The Screwtape Letters Book Club
Welcome to the Fellows alumni virtual book club! In these sessions we’ll discuss The Screwtape Letters with a special study guide for spiritual warfare training. Together we’ll walk through each of the letters in the book, exposing diabolical and divine strategies.
There will be four zoom book club meetings with trusted scholars so we can discuss the book, ask questions, and engage more with one another.
Schedule of Meetings
All sessions will be held from 8:00 – 9:00 PM ET
➊ INTRODUCTION: October 3, 2023 – view the recording (password: 6efy=fMH)
➋ LETTERS 1-10: October 24, 2023 – view the recording (password: 0&aa$Y2k)
➌ LETTERS 11-20: November 14, 2023 view the recording (password: @gVy8YK=)
➍ LETTERS 21-31: November 28, 2023 | Meeting ID: 863 4163 8590 Passcode: 126872
Download the Study Guide sections for each meeting:
Recommended Resources by Tom Tarrants
The following are resources to help us better understand Spiritual Warfare.
- Spiritual Warfare in the Storyline of Scripture: A Biblical, Theological, and Practical Approach
By William F. Cook and Chuck Lawless - Demon Possession
An essay by Thomas Sappington - Satan and Demons
An essay by Thomas Sappington - Hindrances to Discipleship
A four-part series from Tom Tarrants
Recommended Resources by Stephen Eyre
Letter 1 – 10 commentary from C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters.
Letter 11 – 20 commentary from C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters.
Book Club: Frequently Asked Questions
You can purchase a copy of The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis at any almost any bookseller. Here are a few options: ChristianBook | Amazon
You can download and access the Study Guide here.
Please have read the Introduction to the Study Guide before our zoom meeting at 8:00pm ET
Tom Tarrants is our first guest speaker.
Thomas A. Tarrants is President Emeritus of the C.S. Lewis Institute. After serving twelve years as president and nine years as vice President, he retired from his position as Vice President for Ministry and Director, Washington Area Fellows Program, with CSLI in June 2019. He holds a Masters of Divinity Degree, as well as a Doctor of Ministry Degree in Christian Spirituality. Tom is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Church Alliance and a member of the Evangelical Theological Society. He spends his time writing, mentoring, consulting and traveling. His life story is told in Consumed by Hate, Redeemed by Love, published by Thomas Nelson Publishers.
The call is one hour long. We’ll have a 20-20-20 format:
-20 minutes of hearing from our guest speaker,
-20 minutes in break-out rooms discussing the Introduction
-20 minutes reconvened to discuss those questions and answers with Tom Tarrants and Matt Miller.
Matt Miller is the Director of the C.S. Lewis Institute Greenville. His great passion is helping believers understand God’s Word more deeply and connect its truth to life in a meaningful and comprehensive way. Matt has previously served as a senior pastor, theological translator, and adjunct seminary professor. He studied Economics and Philosophy at Wake Forest University before going on to earn an M.Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary (Charlotte) and a D.Min. from Erskine Theological Seminary. He is currently a non-residential Ph.D. candidate at the University of Bristol (England). Matt and his wife, Lindsay, have lived in Greenville for all 10 years of their marriage and have three children: Elise, Davis and Owen.