And it wasn't just his ideas, but his voice they loved. But in his day, nobody packed the house for lectures like Lewis. I think there's just been a lot lost in the lecture manner of 1950's Oxford/Cambridge, until what was excellent, clear, and forceful once comes off as cold and affected now. And now, all sorts of qualties, tones, colors, nuances, and inflections have settled in and I find that not only do I enjoy his voice, but I almost can't understand how I had such an aversion to it. But I kept listening, mostly out of sheer novelty.

He sounded to me like he was looking down his nose, and unfriendly.

Lewis is my favorite author, but I was almost horror-stricken the first time I heard his voice. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.Ĭ. Discussion questions available in the audiobook companion PDF download.New introduction and commentary by Charles Colson.Features vintage BBC narration by C.S.Throughout this compassionate and methodical study, he encourages readers to open themselves to all forms of love - the key to understanding that brings us closer to God. Lewis exposes the pitfalls in our loves, leading us to the agape love that God has for humankind and the type of love we must develop to nurture our relationships. With penetrating logic and charming wit, Lewis explores the four aspects of love: affection, the most basic form friendship, the rarest and perhaps most insightful Eros, passionate love and charity, the greatest and least selfish. Lewis - the great British writer, scholar, theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics - explores the essence of love and how it works in our daily lives in one of his most famous works of nonfiction based on his series of radio talks from 1958. Lewis' beloved classic - the only existing recording of Lewis reading his own work.Ĭ.S.

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