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Dear Wormwood

In 1942, one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century, C. S. Lewis, published The Screwtape Letters. The book was a fictional correspondence between a senior demon, Screwtape, and his nephew junior demon, Wormwood. Screwtape advises Wormwood on all sorts of ways to tempt and torment his subject, ultimately attempting to draw his subject to reject Christ. As an exercise this semester, my small group at Dallas Theological Seminary had us write our own Screwtape letters. How would Screwtape advise Wormwood to tempt us if that was Wormwood’s [...]

By |2020-12-31T14:30:37-06:00January 1st, 2021|Mason Smith, Newsletter|

Jesus is the New Israel

The Christmas season is a good time to reflect on why Jesus came into the world.  His coming is the reason for the season after all!  This question is one that we can come back to each year because it has such a rich and varied answer.  In fact, there’s not just one reason why Jesus came into the world.  There are many.  For example, he came to glorify his Father (Jn. 17:1-4).  He came to save sinners (Matt. 1:21).  He came to defeat the works of the devil [...]

By |2020-12-10T11:15:43-06:00December 1st, 2020|John Sypert, Newsletter|
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