HW Screwtape Letters Ch. 26-31 due on 5/4



Read Screwtape Letters Ch. 26-31
Complete Questions




Directions: You do not have to include citations for these questions but each question must be answered with a minimum of two thoughtful, detailed sentences.

Questions:

Letter 26

        1. What is the problem confusing ‘Charity’ with ‘Unselfishness?’

        2. Why would it be a “great point gained” to Satan when “a man surrenders benefits not so that others may be happy in having them but so that the man can be unselfish in giving them?”

        3. Why might selfishness be less damaging than unselfishness? That is, What is the “Generous Conflict Illusion” that Screwtape discusses?

Letter 27

4. What is the “heads I win, Tails you lose” argument Screwtape proposes using against the human regarding prayer?

5. Have you ever thought this way about prayer? If so, what have you done about it?

Letter 28

        6. Screwtape says “Prosperity knits a man to the World. He feels that he is ‘finding his place in it,’ while really it is finding its place in him.” How does a person and the world get “knitted together?” What is the bond, or “knit?” That is, what things draw us to the world?

        7. Screwtape tells Wormwood, “Do not let us be infected by our own propaganda.” What propaganda is he referring to?

        8. Screwtape actually suggests that the demons are trying to keep the man safe! Why is that?

        9. How does Screwtape propose attacking middle-aged adversity? How is this different than attacking middle-aged prosperity?

10. Why does Screwtape want the human to pursue: Worldly Advancement? (Phil 4:19) Prudent connections? (2 Cor. 6:14-17) Safety First? (Matt. 6:27)

Letter 29

        11. Why, according to Screwtape, did God create a dangerous world?

        12. Screwtape says that both “courage” and “cowardice” are “undisguisable” How does being undisguisable help the human “awake from their moral stupor? That is, what specifically does undisguise-ability do for us?

Letter 30

        13. What are the two ways in which the word “real” can be used?

        14. How can it be used against us, according to Screwtape?

Letter 31

        15. What, ultimately, happens to the patient?



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