Theology & Doctrine

The Screwtape Letters

What if you could read a senior demon's private correspondence about how to destroy your faith? That is the brilliantly unsettling premise of C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters -- a series of letters from a veteran devil named Screwtape to his bumbling nephew Wormwood, advising him on the best strategies for luring a human soul away from God. By turning the perspective upside down, Lewis exposes the subtle tactics of temptation that every Christian faces but rarely recognizes: spiritual complacency, intellectual pride, distraction during prayer, and the slow drift away from genuine devotion. Wickedly funny, uncomfortably accurate, and profoundly insightful, this book will make you see your own spiritual battles with new eyes.