moralising. I shall do my best to gratify it. I shall in fact, give you advice about the world in which you are going to live. I do not mean by this that I am going to talk on what are called current affairs. You probably know quite as much about them as I do. I am not going to tell you - except in a form so general that you will hardly recognise it - what part you ought to play in post-war reconstruction. It is not, in fact, very likely that any of you will be able, in the next ten years, to make any direct contribution to the peace or prosperity of Europe. You will be busy finding jobs, getting married, acquiring facts. I am going to do something more old-fashioned than you perhaps expected. I am going to give advice. I am going to issue warnings. Advice and warnings about things which are so perennial that no one calls them "current affairs." And of course everyone knows what a middle-aged moralist of my type warns his juniors against. He warns them against the World, the Flesh, and the Devil. But one of this trio will be enough to deal with today. The Devil, I shall leave strictly alone. The association between him and me in the public mind has already gone quite as deep as I wish: in some quarters it has already reached the level of confusion, if not of identification. I begin to realise the truth of the old proverb that he who sups with that formidable host needs a long spoon. As for the Flesh, you must be very abnormal young people if you do not know quite as much about it as I do. But on the World I think I have something to say. In the passage I have just read from Tolstoy, the young second lieutenant Boris Dubretskoi discovers that there exist in the army two different systems or hierarchies. The one is printed in some little red book and anyone can easily read it up. It also remains constant. A general is always superior to a colonel, and a colonel to a captain. The other is not printed anywhere. Nor is it even a formally organised secret society with officers and rules which you would be told after you had been admitted. You are never formally and explicitly admi...

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: The Inner Ring by C. S. Lewis, published by Saul Munn on April 25, 2024 on LessWrong. Note: In @Nathan Young's words "It seems like great essays should go here and be fed through the standard LessWrong algorithm. There is possibly a copyright issue here, but we aren't making any money off it either." What follows is a full copy of the C. S. Lewis essay "The Inner Ring" the 1944 Memorial Lecture at King's College, University of London. May I read you a few lines from Tolstoy's War and Peace? When Boris entered the room, Prince Andrey was listening to an old general, wearing his decorations, who was reporting something to Prince Andrey, with an expression of soldierly servility on his purple face. "Alright. Please wait!" he said to the general, speaking in Russian with the French accent which he used when he spoke with contempt. The moment he noticed Boris he stopped listening to the general who trotted imploringly after him and begged to be heard, while Prince Andrey turned to Boris with a cheerful smile and a nod of the head. Boris now clearly understood - what he had already guessed - that side by side with the system of discipline and subordination which were laid down in the Army Regulations, there existed a different and more real system - the system which compelled a tightly laced general with a purple face to wait respectfully for his turn while a mere captain like Prince Andrey chatted with a mere second lieutenant like Boris. Boris decided at once that he would be guided not by the official system but by this other unwritten system. When you invite a middle-aged moralist to address you, I suppose I must conclude, however unlikely the conclusion seems, that you have a taste for middle-aged moralising. I shall do my best to gratify it. I shall in fact, give you advice about the world in which you are going to live. I do not mean by this that I am going to talk on what are called current affairs. You probably know quite as much about them as I do. I am not going to tell you - except in a form so general that you will hardly recognise it - what part you ought to play in post-war reconstruction. It is not, in fact, very likely that any of you will be able, in the next ten years, to make any direct contribution to the peace or prosperity of Europe. You will be busy finding jobs, getting married, acquiring facts. I am going to do something more old-fashioned than you perhaps expected. I am going to give advice. I am going to issue warnings. Advice and warnings about things which are so perennial that no one calls them "current affairs." And of course everyone knows what a middle-aged moralist of my type warns his juniors against. He warns them against the World, the Flesh, and the Devil. But one of this trio will be enough to deal with today. The Devil, I shall leave strictly alone. The association between him and me in the public mind has already gone quite as deep as I wish: in some quarters it has already reached the level of confusion, if not of identification. I begin to realise the truth of the old proverb that he who sups with that formidable host needs a long spoon. As for the Flesh, you must be very abnormal young people if you do not know quite as much about it as I do. But on the World I think I have something to say. In the passage I have just read from Tolstoy, the young second lieutenant Boris Dubretskoi discovers that there exist in the army two different systems or hierarchies. The one is printed in some little red book and anyone can easily read it up. It also remains constant. A general is always superior to a colonel, and a colonel to a captain. The other is not printed anywhere. Nor is it even a formally organised secret society with officers and rules which you would be told after you had been admitted. You are never formally and explicitly admi...

