Friday in the First Week of Lent: Letter 7 Notes
Screwtape Letter #7 The Propers for Today are found HERE. We open Letter number 7 with Screwtape advising Wormwood on how best to use PHILOSOPHIES and FACTIONS to his advantage with the Patient. Particularly how these 2 processes can sow the SEEDS of DOUBT. This is not to say that DOUBT - in and of itself in the Christian life - is NEGATIVE. In fact, doubt that leads to QUESTIONING and a greater UNDERSTANDING of God is a very good thing in the Christian life. Remember, we are FINITE human beings trying to understand and believe in an INFINITE God. As we GROW in the knowledge and love of our Lord, we will begin to experience God’s presence in our lives in new ways. This will lead us to QUESTION, previous beliefs that may no longer hold true for us. Phyllis some years ago raised a question about prayer that I had never considered. The more we talked, the more I began to doubt my old...