Week 5 Notes and Slides
Letter 21 Notes Today we begin with Letter 21 and I will tell you that this is definitely one of my favorites. In it, C. S. Lewis through Screwtape and Wormwood explores the philosophical and theological questions of what I am going to call “TIME and MINE.” It seems that Wormwood needs a new approach with his temptations. Since the Patient has experienced a profound second conversion experience, many of the previously tried tactics are no longer working. So Screwtape suggests to his nephew demon an attack on the Patient’s PEEVISHNESS. Now if you had to look that one up, so did I! Peevishness is another word for those times when we are CRANKY, IRRITABLE, and just plain GRUMPY. And this is best used as a subordinate attack. In other words, use something that makes the Patient feel GRUMPY and Screwtape suggests TIME. Do we ever have enough time to get everything done? Screwtape instructs Wormwood on that common...