Support the show!! - https://www.patreon.com/chasedavisFull interview with Ligon Duncan on “Room for Nuance” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=548rPIIBdlUClip re: Moscow Mood - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXnwKgzXy8o“Leadership and Emotional Sabotage” - https://amzn.to/4avC7s0Joe Rigney on Twitter - https://twitter.com/joe_rigney“Jesus Has AIDS” - https://www.russellmoore.com/2009/12/01/jesus-has-aids/SummaryIn this episode, Chase Davis and Joe Rigney discuss the interview with Ligon Duncan and the concept of the Moscow Mood. They explore the contrasting attitudes towards different opponents and the use of mockery and caricature. They also delve into the inner circle dynamics and the exclusionary nature of Big Eva. The conversation highlights the attraction to inner rings and the prevention of face-to-face interaction. They conclude by examining the motive behind the slapdown and the refusal to engage in meaningful conversation. The conversation explores the importance of inviting different voices and engaging with different perspectives, even if there is a lack of reciprocity. It highlights the dangers of dignifying every error and the need for clarity over nuance. The conversation also discusses the currency of credibility and the transition from a neutral to a negative world. It emphasizes the importance of courage and the recognition that leaders will make mistakes. Ultimately, the conversation encourages trust in the Lord and Jesus as the ultimate source of guidance.Chapters00:00 Introduction and Background01:00 Discussing Ligon Duncan and the Moscow Mood03:47 The Use of Mockery and Caricature06:09 The Irony of Criticizing Moscow Mood07:11 The Inner Circle and Exclusion09:21 The Duplicity of Big Eva11:28 The Attraction to Inner Rings21:12 The Evangelical Industrial Complex25:17 The Inner Ring and Human Nature28:24 The Motive Behind the Slapdown34:35 Refusing Face-to-Face Conversation35:18 Inviting Different Voices36:08 The Lack of Reciprocity36:59 Engaging with Different Perspectives37:26 The Importance of Engagement38:21 The Dangers of Dignifying Every Error39:20 Paul's Response to Mistaken Identity40:19 The Number of Times in Acts41:16 The Mistaken Identity of Paul and the Apostles41:45 The Currency of Credibility45:08 The Inconsistency of Criticism46:23 The Ritual Denunciation Strategy48:23 Transitioning from Neutral to Negative World49:48 The Incentive Structure of Ritual Denunciation50:47 The Importance of Courage in Negative World52:36 The Importance of Clarity over Nuance54:31 The Apprehension of Trusting Leaders57:10 Different Approaches Based on Community Context59:05 Learning from Mistakes and Developing Faithfulness01:03:48 Trust in the Lord and JesusSupport the showSign up for the Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/chasedavisFollow Full Proof Theology on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fullprooftheology/Follow Full Proof Theology on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/fullprooftheology/

Join us as Pastor Kevin looks at one of the hardest of Jesus' teachings that touches on our desire to be part of the inner ring and what it costs us to be insiders. Today's passage - Luke 14:7-24

You live in The Objective Room. If you know what that means then you know we have to figure out how to live faithfully in there. If you don't? Hit Download, press Play, and we'll catch you up. --- C.S. Lewis' Essay "The Inner Ring"

