Matthew Winant - Blog #12 (outside reading)

For an outside reading I read parts of the Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis. It is a very popular book among theologians as well as members of this class apparently. While I am not completely finished with the book I have noticed some fantastic aspects within the letters. First is that the demon who is writing tells the receiver not to use logic, as it will always lead to God. I find this amazing because today it is seen that logic will outsmart theology and the Bible. Nonbelievers find that it is easy to use logic to disprove Creation or Jesus. Another point that I noticed was the fact that I realized spiritual warfare is occurring always and all around us. I have heard stories of missionaries who have felt absolute terror from demons waging spiritual warfare on messengers of God. I find C.S. Lewis' ability to portray demons as a believer very well conceived and his ability to logical show how a demon thinks is in line with Scripture and theological logic.