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Summary: Spiritual Counseling In Reverse...
Review: The Screwtape Letters is a classic whose wit, clever premise, and thought provoking themes have engaged the intellect of many readers for nearly half a century. There's not too much I can say about this book that others haven't, but I would recommend it to anyone (Christian or otherwise) who wants a great read. The "chapters" (letters between Screwtape and Wormwood) are brief and easy to understand, but have a depth that most novels can only hope for. As a final sidenote, this edition of The Screwtape Letters contains the essay "Screwtape Proposes a Toast" which Lewis wrote after the book became widely known.
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Summary: some pointers for wormwood
Review: The Screwtape Letters is a great piece of spiritual fiction. C. S. Lewis has created a collection of letters written between two demons about the fate of one individual. One reason this book has remained so popular over there years is there is nothing quite like it. The complexities of Uncle Screwtape's spiritual arguments are compelling. C. S. Lewis said that writing the book was a very difficult process and after reading the book I can understand why.
Coming from the perspective of Demons the books goes into implicit detail about what they think about the human race, Satan, the Enemy (God). The letters themselves can be cumbersome to read, but most of the letters are short. Everyone should enjoy this book; it is a simple premise that is funny, entertaining, and thought provoking.
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Summary: Great Book About the Christian View of Demons
Review: This book consists of thirty-one letters written from a demon (Wormwood) to his nephew (Screwtape) who is also a demon. CS Lewis does a great job of picturing how demons think and act. The demons address many different issues, and how they use these issues to further their cause of evil. The book has helpful in that it made the existence and danger of demons very real. It caused me to think, "How do demons try and ruin me?" One of the most important tools of the demons is religion. Satan and his workers tried to use religion to draw people away from God and God's Word. This book was a fun read, but also a difficult read in some areas. Parts of the book are very philosophical, and somewhat separated from the overall narrative. I think the book was very helpful, and would be enjoyed by the Christian who is interested in the spirit world.
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Summary: Sinning the Screwtape Way
Review: This is an excellent manual from Hell that reveals a few of the enemy's methods. Unless you are unusually self-aware or totally self-unaware, this book may/will show you some dark spots of your heart, hidden so deeply that you no longer realize their presence. Satan (along with his minions) is truly worthy of the moniker deceiver. Maybe the devil does "make" us do it, but we still may suffer the eternal consequences if we let Satan play his hand to the full.This fictional book is well-written as a series of letters from a demon in his bureaucratic office to his subordinate field worker. It tells us how a young demon may learn the craft of temptation while we learn along with him. It also tells about the hearts of his temptees (us) and how noble we often feel while we are being lured away from Jesus. After all, pride may be our greatest sin. C.S. Lewis is a master of thought, insight and plain expression in my opinion, as well as in the opinion of many others. Read this one, then read more, like Mere Christianity, etc. And don't forget his fantasy tales. Tolkien had nothing on him except popularity.
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Summary: Legendary Letters Feed Soul, Brain, and Funny Bone
Review: Witty, brief (no chapter more than four pages, the book easily read in an afternoon), timeless Truth presented with refreshing satire aimed where it should, C.S. Lewis' legendary "Screwtape Letters" is at once soul and brain food. Lewis tells his story through the title character, an experienced devil instructing his apprentice nephew to lure a young man to condemnation. The apprentice, Wormwood, tempts with everything from family (distancing prayers for the man's mother from behavior toward her) to social circle (flippant friends stray him from his new life, a new girlfriend moves him closer to it) to work and even worship. Lewis then flips God's love and law into effective, ironic Satanic reverses. He shows temptation most effective and deadly in its smallest doses: prayer posture, creation and consideration of an Historical Point of View (including an historical Jesus as opposed to One of faith). Lewis redefines gluttony, defends Puritanism, shows the misunderstanding of romantic feelings in love and sex, and misperception of the large ever-broken promise, "The Future." (This book must be read if only to debunk one of Henry Ford's most famous quotes and the cliched, selfish phrase "impose on my time.") Lewis shows (and Screwtape plants) the landmines of an early Christian walk: the role of a Church, of humor and the temptation inherent in its roots, Christian truth made trivial and a commodity beside social causes. He even dissects everyday, mundane pleasures (books, walks, music, wine, dated references to cigarettes) for their own sake and not as means to follow an ever more mediocre crowd. Lewis' final Screwtape letter is his most moving. Sarcasm joins sanctification as we learn target's and tempter's final fate. It ties to themes present throughout Lewis' letters and providing fodder for his conjoined, equally humorous essay, Screwtape Proposes A Toast: "The safest road to Hell is the gradual one...without milestones, without signposts..." This absolutely essential book is just such signpost; "The Screwtape Letters" is joyful, instructional, fun reading for anyone wishing to know what forces fight for the human soul.
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