This morning I'm going to focus on a currency that is quite costly and maybe even a bit intimidating for some of us, and that is the currency of hospitality. Many of us give of our time to serve and volunteer, and many of us give some money to charity or noble causes, but we would rather not get too involved with people! We like our privacy; we don't want to get tangled up in other people's problems; and we generally prioritize spending time and investing energy in people we like and have much in common with as opposed to getting entangled with “strange” people or poor people or people we don't think we can relate with. Be that as it may, Jesus calls His Church to be generous with our hospitality as a result of God's grace. I'm going to be working from a lengthy passage from Luke 14:7-24 that falls into three segments that I'll cover under three subheadings:1) Resisting the Inner Ring; 2) A Strange Invitation; and 3) The Poor in Spirit BanquetSupport the showThanks for listening! Follow us on Facebook or Instagram more info colonialkc.org

Luke and Seth discuss CS Lewis' concept of the Inner Ring and how not to "love the glory. that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God." (John 12:43)

The issue is not the existence of so-called inner rings, but our desire and willingness to spend our lives in order to gain from an inner ring what is freely promised in Christ: hope, security, and identity.

My guest today is Josh Kushner, founder and managing partner of venture firm, Thrive Capital. Josh started Thrive in 2010 and launched its first institutional fund in 2011. That first institutional fund was $40 million and, in it, Thrive led Warby Parker's Series A, invested in Instagram, and incubated a business, which Josh co-founded, called Oscar. Thrive has gone from strength to strength since then and now manages $15 billion with a small team of 9 investors. Their portfolio is stage agnostic and their track record includes many of the best known businesses from the past decade, including Spotify, Unity, Stripe, and Twitch among many more. Josh rarely speaks in public about the firm and their philosophy so it was a blast to do this with him. Please enjoy my great conversation with Josh Kushner. Founders Podcast Founders Episode 136 - Estee Lauder Founders Episode 288 - Ralph Lauren For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page here. ----- This episode is brought to you by Tegus. Tegus is the modern research platform for leading investors, and provider of Canalyst. Tired of calculating fully-diluted shares outstanding? Access every publicly-reported datapoint and industry-specific KPI through their database of over 4,000 driveable global models handbuilt by a team of sector-focused analysts, 35+ industry comp sheets, and Excel add-ins that let you use their industry-leading data in your own spreadsheets. Tegus' models automatically update each quarter, including hard to calculate KPIs like stock-based compensation and organic growth rates, empowering investors to bypass the friction of sourcing, building and updating models. Make efficiency your competitive advantage and take back your time today. As a listener, you can trial Canalyst by Tegus for free by visiting tegus.co/patrick. ----- Invest Like the Best is a property of Colossus, LLC. For more episodes of Invest Like the Best, visit joincolossus.com/episodes.  Follow us on Twitter: @patrick_oshag | @JoinColossus Show Notes (00:03:14) - (First question) - Why do this podcast (00:06:14) - The development of taste and quality  (00:10:20) - CS Lewis tweet; The Inner Ring (00:11:53) - Founders being heroes and motivating quietly from the background (00:16:14) - Overview the founding story of Oscar Health (00:21:30) - Is a big business different from a small one (00:23:18) - Learning to identify good problems and creating a business to solve it  (00:25:43) - The birth story of Thrive Capital  (00:30:14) - Lessons learned from creating the first three Thrive funds (00:33:35) - Industry wide competition today and models for building a firm in general  (00:37:44) - Talent, recruiting and seeing potential in younger generations of people (00:45:40) - Investments he made during the early foundation of Thrive that had significant impact  (00:49:12) - His analogy for investing in early versus late stage (00:54:22) - The current macro environment (00:57:52) - Giving AI companies computing power instead of money (00:58:57) - Why he sold small stakes of Thrive  (01:03:10) - His philosophy on what makes a good product (01:05:20) - What he thinks about the models like Mobile and Cloud  (01:08:10) - His absence from crypto and why he refrained during the boom in 2021 (01:10:33) - Thoughts about the opportunity set in FinTech today writ large (01:12:04) - Other potential opportunity sets beyond what's already been discussed (01:13:39) - Lessons learned from his time spent with Marc Andreessen, Stan Druckenmiller, Henry Kravis, and David Geffen (01:21:59) - Balancing magnitudes of capital between investment funds  (01:23:32) - Why founders choose Thrive (01:29:15) - Vision as a key ingredient for founders (01:32:19) - His view of the investment industry in the world today writ large  (01:40:19) - Other investment firms he would invest in (01:42:48) - The kindest thing anyone has ever done for him

