Tuesday in the 4th Week of Lent: Letter 22
The Scripture Lessons for Today are HERE! We begin Letter 22 with 2 important events. 1. The Patient is in love 2. There is growing stress between Screwtape and Wormwood. It seems that Screwtape has been caught. He is now under the intense scrutiny of the powers that be in the Kingdom Below and the Secret Police for certain statements made in letters to a certain nephew that seem to almost extol the virtues of the Kingdom Above and criticize the Kingdom Below. Fortunately, Screwtape has been able to smooth things over with the demonic hierarchy. Now Wormwood is in trouble for tuning in Screwtape and soon shall pay. And from this I think we must assume that if demons work against each other and cannot be trusted, why would we even imagine they word work FOR us and to our advantage. But before we get into the heart of Letter 22, we need a couple of definitions. 1. ...