Letter 23

“The thing to do is to get a man at first to value social justice as a thing which the Enemy demands, and then work him on the stage which he values Christianity because it may produce social justice.” Screwtape This letter is filled with insights. especially insights on what Lewis saw as an advancement […]

Letter 21

Have you ever had that moment where you are trying to do something and you just can’t get to it because of interruptions? It might be a movie you are trying to finish, A project at your house that you started but just can’t back too. It may be that you have been so busy […]

Letter 20

It is in my option the number one thing that the devil distorts in peoples lives. He takes something that is beautiful, amazing, unifying, and that produces a connection between two people that is unmatched in any other relationship and he distorts it… and distorts is probably too kind of a word. He convinces people […]

Letter 15

“Fear, avarice, lust and ambition look ahead.” Screwtape “We want man hag-ridden by the Future…” Screwtape The enemy uses “time” to his advantage sadly better than we do. He is really good at getting us to focus on the past and wish it was in our present or getting us to focus on the future […]

Letter 14

Humility is a tricky thing to have, discuss or manage… and the enemy hates it. More than any other virtue humility slips through our fingers quicker than any other and I say that as if I have ever held it in my hands. To say I have held it in my hands is where the […]

Letter 13

There is a difference between real pleasures and the pleasures that come from temptation. Real ones lead to life where as the ones that are provided by temptation lead to death. Real pleasures leave you fulfilled. Ones we experience because we gave into temptation leave us with wanting more. It’s almost as if we can’t […]