Avoiding the Unavoidable

The Screwtape Letters Revisted #3

As we walk through C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters, we are forced to deal with the reality of how the powers of evil get at our souls. In letter #3, Uncle Screwtape teaches Wormwood the essential nature of how sin infects our lives, our own self-deception.

Oddly, Screwtape tells Wormwood that the first step of self-deception, is reflection. But it’s …