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Summary: great for highschool sunday school
Review: I just want to say that this book ( the screw tape letters) is so much fun for a sunday school lesson. Every week we just read one chapter and discuss. Usually we discuss as we read but even the kids without a book seem to love it. CS Lewis gives us so much to think about. It is really great to have the highschoolers give their opion on it and it just opens the conversation to so much. We can barely get through one chapter in an hour. There is so much there. I hope we move on to another book of Mr. Lewis' ( possibly the Great Divorce ). I truly recomend this for any Highschool Sunday school.
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Summary: You *can* take an old dog to breakthrough levels!
Review: Being saved takes you from nothing to everything, but there is still room for a lot of growth after that. What "The Screwtape Letters" taught me changed me in the most dramatic ways since reaching out to God and getting changed directly by him. It opened my eyes in amazing ways and profoundly improved my walk with God, with the people I love, and with all God's creation. I didn't know this much renewal was possible at my age, and with what I thought I knew. Buy the unabridged 3-tape set to hear once and pass on, and the abridged 2-tape set to hear over and over. The paperback is a nice back-up when you want to put your finger on something right away. And you'll need extras for friends and family who have already committed to a walk with God...
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Summary: The Most Clever Satire In the English Language.
Review: This is one of the few books that I read over and over again. Save yourself some money, and get a hardback editon. This book is entertaining, funny, and can be read in one or two sittings. If you are a fan of Christian Fiction, this book should be at the top of your reading list. If Frank Peretti is your favorite author, this book will make him your second favorite.
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Summary: A work of surpassing spiritual and moral analysis
Review: This is quite possibly C. S. Lewis's best piece of popular theology. Concise, devestatingly well written -- full of spiritual and psychological insight for Christians and non-Christians alike. You can believe or disbelieve in devils and demons as much as you like and still draw many lessons from this book. One of a surprisingly small number of books (like Aesop's fables) that speaks equally well to the educated and lay reader. Keep this on your shelf for those periodic times when you need to take a moral inventory of yourself.
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Summary: Screwtape details the life of a Christian clearly.
Review: Lewis is writing to the average person, Christian or non. He details clearly the weakest points in human nature and how the beings of the pirit world use them against us and in doing so against God. This book affected me greatly-it is convicting. How many people have not felt those same tendencies?
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Summary: You can read right through it in a night. Please do so.
Review: This book is considered to be a manual on how to escape the snares that Satan and his following angels lay for us. It agree that it can help. However, I would warn readers that describing what the legions of darkness do can never be done entirely. Do not think that what C.S. Lewis thought they were trying on him is what they will try on you. They know each of us better than we know ourselves. I think that the chief value of the book is that it shows us what the perspective is of those who reject God and his purposes. We can gain a new appreciation of what the apostle John said in his first epistle: "God is Love.(I John 4:8b)" Don't miss "Screwtape Proposes a Toast". It offers insight on various cultural notions which have been passed on to us. It also further develops the theme of the letters, which is that evil is the result of desiring other persons.
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Summary: Contains the essential ingredients of a Christian tale
Review: Another person on Earth has become a Christian, and Wormwood, a demon and novice in diabolical tempting, has been ordered by his 'Uncle' Screwtape to ensure that persons eternal damnation. Amusing, satirical, and yet unnerving at every turn. Especially when one reads details given by Screwtape on how to tempt people and the consequent thought that can easily come to mind is 'I have fallen into that trap!'. The second piece 'Screwtape proposes a Toast'. Is an 'after dinner' speech given by Screwtape to his fellow demons in Hell, mentioning the various ways to obtain another food of souls
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Summary: How well the demons know our feeble heart
Review: Did other readers respond as I did? Did they throw this book across the room, finding the ideas written here exasperatingly true? Lewis makes clear challenges about how Satan insidiously, yet effectively ensnares our sensibility. These letters exchanged between a demon and a disciple learning how to defy God and defeat a man's devotion to Christ, readers will be drawn in by Lewis' creative accessibility to our inner life. I found my thoughts and motivations so frustratingly twisted by Satan as I considered the truth in "Screwtape." This is a good choice for "Mere Christianity" fans as they discover living a godly life is more than just wanting to do God's will. Be ready to be humbled as you discover how carefully Satan's minions work to have us believing we are living righteously. Any cynic of Christianity might find this refreshing fodder of thought as well.
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Summary: This book has Christian as well as Non-Christian Merit
Review: C.S. Lewis is one of the smartest authors that I have ever read. The way he writes, from the viewpoint of a demon, borders on blasphemy and cynicism when taken out-of-context. One has to dig deaper to find the real meaning of this book. Lewis is able to tear the fabric of religion to expose the pitfalls of nominal Christianity and Atheism. In doing so, he reminds the reader of the real meaning of Christianity -- it is a true parternship with God, not a social entity. Lewis triumphs in this masterpiece. Everyone, Christian and Atheist, should read this book to realize the human weakness of ignorance. When it comes to life, God is in control.
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Summary: Insightful!
Review: This is a very easy read, while exhibiting great insight into the frailties of the human conscience. This should be beginning reading for new Christians and then, perhaps, read yearly thereafter.
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