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Summary: A Deadly Enemy You Can't See or Touch?
Review: Randy Alcorn shows us how real and active the principalities and powers of the spirit world really are. His take off on C.S. Lewis' classic, Screwtape Letters, gives practical updated insights into Lord Foulgrin's evil mindset. This book may be so personel, you feel uncomfortable when you realize how many times you have, like me, been tricked by Satan and his demon messengers. Don't stay in the dark on this subject - read Lord Foulgrin's Letters and be enlightened and empowered.
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Summary: Real Life Fiction ?
Review: This is a must read for mature Christians. It's the Screwtape Letters version 2000. If you liked the Screwtape Letters (STL), you'll love this. I recommend you read the STL first. It will make you appreciate Randy Alcorn's work that much more.Like the STL, this book is a collection of correspondances between a middle-management demon, Lord Foulgrin, and his subordinate. In each letter, the elder demon gives examples of how best to attact the humans in order to ensure that their souls go to hell. Alcorn's insight into human nature is so representative that it is sometimes scary. For those who are confident in the rightousness of their daily living, this book may give you an entirely new insight. It raises the standards for Christian living and shows many vices the devil uses to work us over, that have long been forgotten by many. Unlike the STL, this is very easy to read and not nearly as intellectual as Lewis'. Lord Foulgrin's Letters are also accompanied by a story line featuring the humans that Lord Foulgrin and his assistant are working on. This has been the most enjoyable book I've read in years.
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Summary: challenging
Review: this book really challenged me on many levels. it takes a little getting used to having the story 'interrupted' by the letters to and from the demons but its well worth the interruption as the insight gained is priceless
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Summary: Look in the Mirror
Review: Author Randy Alcorn holds up the mirror for the church in this novel of spiritual warfare. Like C. S. Lewis's demon Screwtape, Lord Foulgrin writes a series of letters to his assistant as he mentors the lesser demons in how to prevent people from embracing the Christian faith. The book is noteworthy both for its creativity and its subtle convicting power. Again and again, Foulgrin's letters pierce the facade of our culture's comfortable Christianity, hitting every moral issue of our time. For example, on moral responsibility, Foulgrin writes, 'What they most fear and despise is moral accountability. They'll gradly embrace any theory removing this built-in sense they must answer for how they've lived.' It's a riveting read, with redemptive value.
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Summary: Deep, Engrossing, could have been better...
Review: Alcorn writes very explicitely in the Screwtape tradition. I found myself quite challenged by much the demons have to say, and with every reading, had to put the book down and contemplate my life. There is a lot more here on (supposed) demonology and interactions in the lowarchy, including some spicy references to Screwtape himself. And while Screwtape Letters works quite well as it is, Alcorn's format, interspersing letters with storyline, also lead to an engrossing read, as I found myself caring deeply about the characters and what might happen to them. I was not at all expecting the denoument. I particularly enjoyed Alcorn's description of hell- not as a place of fire; explicitely not as a place to have a "good time with all my friends"- but as a place of utter lonliness, separate from God and all people. Every thing of the afterlife can in the end only be described with metaphor, but I have long imagined hell to be just such a place. However, read this book with some grains of salt, for if the salt loses it's saltiness...Lewis wrote from a wonderfully strong ecumenical perspective. Alcorn does not. At times, the book seems less the demons talking about how to destroy humanity, than Alcorn using the modicum of demons in order to lay out his personal agenda for the church. Not that that's a bad move- but it's not as much of what I'd like. So sometimes, when he's talking about materialism, I really agree with Alcorn. He lambasts both the left and the right of the church, equally. But other times, such as an entire chapter on how the demons have used evolution to destroy Christian thinking, or how they want kids to go to American colleges, as most of them will lead humans away from Christ, I couldn't disagree with him more. In reading this, I realized how this format can be quite insiduous in drawing you in. If it is demons talking about how to destroy humans, of course you don't want to agree with demons. And so when they talk about evolution, I for a moment am confused, thinking that I definitely don't want to believe evolution is true, if the demons came up with it. Until I wake up, and realize that, after all, this is just a work of fiction. For I could just as easily write: "My dear Squaltaint, Whatever you do, don't let those Christians stop arguing about origins and myths of how Genesis began, and how and in what manner the Enemy created. For as long as they continue to argue about those particulars, and insist on misinterpreting the clear meaning of the Enemy's Book, by reading it literally, they will continue to ignore the clear message of the Enemy- that he is powerful, and intimate. If they continue in their unending arguments on creation and evolution, they will miss the message the Enemy wanted to give them. Whatever you do, keep them from realizing that! For if at some point they stop in these arguments, they will realize that He is close to Him, and powerful, and then it's just another step before they realize they can have powerful over us. (Those miserable sludgebags!)" The point is not that evolution is wrong, or right; the reader may agree or disagree on this one example. The point is that there are many times the reader may not agree with Alcorn's theology, and therefore, be careful as you read through this work, contemplate it slowly and chew it as cud. It is quite easy to make anything sound bad, when demons are talking. If you consider it all carefully, I believe Lord Foulgrin's Letters will be immensely more helpful for you, and your walk.
