The Book Club: The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis with Seth Dillon

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What if you could listen in on a conversation between two devils? C.S. Lewis’s "The Screwtape Letters" takes you through letters between Screwtape, a high-ranking demon in the underworld, and his inexperienced nephew, Wormwood, and their plan to deceive man into sin and ultimately hell. Michael Knowles and Seth Dillon of The Babylon Bee discuss Lewis’s satirical masterpiece on this episode.
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@dinahsoar6982 3 жыл бұрын

This was required reading in my senior high school college prep English class, back in good old 1966/67. After I became a Christian in 1970 I finally 'got' it and am a huge fan of C.S. Lewis.

@smileychess 3 жыл бұрын

It would NEVER be allowed as a reading in a public high school these days. But then, no good books are anymore. My dad was shocked to hear that I never read 1984 or several other books he was assigned in school.

@NekoFilm 3 жыл бұрын

@@smileychess a lot depends on the teacher. I've had teachers who bored me to sleep, and teachers who inspired and influenced me.

@sofiarou7603 2 жыл бұрын

what did the patient have to undergo to enter Heaven?

@dinahsoar6982 2 жыл бұрын

@@sofiarou7603 It's been so long ago I don't remember...I was 16 and a lot of it was way over my head as far as understanding is concerned.....when I was 20 I heard the gospel, accepted Christ as my Savior and I began reading and understanding the Bible. I discovered that Satan is like a roaring lion, going to and fro in the earth , seeking whom he may devour...he comes to kill, steal and destroy. And he has an army of helpers, fallen angels who rebelled against God and were kicked out of heaven. Satan is still permitted to go before God, in Heaven, where he is the accuser of the brethren. We are all either serving God or Satan, the god of this world.

@shilpamanoharan8381 Жыл бұрын

The world would have been much different if we still have it in schools. We wouldn't have so many issues with kids today.

@e.g.2931 3 жыл бұрын

I forgot how many times I have read this book in English and Spanish, a timeless master piece. God bless Texas. Semper Fi.

@isaiahfoulidis3363 3 жыл бұрын

Impressive.

@williammalave5897 3 жыл бұрын

Hoorah, Marine.

@jeanlucriker 3 жыл бұрын

Oo-rah!

@sofiarou7603 2 жыл бұрын

what did the patient have to undergo to enter Heaven?

@dianecourtney2724 Жыл бұрын

@@sofiarou7603Believe God

@VS31636 3 жыл бұрын

"You've stolen the other team's playbook." That's a great analogy. I remember telling my niece that it's like reading the diary of Voldemort, since she's such a big Harry Potter fan.

@patraic5241 3 жыл бұрын

My Grandmother asked me to read this book and loaned me her copy while I was in High School. It's one of the best books I've ever read.

@sofiarou7603 2 жыл бұрын

what did the patient have to undergo to enter Heaven?

@patraic5241 2 жыл бұрын

@@sofiarou7603 You never hear from the human directly. It's all the correspondence "letters" between the two demons. Screwtape being the junior and his Uncle being the senior. It's so good a read I'm not going to throw out a spoiler about the ending.

@Danaluni59 Жыл бұрын

It’s good, but I think “until we have faces” is his masterpiece… even beyond his Narnia Chronicles and apologetics

@wiekhiongwong548 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Outstanding grandmother.

@patraic5241 Жыл бұрын

@@wiekhiongwong548 You have no idea. She has been one of the moral giants of my life. She always will be

@user-ks5cg5cd7m 3 жыл бұрын

“Screwtape Proposes a Toast” is a brilliant critique of contemporary cultural issues. Lewis was prophetic.

@Daniel_Grgic 3 жыл бұрын

What I have come to find is not that C.S. Lewis was prophetic of contemporary times, but that his time was very similar to our time. Things don’t seem to have changed very much.

@AjaxNixon 3 жыл бұрын

@@Daniel_Grgic true, but they differ by a significant degree. He saw where the trend was heading.

@Daniel_Grgic 3 жыл бұрын

@@AjaxNixon definitely.

@sofiarou7603 2 жыл бұрын

what did the patient have to undergo to enter Heaven?

