The 17th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian today in 1941. It dealt with gluttony in a unique way.
QUOTE: August 22, 2013
“One of the great, achievements of the last hundred years has been to deaden the human conscience on [gluttony], so that by now you will hardly find a sermon preached or a conscience troubled about it.”
The Screwtape Letters – XVII
(first published in The Guardian on 8/22/1941)
RETRO: August 12th – 21st
Highlights for August 12-21 include: A final series of radio talks, the concluding book of a series, two more talks from his initial broadcast series and a never before published essay by Lewis becoming available in 1990.
The first scholarly book by Lewis was The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition. The theme of love in a broader sense is (obviously) of great importance to him and can be
Fact: August 8, 2013
The 15th letter from Screwtape was published today (8/8) in 1941 in The Guardian. Themes include understanding Time.
Quote: August 1, 2013
“Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware of that he has them, but this is specially true of humility.”
The Screwtape Letters – XIV
(first published in The Guardian on 8/1/1941)
Fact: August 1, 2013
Today in 1941 the 14th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian before being in the book The Screwtape Letters.
Quote: July 26, 2013
[Screwtape Advises:] “I would make it a rule to eradicate from my patient any strong personal taste which is not actually a sin, even if it is something quite trivial.”
The Screwtape Letters – XIII
(first published in The Guardian on 7/25/1941)
Fact: July 25, 2013
This day in 1941 the 13th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian. Wormwood has failed again…second conversion.
Quote: July 25, 2013
[Screwtape Admits:] “I know that the Enemy [God] also wants to detach men from themselves, but in a different way. Remember always, that he really likes the little vermin, and sets an absurd value on the distinctiveness of every one of them.”
The Screwtape Letters – XIII
(first published in The Guardian on 7/25/1941)
Retro: July 22nd – 31st
Highlights for the period of July 22-31 include: Lewis on the radio that wasn’t a part of the eventual Mere Christianity book, the U.S. release of The Four Loves and the publication of a friend’s landmark book that Lewis encouraged the author to write (hint: it has a “ring” to it).
When you consider a person’s life over the years (like this series has with C.S. Lewis), it’s no surprise that