Emphasis Preaching Journal
Justice in a polite church society
The Political Pulpit
C. S. Lewis' character of pen and ink, Screwtape, the imaginary mentor-uncle, offers the
following counsel to newbie demon, Wormwood. "Let the little brute wallow in it. Let
him, if he has any bent that way, write a book about it; that is often an excellent way of
sterilizing the seeds of Nemy plants in a human soul. Let him do anything but act. No
amount of piety in his imagination and affections will harm us if we can keep it out of his
will. As one of the humans has said, active habits are strengthened by repetition but
passive ones are weakened.
