So I’ve had this C.S. Lewis book on my bookshelf for over two years now. I was told it was good, but I never found myself “in the mood”. The name of the book is, “The Screwtape Letters”. It is a book about how spiritual warfare works, but it will suprise you on how Lewis depicts it. I picked the book up on Monday night and started reading it. I was awake into the morning hours!! I couldn’t sit the thing down. I got sucked in so bad.
Lewis shows in the book that most spiritual warfare is the art of keeping us (followers and pagan alike) focused on the external things of life and making them the most important. Keeping us focused on ourselves in prayer, instead of the One whose presence could overwhelm us. Lewis turns the readers world upside down when you begin to see how even the smallest things have huge weight on our spiritual lives. This is a must read.
Have any of you read this book? What are your thoughts on Lewis’ depiction of spiritual warfare?
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July 5, 2006 at 4:11 pm
obahsomah
I’ve enver read anything by C.S. Lewis…perhaps I will one day…I always hear people saying how good his books are.
July 7, 2006 at 6:58 am
cindy
I read it years ago. I see it fleshed out all around me and in me. When we get so caught up in the “how too’s” of bringing the vision to life that we forget to bring it all to the one who is birthing it, well, I believe we can get a bit distracted by the physical. When we start bickering amongst ourselves and start getting insulted by unthoughtful comments…who is wispering those nasty things into our ears? When I wake up in the morning feeling “yucky” who is telling me that I am worthless and not worthy to call on the name of my maker? Time to reject the wispered lies and hang on to the truth displayed!
July 7, 2006 at 6:18 pm
Steve
I also read it years ago, good read. Most anything by C.S. Lewis is but Screwtape is one of my favorites.
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