In this episode, we are joined by editor-in-chief and co-founder of the Rising Tide Foundation, Cynthia Chung. Cynthia has lectured on the topics of Schiller's aesthetics, Shakespeare's tragedies, Roman history, and the Florentine Renaissance among other subjects. She is a writer for Strategic Culture Foundation, and is a contributing author to the book series “The Clash of the Two Americas.” In this episode, we discuss C.S. Lewis's concerns about modern education, the threat of scientific dictatorship, the essence of culture, science and magic, and much more as we explore the epic conclusion of Lewis's space trilogy, That Hideous Strength. Time Stamps: 1:24 Cynthia discusses the Rising Tide Foundation 5:47 Cynthia's background in molecular biology 7:31 The historical backdrop if That Hideous Strength, C.S. Lewis's contemporaries 12:10 Discussing The Abolition of Man important to understanding That Hideous Strength 18:23 Was Lewis's critique of H.G. Wells legitimate? 21:39 Mark Studdock and Bracton College: the progressive Element and the Traditionalist School 23:12 Mark's obsession with the Inner Ring 27:10 How the N.I.C.E. uses “remedial treatment” on people who oppose them 29:51 The final Inner Ring: the “Head” 35:05 Turning attention to Jane, Mark's wife, who is having prophetic dreams 37:21 Merlin represents something Britain has lost 40:55 Why did George Orwell critique Lewis for including Merlin in the story? 48:37 The epic climax: The Curse of Babel on the N.I.C.E. 1:01:48 Closing thoughts on the Inner Ring and Tolkien's “One Ring” 1:05:43 Are the “good guys” in this story just another Inner Ring? Why are they different? 1:12:14 Lewis's “Logres” 1:13:48 Cynthia's upcoming projects Rising Tide Foundation: https://risingtidefoundation.net/ Cynthia's Substack: https://cynthiachung.substack.com/ Cynthia's Lecture Series on the Space Trilogy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4W04cnITUI Part 2 of this episode series can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/perelandra/id1594769451?i=1000581106991 Stay tuned for our next episode when we discuss Marvel's 2021 film Spider-Man: No Way Home. Questions? Comments? E-mail us at unreliablenarratorsstoa@gmail.com, visit our website at unreliablenarratorspodcast.wordpress.com, or say hi on Instagram @unreliablenarratorspodcast. Our sound designer is Caleb Klomparens. Check out his music at https://soundcloud.com/kappamuse Access the 2022-2023 Stoa Mars Hill list here: https://stoausa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Mars-Hill-Topics-2022-2023-1.pdf