@EmilGhiurau 2 жыл бұрын

@@Daniel_Grgic So true. What these guys spoke in the 50's it's the same we deal with today. Listened to Martyn Lloyd-Jones sermons, and he is on par back than with what is happening today.

@marissavallejo2987 3 жыл бұрын

Ch 8 of the book is my favorite chapter.... "Hence the prayers offered in states of dryness are those which please Him best." "Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending, to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe from which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys."

@DiBaozi 3 жыл бұрын

I just talked about the modern day version of The Screwtape Letters with my husband just yesterday. Screwtape tells Wormwood to focus on changing definitions of: marriage, gender, a human life, love, racism. I imagine rewriting the Bible "because it was written by racist colonist" will come next.

@GApeech08 3 жыл бұрын

Hide your Bibles.

@jyerkes94 3 жыл бұрын

Diane, you’re right. Germany got the Lutherans to reject the OT. However, I think the Bible is too useful for them to twist and manipulate for sometime now. Then they will cancel it.

@weareallonehumanre3920 3 жыл бұрын

If you get a chance, you should check out, 'Color, Communism and Common Sense'by Manning Johnson. I just finished reading it and it was an eye opener on just about everything going on in America today. It explains things like crt, 'Wt oppressors', confusing the targets and all the other woke nonsense.

@sofiarou7603 2 жыл бұрын

what did the patient have to undergo to enter Heaven?

@EyeLean5280 Жыл бұрын

Ah, I see Screwtape has convinced you that those you disagree with are "the enemy" and must not be beloved by God, must be on their way to perdition. I bet he's smiling quietly to himself as he nudges you, inch by inch, further down the path of pride and resentment.

@CincinnatiDan 3 жыл бұрын

I read this in my senior religion class at Covington Catholic High School, yes that Covington Catholic High School, and this brought back the memory... I can still here the teacher's voice imitating Screwtape. So good. I must revisit.

@DaveSkylark111 3 жыл бұрын

I was riding back from a university debate with my debate team, a van full of non-Christians in 2010. Our co-pilot was looking for a good radio station. We happened upon a reading of the screw tape letters. All conversation stopped and everyone was instantly enraptured by it. I was the only one that knew what we were listening to! It was surreal to see everyone interested in the writings of C.S. Lewis! We listened until the broadcast was over. It was a really cool moment.

@scottbrandon9390 3 жыл бұрын

I read The Screwtape Letters in grade 10. A teacher was open minded enough and allowed me to use it for a book critique. I feel it was better than Mere Christianity.

@davidthelander1299 3 жыл бұрын

C.S. Lewis ‘The Great Divorce’ is also a wonderful read.

@jenniferklopman2557 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!

@PintsWithJack 3 жыл бұрын

That's my favourite :)

@barbaramattson518 3 жыл бұрын

@david thelander- I agree, it was such a profoundly deep read. I remember telling a friend I was reading it, for the first time. He was envious, and wish he could go back and experience it for the first time.

@vitospadafino1919 3 жыл бұрын

I was about to comment the same! Absolutely a beautiful painting of the reality beyond our 'reality.'

@Daniel_Grgic 3 жыл бұрын

Those in hell are locked from the inside.

@Sldejo 3 жыл бұрын

The audiobook is amazing. I got it from the library. Andy Serkis’s voice for Screwtape is the standard for how it is to be done. If you haven’t heard, drop what you are doing and check it out.

@Zundfolge 3 жыл бұрын

The version of the audiobook read by John Cleese was excellent.

@jntdhome 3 жыл бұрын

Personally, I'm a bigger fan of Cleese's version. His aristocratic voice and command of inflection and tone just nails Screwtape's character for me. Serkis was great too...but a different approach entirely.

@MultiProudMother 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@coltondodger 3 жыл бұрын

@@jntdhome I agree with you, Andy Serkis didn’t do a bad job, but John Cleese It’s almost impossible to match for the role

@dcmurphy5157 2 жыл бұрын

Found this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pc6FZ9hzudC1hnk.html

@glennsampson5945 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget the followup "Screwtape Proposes a Toast." It is a lot shorter but it is even better.

@Orangie2008 3 жыл бұрын

And very relevant today.

