“...in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.” (2 Corinthians 2:11)

Wouldn’t it be an incredible find if you looked down on the ground and there was Satan’s playbook? What if you picked it up, looked inside, and saw what kind of luring temptations he had in store for you this week, what slow series of events this ultimate enemy was going to try to use against you to weaken you one little step at a time- and how he was going to twist your strengths into vices.

What if you could eavesdrop on his diabolical conversations regarding just how he was planning to tear down what you have worked so long to build in your relationship with your children, by planting subtle misunderstandings and miscommunications he can use against you? Such a find would surely give you an advantage. With your eyes now wide open you would be able to notice when he was using opportunities right and left. With this awareness, you’d be better able to cut him off at the pass, and ultimately, to conquer.

In 1942 brilliant English author CS Lewis, wrote The Screwtape Letters, a book that cannot help but change the way you view your adversary. In this fictional story, Screwtape, an experienced tempter, writes a series of thirty-one short letters to his nephew Wormwood. Wormwood is a novice in securing damnation for the soul, or as this book calls the soul a “patient”, assigned to him. His Uncle Screwtape writes these letters to “enlighten” him in all the best “tools of the trade”.

Because these schemes are 100% real, no work of fiction will sober your spirit in the battle for your salvation, and the salvation of those within your sphere of influence, than this little paperback.

What are the best ways to undermine the faith of those who want to draw near to God? How can a skilled tempter use the qualities in human nature and bend them toward sin?  Screwtape has all the answers.