Not everyone is your friend, you may have heard this from your parents once or twice before. What they were teaching you is not everyone will treat the friendship with the same respect as you may. Morgon and Jody lay out what friendship means to them by identifying what it takes to be in their inner circle. They illustrate how rings on a dart board are like different levels of professional or personal relationships. By the end, you will be able to answer who's on your board or if they made it on the board at all. Jody and Morgon share a passion for leadership, love, and people. “That L Word” is their brainchild born over the best Mexican food downtown Jacksonville, NC has to offer and is meant to evoke the word, “Love” in the same conversation as, “Leadership.” We believe that leadership and love belong in the same sentence and aren't afraid to cut past the noise and talk about what really matters. On “That L Word” we talk about love, empathy, trust, loyalty, listening, life, and ALL of the other things that people are afraid to say out loud in the same sentence with leadership. Leadership is ALL about people and people have feelings, leaders included - so get in here! Sit down and let's talk about the stuff that might make you uncomfortable, but will absolutely make you a better person and leader!  Please take a minute to subscribe and leave us a review!  Follow us on Instagram @that_lword, let us know what you think, what you'd like to talk about, share your stories, and anything else that's on your mind!  Jody is an Executive Coach and Consultant who loves working with leaders to increase their self-awareness so they can build an amazing organizational culture that no one could imagine leaving. Jody served in the Navy with small, highly elite, Reconnaissance and Special Operations teams for 20 years, and the last decade of his three-decade military career, advising two-star and three-star General Officers with organizations of more than 45k people. Jody has a unique ability to see through the BS people are usually telling themselves; he's a patient listener who will ask the questions that spur real growth. For more information about Jody please visit his LinkedIn Profile.  Morgon is known best as, “The Peoples Coach.” He coaches athletes, executives, and leaders with an emphasis on knowing and loving themselves first. His leadership and people skills were developed over two decades in the United States Marine Corps but Morgon has taken that passion and knowledge beyond his service. Morgon developed his coaching style after realizing his athletes needed more than just a workout and nutrition plan - they needed to be seen as people first. Morgon coaches executives and leaders the same way he coaches athletes, as people - not titles, so they can be successful in whatever they endeavor. For more information about Morgon please visit his LinkedIn Profile.

In this episode, Dale and Joseph discuss C.S. Lewis' conception of "The Inner Ring."

"As long as you are governed by that desire you will never get what you want. ... Until you conquer the fear of being an outsider, an outsider you will remain." In C.S. Lewis's essays—"The Inner Ring" and "Membership"—he unpacks two dangerous social forces that threaten both the church and the morality of Christians: individualism and cliques. This week Drs. Crystal and David C. Downing continue their examination of Lewis's powerful essays and sermons published as The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses in 1948. How does our desire to belong, to be considered meaningful to others, warp and distort not only our heart but our actions. How do they so easily turn good people into "scoundrels?" And what can we do to overcome these temptations?

How can I get the most out of my 20s? In the first episode of our How to be the Post-College G.O.A.T. series, we talk about how trying, failing, and trying again is the recipe for success in the decade of your 20s.Paul's Outline for the 20sThe 20s: Experimenting, trying lots of different things and styles, figuring out strengths and weaknessesMantra: What different arenas and what different styles of operating and leading can I experiment with?PracticesWork hard on sexual purity and lean hard into God's grace if and when you failDevelop a good devotional life that will build a foundation for a lifetimeSuccess is not as critical as experiencing and experimenting; fail well and oftenDevelop a few potentially life-long friendshipsBe proactive about your future.  Don't wait to be invited.  Seek opportunities.At the same time, start reading C.S. Lewis' The Inner Ring once a year.Invest all you are able into your retirement plan; get free money if it's matched!If you are an ethnic minority:If you're mainly in an ethnic specific setting, move beyond and vice-versa.Start figuring out how your ethnicity impacts your personhood/ leadership. It's part of Emotional Intelligence but not always included.Figure out where you are on Kitano/Daniels assimilation/ethnic identity chart.Stay in Touch!Leave us a messageEpisode Email UpdatesWebsiteInstagram & FB: @afterivpod ★ Support this podcast ★

This week, we go on an unsuccessful quest with Jane, Dimble, and Denniston in search of Merlin, while the powers at the N.I.C.E. debate about whether torturing Mark would be fruitful or would disrupt Jane's visions. In his prison cell facing hanging, Mark gains clarity about the folly of his obsession with the Inner Ring and falls into despair.

This week, we go on an unsuccessful quest with Jane, Dimble, and Denniston in search of Merlin, while the powers at the N.I.C.E. debate about whether torturing Mark would be fruitful or would disrupt Jane's visions. In his prison cell facing hanging, Mark gains clarity about the folly of his obsession with the Inner Ring and falls into despair.