@n5cbi 3 жыл бұрын

@@Orangie2008 It might have been written ...oh...sometime next month.

@PintsWithJack 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think it's as good as the letters - not as polished.

@n5cbi 3 жыл бұрын

@@PintsWithJack I think the letters are more timeless, but the Toast is more timely, sounding like it could be written today or perhaps sometime next month. Also, rather than hear it in my own voice in my head I find John Cleese's rendering more powerful.

@PintsWithJack 3 жыл бұрын

@@n5cbi Have you listened to the one with Andy Serkis?

@CalicoKush90 3 жыл бұрын

Read the book in high school, re read in again almost 10 years later. My wife took me to see the stage show. CS Lewis was a genius

@Sayheybrother8 3 жыл бұрын

Where was the stage show?

@CalicoKush90 3 жыл бұрын

@@Sayheybrother8 it was on tour. We saw it in San Diego about two years ago. It was brilliant.

@leannefrye4341 Жыл бұрын

I love all of C.S. Lewis and I have read most of his books. Mere Christianity, Scewtape Letters and The Chronicles of Narnia are my favorites! Thank you! I have been rereading because I can’t read new authors. Thank God that we have a ton of great stuff to reread 😊

@dianecourtney2724 Жыл бұрын

I agree and having fun in the Bible day by day…… always exhilarating and fun

@batman48195 Жыл бұрын

Have you read the Great Divorce by Lewis? Another favorite.

@leannefrye4341 Жыл бұрын

@@batman48195 I have not read that one. I will definitely get myself a copy now 😊

@batman48195 Жыл бұрын

@@leannefrye4341 let me know your thoughts. I find it so relevant on how most people live.

@leannefrye4341 Жыл бұрын

@@batman48195 Will do!

@thomasdonlin5456 3 жыл бұрын

I loved listening to the recorded version of this book read by John Cleese. Absolutely worth it!

@noniemouse 3 жыл бұрын

Only read it once when I was in my teens. Thirty years later there has not a month gone by when I don't remember that devil's advice

@kenshafer8672 2 жыл бұрын

Is there a particular line that sticks with you or is it the story broadly?

@b.thomas8926 3 жыл бұрын

My father gave me this book as a gift after I graduated High School. It's a great read.

@midnightfury7267 3 жыл бұрын

Back in the 90's I walked into a Christian book store and ran across this book("The Screwtape Letters")... only thing about it was that this version I bought was a graphic novel published by none other than Marvel Comics, under the The Christian Classic Series. How delighted I was merging two things I love together C.S. Lewis and comic books. I know this is a completely different book but I feel like hopping on a steed and raising my sword saying - "For Narnia!" 🛡⚔🏹✨

@timcocis3072 3 жыл бұрын

The present is where eternity touches time. This blew my mind when I read it😊

@AliceinJapanaland 3 жыл бұрын

As a kid I remember reading the entire series of The Chronicles of Narnia. Then in my late 20s I picked up a copy of Mere Christianity in a Barnes & Nobles just out of nostalgia for CS LEWIS and was absolutely delighted. I was already a believer, but it did strengthen my faith a lot by helping me to think about why my faith was true

@mantaship 3 жыл бұрын

Reading Screwtape is an incredible event where shingles are continually falling from your eyes...

@djkdosduhdjd5550 3 жыл бұрын

The days are getting shortened, Jesus is coming back soon. accept the free gift of salvation. turn away from sin with the help of Jesus. 💌

@randygault4564 3 жыл бұрын

Nonsense.

@theflamingangel2921 3 жыл бұрын

I agree that people should turn from sin and look to Christ, but I don't think that He is returning soon. Every generation since (and including) the apostles has thought the same thing. Matthew 24:36, "No one knows the day nor the hour except for the Father." If I remember the verse right.

@austinnewman5760 3 жыл бұрын

@@theflamingangel2921 better to act in the present like he is returning soon than to quibble about future things that are in God's hands.

@theflamingangel2921 3 жыл бұрын

@@austinnewman5760 I agree, but I don't feel as though we should walk around saying, "Repent for the end is nigh!" It seems foolish to me.

