3. Envy in Relationships Screwtape’s third letter concerns the dynamic of relating well in the family home, between a mother and her newly converted son. Screwtape suggests to Wormwood that they “build up between you in that house a good settled habit of mutual annoyance; daily pinpricks,” and then offers four suggestions to do this:... Continue Reading →
2. Pride Screwtape attends now to the believer’s pride. A pride that displays itself in naivete about oneself and contempt for the ordinary collection of people in the church. About oneself, Screwtape writes, “He has not been anything like long enough with the Enemy (aka God) to have any real humility yet. What he says,... Continue Reading →
Today I am re-posting a brilliant set of insightful points recently raised by Peter Mead over at his 'Biblical Preaching' blog. Peter saw parallels with The Last Battle of C. S. Lewis' Narnia series and contemporary culture around the world. It is a great piece of writing. One small snippet of his introduction says, "I... Continue Reading →
Rev Dr William Philip has written a great piece in Evangelicals Now about the rise of the veneration of the scientist in our day as that which uses elected figures as puppets and assumes themselves to be the source of all guidance and authority in all matters of public and private life. I have written... Continue Reading →
'The Abolition of Man'by C. S. Lewis (HarperCollins 2001 Edition) and 'After Humanity - A Guide to C. S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man' by Michael Ward (Word on Fire Academic, 2021). A Review: I don't know how I managed to miss Lewis's book up until this point. I found it engaging, not all inaccessible... Continue Reading →
Two farmers were leaning against a fence staring intensely at the horizon of a field where you could just make out the sheep, and there seemed to be a problem, but they couldn't quite see it, so one famer said to the other, "I'm going to go over there and 'ave a proper ganda!" A... Continue Reading →
Guest post by theologian Dr Rob Knowles on The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis: Part 6: Response to Chapter 10. Heaven. Turning now to Lewis’s final chapter, on heaven, then I agree with his point that the issue of the existence of heaven precedes any discussion of whether or not belief in heaven’s... Continue Reading →
Guest post by theologian Dr Rob Knowles on The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis: Part 5: Chapter 9. Animal Pain. Lewis’s chapter on animal pain is very interesting. Since Lewis acknowledges that he is just speculating when it comes to this matter, then we should be gracious in our responses to what he... Continue Reading →
Guest post by theologian Dr Rob Knowles on The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis: Part 4: Chapter 8 - Hell In his chapter on hell, Lewis takes the three notions of “destruction”, “eternal torment”, and “privation” and then works them into a systematic unity. This leads to two difficulties. First, Thiselton points out:... Continue Reading →
Gralefrit Theology 