The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis

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The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis Sunday School
Class
Bring a Side-Dish or Dessert And your favorite
quote from the Screwtape Letters
Family Cookout Date Saturday, August 8,
1998 Time 400PM to 800PM Place Winridge -
At the Pfisters Directions 29 North Turn
left on 130 2 1/2 miles, turn right on
795,(Winridge Dr.) 3/4 of mile on your left
Is any pleasure on earth as great as a circle of
Christian friends by a fire ? or a barbecue
grill?
Warning It does not matter how small the sins
are, provided that their cumulative effect is to
edge the man away from the Light and out into the
Nothing. Murder is no better than cards if cards
do the trick. Indeed, the safest road to Hell is
the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft
underfoot, without sudden turnings, without
milestones, without signposts. Screwtape And
do not fear those who kill the body, but are
unable to kill the soul but rather fear Him who
is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. .
Mathew 1028
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Class Schedule Through 12/14/97
Book / Chapter Date Facilitators 3 / 7
Forgiveness 11/9/97 3 / 8 The Great
Sin 11/9/97 3 / 9 Charity 11/16/97 3
/ 10 Hope 11/16/97 3 / 11
Faith 11/23/97 3 / 12 Faith 11/23/97 4
/ 1 Making and Begetting 11/30/97 4 /
2 The Three-Personal God 11/30/97 4 / 3
Time and Beyond Time 12/7/97 4 / 4 Good
Infection 12/7/97 4 / 5 The Obstinate Toy
Soldiers 12/14/97 4 / 6 Lets
Pretend 12/14/97
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Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
Book 3 - Christian Behavior Summary of
Chapters 5 - Sexual Morality 6- Christian
Marriage
The Christian Rule is Either Marriage with
complete faithfulness to your partner, or else
total abstinence
Ephesians 4 17-24 - 522-32
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Sexual Morality
The Christian Rule Virtue of Chastity Chastity
should not be confused with social rule of
modesty, propriety or decency
The Christian Rule is Either Marriage with
complete faithfulness to your partner, or else
total abstinence
This rule is so contrary to our instincts, that
obviously either Christianity is wrong or our
sexual instinct has gone wrong.
The biological purpose of sex is children.
Please discuss the following definition Sex was
made for the ultimate intimate enjoyment within
the bounds of marriage in which children can be
an additional blessing.
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Sexual Appetite Food strip-tease (sexual
starvation or perversion) Why are lies about sex
so powerful? Christianity has glorified marriage
more than any other religion. What is the view
of the Film and TV industry on sexual morality?
Every civilized man must have some set of
principles by which he chooses to reject some of
his desires and and to permit others. Christian
Principles Hygienic Principles Sociological
Principles
Perfect Chastity - like perfect charity - will
not be attained by any merely human
efforts. Sex The Center of Christian Morality is
Not Here.
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Christian Marriage
Marriage is for Life
Keeping Promises A Basic Moral Principle
The important difference between Being in Love
with someone or Loving someone
Love is an evolving process - ever improving and
deepening
The Question of Divorce
The Question of Mans Headship Constitution,
Natural Psychology
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Assignment for the Class
At the End of this study I would like to
encourage the class to Take action at the
personal, and communal levels Letters to the
Editor or even a Manifesto covering aspects of
the Moral and Social Reality of Our
Times (With a Christian Perspective)
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Questions for Discussion 5. Sexual Morality - A
discussion of the Christian virtue known as
chastity. -How is Christian chastity different
than social rules of modesty? -Lewis uses an
analogy with food to prove that our sexual
instinct has gone wrong. Describe the food
analogy. -In regards to sex, does Christian
philosophy contradict the following statement
"There is nothing to be ashamed of in the fact
that the human race reproduces itself in a
certain way, nor in the fact that it gives
pleasure."? -Do you think that our sexual
instinct has been corrupted? -Do you think that
Christian chastity is impossible? According to
Lewis, what is the most fatal thing we can do
when faced with this seeming impossibility? -
Is unchastity the supreme Christian vice? If not,
what is?
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6. Christian Marriage - A discussion of
Christian marriage and its many
implications.. -The sexual impulse in man works
best in ... -The words "one flesh" could be
translated _ _ in modern English. -Using
another food analogy, Lewis compares the
isolation of sexual pleasure with ... -All
Christian denominations agree that divorce is
more like having both legs cut off than ...
-According to Lewis, the most common reason for
people who get married in church as a
mere formality is ... -According to Lewis,
living together outside of marriage causes one to
be guilty on two accounts which are ...
-According to Lewis, what does the passion of
love impel two people to do? -Why does ceasing
to be "in love" need not mean ceasing to love?
-Why is Lewis against forcing the laws of
Christian marriage on people through government
regulation? -What example does Lewis site to
support the idea that the headship of man over
women is natural in marriage? -Why is a man
better suited for dealing with the families
foreign policy?