Saturday, July 6, 2013

Screwtape and C.S. Lewis. A Conversation.

            There is perhaps no more beloved Christian author than C.S. Lewis. His ability to speak to the average man is astonishing. He has intellectual capability to go head to head with the most elite and erudite, yet his conversation style was approachable and even loveable. I truly believe Lewis knew no enemy because of the way he spoke to Christian, atheist, Deist, Philosopher; it did not matter the persuasion they were of because he was confident that a social interaction where both sides would remain open minded and conversational would lead to the feet of Christ.
            One of his best and most revered fictional works is The Screwtape Letters. I believe this book delineates today, just as much as it did 60 years ago, the craftiness of our enemy. C.S. Lewis’s magnum opus of non-fiction is Mere Christianity where hearts are laid bare. I believe these two works are similar and worth comparison because both are hearts laid bare. The heart of man; and the heart of our soul’s enemy, the devil.

The Mimicry of Christ

“Finally beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, Whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendab...