After reading Searching for a God to Love by Chris Blake (my college writing professor), I decided to finally read C. S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters. A few years ago, I had read the first three chapters but did not go beyond that. I've found this book to have great insights into how we fall into Satan's trap. He has designed many types of baits and, when no real connection with God has been established, we become easy prey.
One of the issues C. S. Lewis talks about is looking for a church that "fits" you. My intention is not to enter into a discussion on this topic, but to show an interesting view on the subject that, I believe, deserves to be considered before making conclusions.
One of the issues C. S. Lewis talks about is looking for a church that "fits" you. My intention is not to enter into a discussion on this topic, but to show an interesting view on the subject that, I believe, deserves to be considered before making conclusions.
My dear Wormwood,
. . . Surely you know that if a man can't be cured of churchgoing, the next best thing is to send him all over the neighbourhood looking for the church that 'suits' him until he becomes a taster or connoisseur of churches.
The reasons are obvious. In the first place the parochial organisation should always be attacked, because, being a unity of place and not of likings, it brings people of different classes and psychology together in the kind of unity the Enemy desires. The congregational principle, on the other hand, makes each church into a kind of club, and finally, if all goes well, into a coterie or faction. In the second place, the search for a 'suitable' church makes the man a critic where the Enemy want him to be a pupil.
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Your affectionate uncle,
SCREWTAPE
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