Sunday Synopsis

Wormwood has not made his way back into his uncle's good graces yet. Infact, thengs seem to be getting worse. The patient has been. . . humble!

Wormwood has blown it! His patient has come to a place of repentance. How did this happen? Is there any hope for Wormwood to get him back on track?

Things are going well for Wormwood. His patient is drifting away from his love of the Enemy. Will the patient be deceived into thinking all is well when all is truly not well?

A joyful heart is good medicine. Screwtape knows that laughter from a bitter heart, however, can be poisonous. In this chapter of the Screwtape Letters, Uncle Screwtape instructs his nephew on the "best" sources of laughter.

"Bad Company corrupts good morals." That's just what Screwtape is hoping in this chapter of The Screwtape Letters!

In the previous chapter of the Screwtape Letters, Screwtape scolds his nephew for prematurely celebrating the trough that his patient is going through. In this chapter, he instructs Wormwood on strategies to take advantage of this wilderness time.

If you are a Christian long enough, you will most likely go through a wilderness experience. You might call it a dry time, spiritually speaking. It is a time when God seems so far away, but He assures us that He will never leave us or forsake us. In this chapter of the Screwtape letters, Wormwood's patient is going through one of these times. But, Screwtape cautions him because it is times like these that the Heavenly Father helps us grow!

Our convictions inform the causes we Christians take up. But, when our causes overtake Christ, we are in trouble. This is exactly the plan that Screwtape encourages Wormwood to enact in chapter 7 of the Screwtape Letters.

As horrific as war is, it is not as desirable a way to lead people to death as simply growing old; in Screwtape's view that is. Listen in to find our why.