"The Screwtape Letter" Book Study

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Study Guide from:  C.S. Lewis Institute: Screwtape Letters w/ Dr. Jerry Root

Audiobook from:  Audible-The Screwtape Letters

Enjoyable YouTube Video:  The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis Doodle (I)

Letter 1:

Definitions (or things I need to clarify for myself)
inferior-  lower in rank, status or quality. (The Lord is not as good in an arguments as the Devil.)
impinge- have an effect or impact, especially a negative impact

1.  Preoccupation with the physical side of reality keeps the person in the now. They think of only their physical wants and needs and not those that allow the Lord's work to provide for them.

2.  The way's of the Lord's people are not part of the "ordinary." They cannot be seen or reasoned very well. We as humans strive to be part of the worldly "normal".

3.  Being "ordinary" is to conform to the ways of the world. Not Of This World (NOTW)  is what we should aim for not conform to the ways.

4.  Arguments can bring about reason. Reason can be brought around to the "unknown" and the fact that it is okay. We need to know that the unknown for us is actually known to the Lord."
    Screwtape says that the "real" science will then have the person questioning and believing in to the "unknown". Doing this could cause a person to being to believe in God. He believes giving them a real dose of "real" life, i.e. the worldly things such as money and the ways of society are good ways to distract them away from God.

5.  The Diabolical try to use the worldly things and things that we know as ways to keep us from God. We need to remember that even when we don't know what is to come the Lord does. He will provide for what we need as long as we have faith.