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Mark 9:38-41 - In this passage, the disciples bring up someone outside of their circle who is doing ministry in Jesus's name. In Jesus's dealing with their insecurity we find a powerful challenge to our own jockeying for position in an inner circle to the exclusion of others. The answer? Come receive all you need in Jesus once and for all. A sermon by Josh Wilder.

The lure of the Inner Ring, the danger of rejecting God's design for you, the perils of redefining language, the propensity of power to devolve into tyranny--all these themes appear in Chapter 3 of That Hideous Strength. In this episode, we unpack what Lewis is saying and how eerily prescient this work is.

The lure of the Inner Ring, the danger of rejecting God's design for you, the perils of redefining language, the propensity of power to devolve into tyranny--all these themes appear in Chapter 3 of That Hideous Strength. In this episode, we unpack what Lewis is saying and how eerily prescient this work is.

As we explore Chapter 2 of That Hideous Strength, the theme of the Inner Ring takes center stage as pride and gossip envelop Mark Studdock. Lewis makes strong points about using people and abusing power, corrupting language, envisioning a politico-technological utopia run by the government and science, holding to a dangerous view of Man as merely an animal or cog in a machine, and refusing to be vulnerable in human relationships. All the while, he is setting the stage for revealing what the N.I.C.E. is all about.

As we explore Chapter 2 of That Hideous Strength, the theme of the Inner Ring takes center stage as pride and gossip envelop Mark Studdock. Lewis makes strong points about using people and abusing power, corrupting language, envisioning a politico-technological utopia run by the government and science, holding to a dangerous view of Man as merely an animal or cog in a machine, and refusing to be vulnerable in human relationships. All the while, he is setting the stage for revealing what the N.I.C.E. is all about.

Episode manuscript: https://digitalbabylon.substack.com/p/internet-trolls-and-the-quest-forThe amplification of extremists and the muting of moderates. When it comes to social media's impact on American politics (and many other subjects), Chris Bail argues the two biggest effects of the social media prism feed into each other, making political extremists embolden and empowered to troll anyone they can and for moderates to give up hope that nuanced political dialogue and opinions are possible anymore. What drives Internet trolls to be trolls? What gives moderates the impression that discussing controversial topics online is so risky despite being the largest voting bloc in the country? What if both Internet trolls and the average American use social media in completely different ways because they're both looking for the same thing - and what if a Christian writer named C.S. Lewis had something to say about all this more than 80 years ago?——Buy Me a Coffee and keep Breaking the Digital Spell a high quality ad-free experience! Leave a one-time tip (without making an account) or unlock exclusive content with a $5 monthly membership at buymeacoffee.com/digitalspell!Purchase a copy of Chris Bail's "Breaking the Social Media Prism" and check out the Polarization Lab!“Forget the Echo Chamber - Social Media is a Prism”  on FaithTech. “What Is Media Ecology? A Conversation with Austin Gravley” on YouTubeConnect with Austin and Breaking the Digital Spell* Twitter: @DigitalSpell and @gravley_austin* Instagram: @breakingthedigitalspell* YouTube: Breaking the Digital Spell* Facebook: BtDS Facebook Page* Email: breakingthedigitalspell@gmail.comSupport the show (http://buymeacoffee.com/digitalspell) Support the show (http://buymeacoffee.com/digitalspell)

After a recap of the main themes of The Abolition of Man, we move on to set the stage for That Hideous Strength, looking at the cosmology of Deep Heaven, the characters who appear in the first chapter of the book, and some themes from The Abolition of Man that begin to emerge even in the first chapter of the last of the Ransom trilogy, including an exploration of Lewis's under-appreciated essay, "The Inner Ring."