@austinnewman5760 3 жыл бұрын

@@theflamingangel2921"preach always sometime use words." Live the way & look for a person who is open to that conversation.

@deedeemooreco.2304 3 жыл бұрын

This was a great one. C.S. Lewis is one of my top ten writers of all time. I always search for an antidote from Lewis when I’m at a loss for words, which is often lol.

@noonespecial3010 3 жыл бұрын

I always was struck by the idea of "the gluttony of delicacy"

@Apriluser 3 жыл бұрын

Great phrase!

@jupiterrising887 2 жыл бұрын

This book is the second most impactful text on my life, falling behind only the Holy Bible. CS Lewis was truly, divinely inspired when he wrote this.

@whyett78 3 жыл бұрын

Read this book for a communications class in college, and man I loved it.

@gingerhalo 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite Daily Wire host talking about my FAVORITE AUTHOR!!! God has been good to me. 😇

@richardwieder2274 3 жыл бұрын

I was genuinely hoping that someone from the Daily Wire would acknowledge this book. I'm glad they did.

@GApeech08 3 жыл бұрын

Me too. The angels twisting the knob ever so slightly to move me closer to Him.

@jenniferklopman2557 3 жыл бұрын

Amen sister! ❤

@PintsWithJack 3 жыл бұрын

If Lewis is your faovurite author, you might like our podcast, Pints With Jack. We've been chapter-by-chapter through Mere Christianity, The Great Divorce, Till We Have Faces, and The Screwtape Letters.

@arcticfoxsa 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not a Christian, but this was a very enlightening conversation to listen to.

@jenniferklopman2557 3 жыл бұрын

Read the book! 100% worth your time, I promise you

@maggiesace389 3 жыл бұрын

George Orwell's "1984" and "Animal Farm", CS Lewis "Screwtape Letters" - MUST READS!!!

@TheMusicscotty 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if Lewis was alive now. There'd be another 37 chapters to this book.

@thatcatholicgirl5675 8 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh yes 😂😂😂

@RockHudrock 3 жыл бұрын

LOVE The Screwtape Letters! So much wisdom and so funny!

@1stCorinthians2_14 3 жыл бұрын

Great discussion and glad to learn about the CEO of Babylon Bee!

@justleslie8609 3 жыл бұрын

Read this 60 years ago...required reading for school..loved it

@riskkerroo724 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite books and ever. The first time I read it I was blown away by the brilliance of the writing

@uniquelyawesome4455 3 жыл бұрын

Please do more C.S Lewis!!! I just discovered him and I am in awe of the wealth of simple wisdom! Also the book you’re talking about in the video is my favorite!!

@lukewilliams1666 3 жыл бұрын

A truly great Englishman.

@ELIJA40 Жыл бұрын

@@lukewilliams1666 With all respect. Mr Lewis was actually Irish and considered himself so.

@sandfly 3 жыл бұрын

I must read it. I really enjoyed this conversation between two young men who have rekindled my faith in America. We have been fed a diet of American's who despise their nation and are only concerned with the false and the flashy. There is much more to America and the rest of the world's free nations than that. It's up to all of us to fight back and reclaim what is good, honourable and eternal.

@rubygreen1433 3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see discussions on more of C. S. Lewis's books, looking forward to it!

@Michael-rx7ff 3 жыл бұрын

I’m here because Klavan recommended we read them in his recent episode. I’m fortunate that there’s a book club. Perfect timing.

@Sunneetyme 3 жыл бұрын

Michael you have touched my soul in reminding how excellent this book is. I read it years ago and now can’t wait to reread. It’s a spiritual battle in here and out there. May God Bless You and your household!

@dennishofmeister5167 3 жыл бұрын

What a great review of an even better book! This 'look into the devil's playbook' ; as you so aptly put it, really woke me up to the reality of this spiritual battle we are in, and works to give us tools to catch him attacking our minds. I could have listened to a discussion on this book for hours. I would love to see a follow-up review of Lewis's other great masterpiece (which is largely over looked) ' The Great Divorce', which delves into why Hell must exist.

@PintsWithJack 3 жыл бұрын

Easily my favourite of his works.

