Screwtape Letters

“Only a clever human can make a real joke about virtue, or indeed about anything else; any of them can […]

Screwtape approves of Wormwood’s efforts to encourage a spiritually harmful relationship that his patient has develop with a couple that

The temptations from new acquaintances to fit in and living parallel lives. I have struggled in this area and many

Betrayal of Two Parallel Lives: double-sided mind is unstable in all his ways. Betrayal to each of the circle Patient frequents

C.S.Lewis is uncovering the hidden agenda of The Enemy of God that is there to trip up, turn away, tune

  Sinful pleasures are the one thing that can lead me as far away from God, the wrong pleasure can

Uncle Screwtape gives Wormwood some advice on how to trip his patient’s spiritual downs by trapping him with sensual pleasures

The Law of Undulation As I look back on my life and even most recently, I have gone thru many trough

In the eighth letter, Uncle Screwtape is getting aggravated with his nephew Wormwood’s inexperience.  Wormwood hopes his patient’s religious phase

Listening to letter seven, I  immediately recognize in myself and in my culture how I disregard the spiritual presence of

The Art of Redirection: As I listen to this letter, I reflect on my own heart and see that love

Wormwood (due to his youth and inexperience) asked Uncle Screwtape if he should reveal himself to the patient.  In this

Steve Jobs was a buddhist and was not a believer; however, he understood the power of focus.  Mark 4:18-19 describes

No one knows who exactly said it first. But it has been uttered by many people including President Eisenhower. “There

War: The pain and despair of war has been felt since the struggle for power began long ago and a

The Painful Subject of Prayer: As I consider my own prayer life, I see the lacking of a sincere time

God desires our prayers..  He wants us to be persistent with our prayers and not give up.  This is characterized

  I actually experienced the pin pricks this morning and quickly returned them. Arrogance was paid with arrogance , not

To Fuddle or To Fight? Fuddle them or put into a ‘state of confusion’ and not to argue or fight

Annoyance vs Compassion:   Oftentimes the people closest to you are the ones that know how to hit your buttons