The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
Week 13: Review & Reflection
Review your notes and journal entries from the full study. Optional re-reading: any chapter that most challenged or changed you
Previewing Week 13 of The Problem of Pain
Read 3 of 8 discussion questions below. Unlock the complete 13-week guide when you’re ready.
This final week is not for new content but for honest stocktaking — looking back at where you started, where the argument took you, and where you go from here.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Return to the answer you gave in Week 1: What was your version of the problem of pain when you began this study? How has it changed — not necessarily resolved, but changed? What do you understand now that you didn't before?
2.Which single chapter or argument in *The Problem of Pain* had the greatest impact on you? What was it about that chapter that landed so powerfully?
3.Lewis distinguishes throughout the book between the intellectual problem of pain (which he attempts to solve) and the emotional problem (which no argument fully resolves). How are you doing with each? Has this study helped the intellectual problem while leaving the emotional one open, or has it touched both?