@Anthemlightsgirl 3 жыл бұрын

It’s interesting that screwtape describes humans basically as food but it makes sense especially because the Bible refers to the devil as being like a lion looking for people to devour

@GApeech08 3 жыл бұрын

You can tell Lewis read the Bible.

@oddish4352 3 жыл бұрын

I liked Screwtape's description of what he called "ownership in time". He told Wormwood not to try to justify it in the "patient's" mind because there is no justification possible. Keep it silent, unexamined, and operational.

@jenniferklopman2557 3 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest books ever written! I've read it 3x...each time I get something new out of it. I also saw a play based on the book. Very cool! I'm excited to see Michael Knowles take on it

@restorehumility3538 3 жыл бұрын

John Cleese has a reading of this book that is the absolute BEST! I actually found it on KZfaq!!! Love this book! Listens to it with my teen & she LOVED it! It made her feel very grown-up’ish because I allowed her to listen to a book with the kind of subject matters this one covers... I told her these things aren’t wrong to discuss in the right way🤣 Wonderful conversations have come from it!

@cristalescobedo2631 2 жыл бұрын

I came across the CS Lewis Doodle channel on my feed and loved the doodle for The Screwtape Letters. I loved it so much that I set out to find the whole playlist for the audio. Turns out Andy Serkis is the voice actor for Screwtape. He did a n amazing job depicting him. FYI I found the full audio playlist to The Screwtape Letters with Andy Serkis on KZfaq. I highly recommend anyone checking it out. Especially when you don't have time to read the book.

@joeg3911 3 жыл бұрын

I read "The Screwtape Letters" at least ten years ago. Then saw it performed live on stage. Both were fantastic! Everyone should, at least read the book.

@nadiaflores6394 3 жыл бұрын

I am loving this but I have to go to sleep, goodnight all God bless you, sending hugs from Liverpool England

@jenniferklopman2557 3 жыл бұрын

Love back to you from America! 🇺🇸❤

@deckardcanine 3 жыл бұрын

During my first read, I realized that the same devout friend who lent me the book was exhibiting at least three of the behaviors that Screwtape encouraged. Hard to stay vigilant about these things.

@shinigamimiroku3723 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, sadly we're as susceptible to the suggestions of Satan and his hordes as any unbeliever. This is one of the reasons why we need each other to be able to speak into each other's lives - one of the most brilliant analogies in the Bible is the Church as being "the body of Christ," as when one part of the body malfunctions it requires the other parts of the body to "heal" (as directed by the Head).

@johnprentice1474 3 жыл бұрын

We all do. It's why we so desperately need Jesus.

@thatcatholicgirl5675 8 ай бұрын

😳😳😳

@AdirondackRuby 3 жыл бұрын

I am so ready for this! An amazing book. I've read it half a dozen times. Looking forward to what Seth has to say on it.

@laurenbahr3556 3 жыл бұрын

My son owns this book and has told me about it too. It is here in my home and I plan on reading it. I forgot the other book title,(just was released from hospital after almost losing my foot to infection so I'm not thinking straight) Life.....He has that book too. I want to read it too. He has all works by C S Lewis. He is a poly-sci major and we are Christian conservatives. That makes it hard for him on campus sometimes. Thank you for this show and all things Prager U. I shouted to my son I was watching this. He said," Oh, yeah,Mom. Michael Knowles. He's great." I think so too. God Bless.

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@sislau 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Do ALL the CS Lewis books! PLEASE!

@jcbquark8037 Жыл бұрын

The horror of the same old thing is a favorite line. An other is the idea of focusing or “your mother’s” particular mannerisms and to bring to ones mind how she is doing it intentionally to upset u...

@SuperDiamondMind 3 жыл бұрын

Screwtape helps us see, no one can avoid these pitfalls alone. We must assemble, fellowship, and tell the truth. The good of the other, grace, mercy, and community as the body of Christ. This discussion blessed my day. Thank you both!

@al007italia 3 жыл бұрын

I 1st read Screwtape almost 48 years ago & have reread it several times. I could place the context of every quote. & very much relative to what is going on tooday. But so is his 3rd part of the Sci-Fi trilogy "That Hideous Strength".

@PintsWithJack 3 жыл бұрын

Dr. Michael Ward just released a new commentary on the companion piece to That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man.