After a recap of the main themes of The Abolition of Man, we move on to set the stage for That Hideous Strength, looking at the cosmology of Deep Heaven, the characters who appear in the first chapter of the book, and some themes from The Abolition of Man that begin to emerge even in the first chapter of the last of the Ransom trilogy, including an exploration of Lewis's under-appreciated essay, "The Inner Ring."

Tales From the World RingOur story begins in Solaria, the bright and shining capitol of the Inner Ring. Not knowing their fates are intertwined, our Adventurers are simply trying to survive within the darker side of the citadel.-------------------------------------------------Find us here:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pth.official/Twitter: https://twitter.com/PTH_OfficialYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN8YMsB-1aGW_FArQe1pELQTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/pthofficialTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pth_officialJoin the Discord: https://discord.gg/5yaUFkHNGet that Sweet Sweet Swag: https://my-store-b44589.creator-spring.com/Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/parttimeheroesSupport the show

With guest Professor Jonathan Anomaly (University of Pennsylvania)

In Season 2, Episode 1 of How to Be 40, Noah discusses the inconsistency of mixing noble symbols with dishonorable behavior; then links such with our consistent and fruitless quest for the "Inner Ring", as defined by author C. S. Lewis. 

We examine C.S. Lewis’ essay, “The Inner Ring.” We then develop some of the themes of wanting to fit in. We see how some groups are worth belonging to, and some are not. We see how those Inner Rings are unavoidable, and can even be good. Other times, whether in families, friends, education or employment, being ‘in the know’ is a dangerous thing, and doesn’t help us, or others. It can be about excluding others, and then we can never be happy, since there is always another level. It can also tempt us, because of Pride, to lose our souls. When we join an Inner Ring out of genuine love of the people, or because we like the task at hand, we find peace, and it helps us grow in God’s grace.

In today's episode, Rusty and Nick discuss the characteristics of great friendships, challenges to friendship, and what we mean by flourishing with friends. In today's episode, we read a quote from C.S. Lewis' The Four Loves from the chapter "Friendship." We also mentioned his work "The Inner Ring" from his book The Weight of Glory. Also, if you want to grow as a friend, we'd highly encourage you to pick up the short book True Friendship by Vaughan Roberts. A special thanks to Cole Calbaugh for the original music and Lindsay Ford for the introduction.

Dave and Joel discuss C.S. Lewis' famous paper, ‘The Inner Ring'. Lewis warns against the desire to be part of the invisible clique. In itself, this ‘inner ring' may not be evil, but Lewis argues that its allure can easily lead to a sense of purposelessness. All relationships and work become merely instrumental to climbing the social hierarchy; hypocrisy and the absence of conviction become the norm. How can Lewis' insights shed light on our current workplace cultures, economic structures, and church life? Is meaningful work possible in a society that has no sense of teleology? Is Dave trying to tell Joel something with his choice of topic this week?

Ephesians 2:11–22 | We all desire to be in the inner ring, whether it is the cool table in grade school or the closed-door meeting at work. But what if the special communion that we share in these inner circles is just a shadow of a more profound desire for the ultimate inner ring. One problem, humanity has no way into this inner ring because we treacherously rebelled against God. Only God himself can do it, and it is only by our union with Christ that we are welcomed back into the ultimate inner ring: God's very own family!In Ephesians 2:11-22, Paul shows us how this gracious feat was accomplished and how its application changes everything.

We all desire to be in the inner ring, whether it is the cool table in grade school or the closed-door meeting at work. But what if the special communion that we share in these inner circles is just a shadow of a more profound desire for the ultimate inner ring.One problem, humanity has no way into this inner ring because we treacherously rebelled against God. Only God himself can do it, and it is only by our union with Christ that we are welcomed back into the ultimate inner ring: God's very own family!In Ephesians 2:11-22, Paul shows us how this gracious feat was accomplished and how its application changes everything.

Show Notes: In this episode, Will and John discuss why God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac, the Inner Ring by C.S. Lewis, and more. The Inner Ring by C.S. Lewis