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Love, Pain, Grief, and Joy: Vol. 1, The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis

Jan 7, 2022

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Lewis's Relationship With John Tolkien

01:32

To Love It All Is to Be Vulnerable

02:21

Love, Eros, Is Not Your Last Refuge

01:56

Introduction

3min

Need Love Versus Gift Love

3min

Anders Nygren's the Four Loves

2min

Is Need Love Really Selfless?

1min

Is Nearness of Approach a Gift of God?

2min

The Pleasure of Appreciation

2min

I Love This Subhuman Man. I'm Married

2min

Is Love a Demon?

2min

Love of Nature and Love of Country

2min

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The Circle of Value Is Everything

2min

11.

The Love of Your Family, Your City, Your Nation

2min

12.

Love Is the Most Discriminating of the Loves

2min

13.

Storgay and Filia Are Essential to a Good Marriage

2min

14.

Till We Have Faces, I Live for My Sons

2min

15.

Are You Just Giving the Undeserved C to Your Child?

1min

16.

How Does Lewis Define Filia?

2min

17.

The Aaros and Friendship

2min

18.

Lewis's Relationship With John Tolkien

2min

19.

The Three Human Loves

2min

20.

The Ingroup and the Inner Ring

2min

21.

Tolkien's Friendship With Charles Williams

3min

22.

Are You Running With Me? Jesus

2min

23.

Are You Going to Be Equals With God?

2min

24.

God Is Not Even Your Butler, Right?

2min

25.

Is There a Relationship Between Aros and Charity?

2min

26.

First Love, a God in and of Itself

2min

27.

Love, Eros, Is Not Your Last Refuge

2min

28.

Love Is Enough

2min

29.

Love, Maintain Truth, Keeps the Balance

2min

30.

What's the Difference Between Omega and Omicron?

2min

31.

To Love It All Is to Be Vulnerable

2min

32.

Agape Is the Antidote to the Abuses of Storke

2min

33.

I Deserve God's Love

2min

34.

A Scholar's Parrot Talks Greek

2min

35.

All That Is Not Eternal Is Everlastingly Out of Day

2min

36.

The Four Loves - The Philosophy Is of Love

3min

Over the course of his life, C.S. Lewis wrote several books addressing the most complex and universal human experiences—love, pain, and grief. In this week’s episode, Drs. Crystal and David C. Downing sit down with scholar and close friend of the podcast, Dr. Jerry Root, to discuss The Four Loves (1960) by C.S. Lewis. How does Lewis define philia, storge, eros, and agape? Are his definitions accurate? What is the difference between Gift-love and Need-love? Is Need-love bad? How can love be corrupted? Do earthly loves distract from love for God?