In his book, The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis gives us an account of our human condition from the perspective of a demon named Screwtape. The demon’s accounts are found in a series of letters written to his younger nephew Wormwood on how best to tempt a British man, called “the Patient,” into sin and, eventually, into Hell. Wormwood is an inexperienced devil, and Screwtape shares with Wormwood his knowledge, experience, and skill derived from his many years of tempting humans to abandon God. In preparation for the weekly gatherings, I have used a Study Guide created by the C.S. Lewis Foundation, the Spark Notes on the book, and a Study Guide of discussion questions by Alan Vermilye. John Cleese’s reading of the book is brilliant. This lesson is eight weeks.
(Autumn 2021)
The Screwtape Letters – 1 & 2
The Screwtape Letters – 3 & 4
The Screwtape Letters – 5 & 6
The Screwtape Letters – 7 & 8
The Screwtape Letters – 9 & 10
The Screwtape Letters – 11 & 12
The Screwtape Letters – 13 & 14
This week, we are reading through and discussing letters 13-16 of C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters. Letter 13 – Small Pleasures: In this letter, Screwtape berates Wormwood for allowing the Patient to experience a spiritual renewal or second conversion. As a result, an “asphyxiating cloud” has enveloped the Patient preventing…
The Screwtape Letters – 15 & 16
This week, we are reading through and discussing letters 13-16 of C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters. Letter 15 – The Present: In this letter, Screwtape instructs his nephew on the differences between the past, the present, the future, and the eternal. According to Screwtape, it is only in the Present…
The Screwtape Letters – 17 & 18
The Screwtape Letters – 19 & 20
The Screwtape Letters – 25 & 26
The Screwtape Letters – 27 & 28