This man is nothing short of a genius and understands much more things about life and the world than anyone I can think of. I read this epistolary work a few years ago and loved it so much that I had to read it again. Actually that’s not the entirety of my motivation for rereading this—there’s a lot of thick stuff in there that I only unlocked during the second go round. Who knows what will happen on my third. This book is a collection of short letters written under the guise of a senior devil adviser to a young tempter who is trying to turn a man morally corrupt. Basically, Wormwood is the bad devil that resides above one of your shoulders and Screwtape is writing letters to him advising him on how best to conduct business. The book is brilliant in how it forces you to rethink what is actually wrong and how easy it is to fall into that. More important though, it reveals a lot about the theology and “the Enemy”. One of my favorite books.
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