@aarontaylor1688 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to this discussion, I've ordered the book. I look forward to reading it!

@williamgrant9167 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys I just came across this book a couple weeks ago. I've been fascinated by it, and you're analysis is truly captivating.

@thatcatholicgirl5675 8 ай бұрын

As someone who’s struggled with body image issues for several years, Letter 20 was SO eye opening for me! It really shows you that not everything is as it seems, especially in the fashion/modeling world.

@applemirer3937 3 жыл бұрын

I can't remember if I read this book, or if my dad read it to me. And I like that for some reason.

@alitlweird 3 жыл бұрын

I love that the audiobook for the Screwtape Letters is narrated by John Cleese. 😎

@dwaynewal-e8615 9 ай бұрын

I read C.S. Lewis' Screwtape Letter many years ago, and it was a very solid peek into the spiritual war behind the scenes of the great controversy battle between good and evil. May God use these old classics to lead us to our heavenly homes one day soon as we prepare for Jesus soon glorious 2nd coming (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18).

@frankt7521 3 жыл бұрын

I have yet to read this book (it will be delivered tomorrow), but listening to the conversation here and all the nuanced actions taken by the devil against us, it hit home for me that if not for the Grace of God ALL is lost. We can't win this Spiritual war alone. God bless us all.

@mygreatestdayever Жыл бұрын

The Screwtape Letters has so many layers. I enjoyed this discussion very much.

@tubelarr 3 жыл бұрын

It is one of the best books I have ever read and I am an atheist.

@jimobrien9104 3 жыл бұрын

Likewise. I always found it to be a pretty interesting premise.

@cheroneyagmin4731 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this discussion and overview of the timeless book from C.S. Lewis! This is a great resource that I have been using to better help students of the Word and I appreciate the approach taken in this video very much! My newest, favorite quote from Mr. Dillon, "What good is it if God wins in the end but you were on the wrong side?" Love it!

@tchristian04 3 жыл бұрын

The Lewis book you should do next is The Abolition of Man followed by That Hideous Strength as well as the other books in the Space Trilogy, then Lewis' book Miracles, in that order.

@anneg7411 3 жыл бұрын

Just bought the C.S. Lewis box set from Costco and was trying to decide where to start. After listening to this, as well as Spencer Klavan's recent Young Heretics podcast on it, it's an easy decision!

@annastrong6892 3 жыл бұрын

Michael needs to do these once a week instead of once a month. I watch every book club over & over.

@mommadeb49 3 жыл бұрын

In the voyage of the dawn treader, King Caspian tells the governor of the lone islands "i have seen "progress" in an egg, we call it going bad in Narnia" (paraphrased a bit)

@DavidSanchez-bo3uv 3 жыл бұрын

As an atheist, I find CS Lewis really great. For all the reasons stated.

@amkaen Жыл бұрын

There is so much to be found in this book that has very practical application to the Christian life. Whenever I pick it up, I will always find myself reading the eighth letter, particularly the last part, which is as good a summation of Habakkuk 3: 17-18 (one of my favorite passages) as I've ever read.

@JackKosherDog 3 жыл бұрын

It's been at least 40 years for me, since I read it, somewhat ineptly, but I have never forgotten it. The words DO get into you, whether you invite them or not. Time to RE-READ, as if I have just found the FBI strategy letters for dealing with all of us who love God and America.

@JackKosherDog 3 жыл бұрын

We need to guard that our "Patriotism" does not take the place of our Creator. When I was at the Capitol, I "got the idea" to march right up those Capitol steps, but a "still small voice" whispered, "That would be rude." By His grace alone, I listened to the second thought. Further "arming" myself with a page by page & play by play voracious re-read of this stunning author's classic handbook. Thank you both for an incredible review!

@meganortega867 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite version of The Screwtape Letters is the audio version read by John Cleese. Brilliant!

@heyob 3 жыл бұрын

Just listened to the Focus on the Family recording of Screwtape Letters at the end of a road trip Monday with my college aged sons. I'd find time on a drive with each kid, about junior high age. So much wisdom in these/CS Lewis, and early teens is an age when they process some of the complexity. This video is a great tl;dr to get started!

