If apology isn’t enough to repair real harm, what would true repentance require? In this episode of This Is Modern Mere Christianity, we explore C.S. Lewis’ striking idea of “The Perfect Penitent.” If humanity cannot complete the repentance goodness requires, Christianity claims God does not cancel the standard — He completes it from within human life. This episode follows the logic carefully, without pressure or shortcuts, and brings us to the edge of the Christian claim about Jesus and reconciliation.

If God is good, and the world is broken, what went wrong? In this episode of This Is Modern Mere Christianity, we explore C.S. Lewis’ “shocking alternative”: that love requires freedom, and freedom makes rebellion possible. Christianity doesn’t begin with self-improvement, but with rescue — because the deepest problem isn’t only “out there,” it runs through us. Next, we ask what a real rescue would have to cost.

Why does the world feel both full of goodness and deeply damaged at the same time? In this episode of This is Modern Mere Christianity, we explore one of Christianity’s most surprising claims: that the world is not a neutral place or a finished product, but a contested one — beautiful, yet in need of rescue. Rather than offering rules or self-help, Christianity tells a story big enough to explain why goodness feels native here, and why evil feels intrusive.