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Screwtape Letters – Week 3, Letters 7 – 9

ByOscar Overton

Letter 7 Themes: Materialism (evolutionary thinking), skepticism, belief in demons; factions and cliques; spiritual distraction through social causes, movements, or policies.

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Letter 8 Themes: Ups and downs of spiritual life; growing during the dry times; the walk of faith and obedience.

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Letter 9 Themes: Spiritually dry times; sensual temptations during these times; the enticements and exploitations of pleasures; Law of Undulation; various phases of life and how they relate to our spiritual life.

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