Looking ahead for what the podcast will look like in 2023, this episode is a bit of a recap of what's been happening the last few months for me personally while giving some insight into what my goal is moving forward. 

After 61 episodes, we have finally made it to the final chapters of this wonder book. I hope you were able to stick through to the end!

Finally, after 60 episodes, we have gotten to the chapter I've wanted to discuss all along. In these two chapters, Lewis discusses some of the most controversial parts of Church history (and more specifically the Protestant Reformation). First, the details and doctrines of Communion/the Eucharist/The Lord's Table. And second, the theological notion of Purgatory. I didn't realize this episode went over an hour, but in some sense it had to. I hope it opens up some new avenues for you to think about.

Sometimes, analogy is all we have to think about God. But how far we allow them to go is the pertinent principle as we consider how we pray.

All things can point us toward God, so long as we put them in their proper places. Adoration is different from gratitude, but both are necessary parts of our prayers. Dive into this episode as we get one step closer to completing Letters to Malcolm!

Where do you feel most connected to God? Here are a few quick thoughts about an old Celtic idea about experience of the Divine.

Karl Barth is one of the most significant theologians of the 20th century and has impacted the way that most if not all Protestants think about their theology (whether they know it or not). This is a little taste of Barth's famous behemoth of a work, Church Dogmatics, and in this chapter titled "The Task (of Dogmatics)" he lays out what Dogmatics are, and why we must do engage with them. Listen in and let me know what you think!

These two chapters are some of my favorite by Lewis (shocker), and the reason being that here is where Lewis tries to uncover what the true aim of prayer is and what gets in the way of it. Spoiler Alert: It's us, not God. 

We're going for it today--three chapters in one episode! How do you make sense of the promise in Scripture, "Ask and you'll receive"? Does it seem accurate to you? Lewis has some thoughts to share about it and the problems it raises for those who take life and the witness of Scripture seriously. 

You guessed it--we're still in the depths of Letters to Malcolm. This chapter is all about how far our analogies about God can go, and how the value of each and every thing in creation proves the significance of prayer.