Chapter 7 of the new book, How to Pray from HarperOne, begins four chapters that are excerpts from C. S. Lewis’s famous book, The Screwtape Letters. Prayer is such an important part of the Christian life that it is obvious the devil would want to hinder it or spoil it. In the process of evaluating […]
David Beckmann
C. S. Lewis’s How To Pray, Ch. 6: Morbid Confession?
Each chapter in this new book by HarperOne, How To Pray (HTP), is entitled with a question, for which the excerpt from Lewis’s writing provides the answer. In this chapter, the question is, “Does Prayer Require Morbid Introspection of our Sins?” The answer comes from the last few paragraphs of Lewis’s essay, “Miserable Offenders,” which appears […]
How To Pray ch 5 – C. S. Lewis and Dunkirk: A Miracle?
[The British people crowd into their churches for the National Day of Prayer, 26 May, 1940, to pray for the BEF in France.] The evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from Dunkirk in May/June 1940 was a gift from God that moved the whole of Great Britain. Hundreds of thousands of families were touched […]
How To Pray, Chapter 4: Since God knows all, what are we doing?!
Chapter 4 of the new HarperOne book by C. S. Lewis, How to Pray, is an excerpt from Letter 4 of Letters to Malcolm. In this letter, Lewis begins to answer two philosophical questions about prayer, but in our excerpt, the question is “Isn’t It Presumptuous For Us To Bring Our Concerns Before God” (p.33)? […]
Burdening our Praying – C. S. Lewis’s How To Pray – Chapter 3
Chapter 3 of How To Pray seeks an answer to the question, “Do Our Prayers Depend on How Deeply We Feel or Mean Them?” The excerpt is from Surprised by Joy, chapter 4, “I Broaden My Mind.” Lewis is a good source for problems with prayer, both philosophical and practical. In this chapter, we have […]