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The Ben Shapiro Show

Ben Shapiro’s Book Club | The Screwtape Letters

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

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4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Read between the theological lines of C.S. Lewis’ classic masterpiece and religious satire, penned from the POV of a demon serving in the bureaucracy of Hell. Ben explores the wildly comic and strikingly original letters from one demon to another, as the pair seek to undermine the Christian faith and tempt man into extravagantly wicked and deplorable sins.   - - -   Today’s Sponsor:   PureTalk - Exclusive discount for our listeners at: https://www.PureTalk.com/Shapiro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Terms and conditions apply. Hey, hey and welcome. This is the Ben Shapiro show. So, folks, here at Daily Wire, we have something called Ben Shapiro's Book Club. It's exactly what it sounds like. I read books with you. Well, one of the books that I read with you over the course of last year and a half or so was the screw tape letters by C.S. Lewis.

1:44.3

Here's a bit of our discussion.

1:46.7

C.S. Lewis. Here's bit of our discussion. C.S. Lewis's The Screw Tape Letters is all at once, a deep rumination on religion, a high comedy rooted in the hilarity of both humanity's flaws and Satan's foibles, a tragedy about the nature of death and a tale of redemption in everlasting life. There is so much We're going to do all of that in just one second first. Let's turn to some thoughts from the community. Edwards says, Ben,

2:05.6

how in your life do you find that balance in loving others in yourself so you can objectively

2:09.0

give yourself credit for accomplishments without being selfish or arrogant? This is an important

2:12.8

lesson people can use in not just everyday life, but also the workplace. Well, you know,

2:16.7

I think that people tend to mislabel humility or misdefine humility as telling lives about yourself, and that's not true. When the Bible suggests that Moses was the most humble person who ever lived, that didn't mean that Moses didn't know what he had or who he was. What it means is that he attributed his qualities to God because it was God who was the source of those abilities. So when you do what you're supposed to do in life, that's not really you at all. You're just doing what you're supposed to do. You don't get extra credit for doing the things that you're supposed to do. You do blame yourself for failing where you're supposed to succeed. Also, you have to surround yourself in life with a group of people who are willing to tell you when you're wrong, and you have to be willing to hear that group of people. So, don't surround yourself with an echo chamber. You have to allow enough criticism in to actually allow you to better yourself, while preventing people who wish to carry you down from doing so. And there are a lot of people out there who are like that. Ramona says, has this book been insightful for you it all. I miss your Jewish teachings and wish that would be a new show of yours. I appreciate all that

3:10.3

you do. God bless. Well, maybe we'll be doing some more of that sort of stuff next year. The book is fantastic. I mean, I love C.S. Lewis. I love pretty much everything C.S. Lewis writes. Most of what he writes is applicable across religions. Obviously, his specific defenses of Christian theology, his apologetics for Christianity,

3:26.8

I disagree with a lot of that stuff. But when it comes to his overall take on the Bible and

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