@laurenloertscher1319 3 жыл бұрын

I love this one. I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and we have a principal of agency that Lewis represents very well. We believe that God's plan really is all about giving his children the power to choose their own destiny.

@arcticfox2639 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!!! Love C S Lewis!!!

@usmc9355 3 жыл бұрын

I have read the book but the real impact was made on me when I saw it on stage. I highly recommend seeing it on stage if you have a chance.

@OccamsRazor393 3 жыл бұрын

Have you considered making these longer? These are such amazing books. 30ish minutes doesn't do them justice.

@basshawg 3 жыл бұрын

Been reading this book. C.S. Lewis is a great writer for the LORD our GOD.

@nunah7977 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this book. I read it years ago and I believe I still have the book. The audio on you tube for anyone who might want to hear it instead of reading it. John Cleese reads it. CS Lewis did a great job writing this book . Spiritual Warfare.

@travisschlesener9751 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing book. My favorite CS Louis.

@malcolmtas5601 3 жыл бұрын

Lewis said that it was a very easy book to write, but it nearly suffocated him. Once the idea of demonic letters occurred, it would be possible to write them indefinitely. However, because he was writing as a devil, he had to remove from them everything nice. Everything had to be grit and nastiness. There couldn't even be any humour.

@Daniel_Grgic 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this book and so many other C.S. Lewis!!! C.S. Lewis did such a good job of satirically analyzing sin and the corruption of man.

@russ4862 3 жыл бұрын

This was simply excellent! Thank you!

@marybethstawarz3705 3 жыл бұрын

I read this a long time ago now. Yes, lots of insight into the spiritual battles. Gentlemen we were always destined for heaven from the beginning. Hell was a place for the demons. Our freedom allows us the choices which will determine our outcome. The Lord always wants us with Him in heaven. Great discussion.

@barbarakozera4564 Жыл бұрын

I too was going through a terrible time in my late 20’s. I turned my face and heart away from god. I told god I hated him. Well praise Him because I accepted Him as my lord and saviour. CS Lewis’s Mere Christanity was one of my favourite books then and still is. This happened 50 years ago. I look forward to seeing Christ one day.

@jenniferneff1244 2 жыл бұрын

Please do more c.s. Lewis!!!

@cherylbrown3423 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much for doing this analysis of the ScrewTape Letters! I have been contemplating for a couple of years writing a request to Andrew Klaven to review this book since he is excellent at analyzing books and authors. However, you hit it out of the park! Couldn't expect Andrew to do better! I love this!

@christopherthake8701 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely LOVE this book. Great synopsis Gents. Really went into the psychology and philosophy of Lewis and the times :)

@marymarymillidweeb2661 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this! Time to read it again.

@bambu_818 3 жыл бұрын

This video has been the most unexpectedly amazing video in recent memory.

@loreebrew38 2 жыл бұрын

I love C.S. Lewis but I have a hard time finding the time to read. I decided to listen to the book in audio while I was at work. I greatly encourage anyone who wants to listen to the book to listen to the version where John Cleese was Screwtape. It was fantastic and John was perfect!!!!!!

@javiercamacho1998 3 жыл бұрын

Fun question: what is your favorite part of "The Screwtape Letters?" I personally enjoy Chapter 22, where Screwtape discusses the patient's newfound romantic interest and the "cruel disadvantages" the demons fight under.

@BlessedHope7.7.7 Жыл бұрын

" There are no great saints because there are no great sinners"

@thatcatholicgirl5675 8 ай бұрын

Mine too! And as someone who struggles with body image issues a lot, Letter 20 was SO eye opening!

@sosaysthecaptain5580 3 жыл бұрын

These videos are wonderful, keep ‘em coming! 😊

@ghrammcracker7524 3 жыл бұрын

Life changing book!

@theresamusser4390 3 жыл бұрын

This was a wonderful discussion of this book with some Mere Christianity to boot. Love C.S. Lewis! Thank you both.💜

@lisamcmeans431 Жыл бұрын

“Behold the bitten apple, the power of the tools But all the knowledge in the world is of no use to fools And it's a long road out of Eden” -The Eagles.