Inner Driving

  LETTER #3 The Propers are found  HERE. Each letter from Screwtape to Wormwood emphasizes a particular S IN SIN is anything that separates us from God. Our reading from Leviticus for today is a good for understanding sin and forgiveness in the Christan life.   Right at the beginning we are commanded to be holy because God is holy.   That may seem rather impossible.   But remember, God works through us when we believe.   God is holy and makes us holy when we believe that God will do what God says He will do. We have in this reading sort of an abridged list of the 10 commandments.   Notice that it tells to do a whole host of things that will separate us from the love of God and then at the end of each part of the list, God says “I am the Lord.”   In other words, Thou Shalt Not and I will be with you even when you are tempted.   At the end   we hear that familiar commandment, “you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”   If ...

  Letter #2 The Podcast for Today can be found  HERE The Propers for Today can be found  HERE. We begin this letter with the news that the Patient has become a Christian! And while that is certainly not good, Screwtape says – it’s not all bad either.    Sure Wormwood has lost his first Patient to the enemy – but it need only be temporary.  As Screwtape points out to his nephew.  “All the habits of the patient, both mental and bodily, are still in our favour.”    Surprisingly – the Church can be of great help when it comes to the work of the Devil!  6.       More importantly it is how the Patient SEES the Church. 7.       Certainly, there is no shortage of critics who criticize the church because they don’t believe in organized religion and it is a building full of hypocrites. 8.       First you have the people we know who put on their best clothes and their best p...

The Book Preface Today's podcast can be found  HERE. The Propers for Today are found  HERE. There are 2 key pieces of information in the short Preface that we should keep in mind as we read each of the letters:   First, when it comes to demons and the human belief in them, Lewis defines 2 extremes:  One side denies the existence of the devil and demons because they cannot be proved. We will talk more about the Materialistic view in a few minutes.  The second side Lewis calls the Magicians, and these are folks who not only believe in demons but develop an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.  Ultimately most humans fall somewhere between these 2 extremes.  Second, the devil is a liar and so should we also consider all the other demons. So read these letters with a whole lot of salt.         Now to the First Letter. The First Letter 1.       Without introduction – we meet Wormwood , a Junior...

An Introduction The recording is on YouTube at  https://youtu.be/ZTyyMr7ee2E?si=1A9ZT5IbffdMuHJ_ The Propers (Prayer and Scripture Readings) for Today can be found by clicking  HERE. Looking for a good theology book to read this Lent that just might make you laugh???  OK I know that humor is not what we usually think about when it comes to THEOLOGY or LENT.  Lent is an opportunity to take stock of our lives and those things that are getting in the way of our relationship with God.   The Screwtape Letters  by C.S. Lewis is an excellent book to guide us in this kind of Lenten discipline.  What better way to learn about God and our relationship with God than through the letters of one demon in hell to another.  More about that in a minute. The Screwtape Letters  is a Christian apologetic satire.  Apologetics is a branch of theology that defends Christianity.  The Apostle Paul defended Christianity ...