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Summary: Makes you think...
Review: This was an excellent book! It really made me think about God, angels, demons, and spiritual warfare. It also made me think of all the times that I have been decieved by the devil, and have not even known it until later! This book is based on The Screwtape Letters, a book by C.S. Lewis. Lord Foulgrin's Letters centers around the life of a middle-aged man named Jordan Fletcher and his family, which consists of his wife, daughter Jillian, and his son. Jordan Fletcher had always felt like something was missing in his life. Unfortunately, he did not know what that something was until much later. Although he was a successful business man, and had almost everything that he wanted, he just could not figure out what he was missing. Unknown to Fletcher, someone is watching someone...and that someone does not have Fletcher's best interests in mind. Somone is trying is plotting his downfall and trying to destroy him. Someone that human eyes cannot see is assigned to him and is trying to keep him in the dark. A demon (a fallen angel) named Squaltient has been assigned to Fletcher and is trying to keep Fletcher from realizing that God loves him. Not only is Squaltient trying to keep Jordan from seeing the truth, but his boss, a demon named Lord Foulgrin, is also trying to destroy Jordan! As you read this book, you will see letters that Foulgrin writes to Squaltient, instructing him on how to make Jordan and his family hate eachother, how to keep Fletcher from becoming a Christian, and many other things. One of the things that I liked about this book was how Alcorn gave his characters depth. Jordan Fletcher seems like a confused, selfish, and angry man at first, but later on in this story, he has a real change of mind and heart. His wife acts just like a sad and frustrated women who is not a Christian would. Foulgrin seems like an angry, evil, blood-thirsty villain. If you want to read a great book that gives you a better prespective on the visible and invisible war that rages everyday, than read this book!
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Summary: Know Your Enemy!
Review: "Lord Foulgrin's Letters" is one of the most engaging books I have ever read. From the moment I started reading it, I did not want to put this book down. Lord Foulgrin is a upper-level manager in charge of a few demons, including the demon who has been assigned to Jordan Fletcher, Squaltaint. Lord Foulgrin has written letters to Squaltaint, instructing him on how best to keep Fletcher firmly in their service and not the Enemy's (God) serivce. These letters have now fallen into human hands and have been put together in this book for all to read. Based on C.S. Lewis' popular "Screwtape Letters" book, there are two major differences. First, this book is nowhere near as difficult to read as STL was. Secondly, before we read each letter we are treated to a snippet of the life of Jordan Fletcher and his family. This make for a much more entertaining and compelling book. As you read this book, you will find many similarities between your life and Jordan Fletcher's life. In addition, you will often feel like the letters from Lord Foulgrin are about your own life. The letters will make you think and review your own life to see how the demonic enemies have directed you off the path. One of the best fiction books of all times, you should have it as part of your collection.
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Summary: wonderful
Review: I really liked this book. Its entertaining, funny, well written, warm, and you'll learn a lot in the process. I've read one Randy Alcorn book before this but it was a non fiction book, "Money, Possessions, and Eternity." I was impressed so I felt compelled to pick up a fiction book and I'm not disappointed. I didn't really get into the Screwtape letters by Lewis, so I was happy to read a book that was similar in a way, but readable. A lot of us tend to not take the devil seriously, even Christians, and this book just puts into perspective how much their out to get Christians and destroy their families in the process. I'd recommend it. I also learned so much than from other Christian fiction books.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: I was a little hesitant to read this book, but I am glad I did. The writing is engaging, interesting and without question will get you thinking. I would heartily recommend this book to any Christian.
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Summary: This "fiction" strongly motivated me!
Review: Thank you, Randy, for this eye-opening account of the other side. If you are a husband, father and employee (as I am) and need a challenging book, please read this. Yes, there are a number of Christian books for Men but there are many men out there who will be able to relate to Foulgrin's main character, Jordan in a very personal way. The challenge to me was to maintain a daily prayer and Bible study time so that I am more in tune with our enemy's
tactic of deception and keeping me overwhelmed by the "cares" of life at the expense of my wife and children. There is so much more at stake here than we care to admit, right men??
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