The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Week 14: Review & Reflection — What Has Hell Taught Us About Heaven?
No new reading. Review your notes, journal entries, and underlined passages from The Screwtape Letters over the whole course of this study.
We close this study the same way the book ends — not with Screwtape's rage, but with the Patient's joy. Look back across everything you have read and discussed, and consider what this unusual book — written from the perspective of hell — has taught you about heaven.
Discussion Questions
8 questions1.Which letter or theme from The Screwtape Letters had the most impact on you personally? What was it about that particular passage that got through your defenses in a way other things hadn't?
2.At the start of this study (Week 1), you were asked to list areas of spiritual vulnerability. Look back at that list now. Has anything changed in your understanding of those vulnerabilities? Have you been able to name what was happening in new ways, or take any concrete steps?
3.One of Lewis's great gifts in this book is making hell's tactics feel uncomfortably familiar — we recognize Screwtape's strategies because we have experienced them from the inside. Has this book changed the way you notice temptation in real time? Can you give a specific example from the past few weeks?
Closing Prayer
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