Man approaches God most nearly when he is in one sense least like God.

For what can be more unlike than fullness and need, sovereignty and humility, righteousness

and penitence.

Welcome to Pines for Jack, season five, episode one.

The Four Lives, Chapter 1.

Introduction, Part 1.

Good morning, everyone.

Pints for Jack is your weekly CS Lewis podcast, where three friends, Andrew, David and Matt,

break down and discuss the works of CS Lewis.

This season, we're talking about love, slowly working our way through The Four Loves by

C.S. Lewis. The book he writes about affection, friendship, romance, and charity.

And welcome to season five, everyone. What have you been up to since we last

recorded? Oh my goodness. Well, I've been keeping busy about a halfway through my

penultimate semester in seminary. And in addition to my work there, also still working on my

doctorate. And also one of my classes in seminary involves

writing three different articles or chapters. I don't know why I thought this would be an easier

semester. But here we are. I was also recently asked back on the upstream podcast with Shane,

Shane Morris.

They're doing a marvelous series on Abolition of Man.

And Michael Ward has been involved with that.

And I think one of the Colson Center book clubs is doing a study on that. So that's been fun.

And then I've got to brag on my wife.

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