2. What traits would Screwtape emphasize in making a desirable marriage from his perspective? 3. What traits would God emphasize in promoting a desirable marriage from his perspective? Letter 21: mine, mine” “Mine, 1. How would it change your day if you viewed all time as a gift entrusted to you by God? 2. can reflect a sense of allegiance or a sense of ownership. Think about your use of the words “My” God.” In what situations do you use this phrase to reflect allegiance? In what situations do you use “My these words to reflect ownership? Letter 22: The Source of Joy and Pleasure 1. Screwtape rages against the many enjoyable things God has provided for humans to do. He concludes has to be twisted before it is of any use to us.” What general warning does this statement “Everything provide to us about where we may be most vulnerable? 2. Why does Screwtape value noise? 3. Why does God silence? Letter 23: Jesus 1. The search for the historical Jesus that Screwtape refers to is an attempt to reinvent Jesus according to the scholastic fashion of each generation. What does Screwtape like about this? (Hint: Look for Screwtape’s four criticisms of the search for the historical Jesus) 2. Think about the current relationship between politics and religion in America today. Do Screwtape’s arguments apply today as well as they did during the Second World War? Letter 24: Spiritual Pride . . . Spiritual Confusion 1. How can Wormwood use pride and confusion to twist the patient’s faith? 2. How is it that peer pressure can be both a positive and a negative for spiritual growth? 3. How do earlier themes of and play out in Screwtape’s advice? “factions” “mine”
2. What traits would Screwtape emphasize in making a desirable marriage from his perspective? 3. What traits would God emphasize in promoting a desirable marriage from his perspective? Letter 21: “Mine, mine, mine” 1. How would it change your day if you viewed all time as a gift entrusted to you by God? 2. “My” can reflect a sense of allegiance or a sense of ownership. Think about your use of the words “My God.” In what situations do you use this phrase to reflect allegiance? In what situations do you use these words to reflect ownership? Letter 22: The Source of Joy and Pleasure 1. Screwtape rages against the many enjoyable things God has provided for humans to do. He concludes “Everything has to be twisted before it is of any use to us.” What general warning does this statement provide to us about where we may be most vulnerable? 2. Why does Screwtape value noise? 3. Why does God silence? Letter 23: Jesus 1. The search for the historical Jesus that Screwtape refers to is an attempt to reinvent Jesus according to the scholastic fashion of each generation. What does Screwtape like about this? (Hint: Look for Screwtape’s four criticisms of the search for the historical Jesus) 2. Think about the current relationship between politics and religion in America today. Do Screwtape’s arguments apply today as well as they did during the Second World War? Letter 24: Spiritual Pride . . . Spiritual Confusion 1. How can Wormwood use pride and confusion to twist the patient’s faith? 2. How is it that peer pressure can be both a positive and a negative for spiritual growth? 3. How do earlier themes of “factions” and “mine” play out in Screwtape’s advice?
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