e premte, 29 shkurt 2008

More Letters that were Taped with Screws

'ello men, long time no see! Here are a few "guidance questions" for the reading this week:

Chapter 4
1) What topic does this chapter focus on?
2) What is the "best thing" Screwtape tells to Wormwood about what to do with his patient?
3) What different methods does Screwtape give to Wormwood to use on his patient?
4) Do we have any of the habits that Screwtape writes about? Can we identify with what is being written in this chapter?

Chapter 5
1) What is the big event that happens in this chapter?
2) What are Screwtape's concerns about this event? What makes him glad?
3) Here's a phrase that blew me away. It's in the second to last paragraph in the chapter: "And how disastrous for us is the continual remembrance of death which _____ enforces. One of our best weapons, contented worldliness, is rendered useless. In ______ not even a human can believe that he is going to live forever." What does this quote show you as being one of the main modes of temptation and deception that we come under?

Chapter 6
This was a slightly confusing chapter for me, so I hope our conversation can clear these things up
1) What role does fear play in this chapter? How does Screwtape encourage Wormwood to use fear?
2) Are there any parallels to us in terms of how fear affects the way we live and interact with God?

Chapter 7
1) What type of world does Screwtape want to create? (He talks about this in the first paragraph)
2) What does Screwtape want the church to become?
3) The final paragraph is fascinating. What becomes of religion (Christianity) when it is swallowed by those issues Screwtape writes about? Do we see any parallels today with what Screwtape is writing about? How does our faith become affected by what is going on around us?

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