tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post6448126012070499799..comments2024-03-25T19:00:40.046-06:00Comments on The Constructive Curmudgeon: A Lament Over DefectionDouglas Groothuis, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08766692378954258034noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-81540624490230703062009-09-10T15:11:59.114-06:002009-09-10T15:11:59.114-06:00An unfortunate insight from Screwtape:
"And ...An unfortunate insight from Screwtape:<br /><br />"And while he [the Patient] thinks that, we do not have to contend with the explicit repentance of a definite, fully recognised, sin, but only with his vague, though uneasy, feeling that he hasn’t been doing very well lately. This dim uneasiness needs careful handling. If it gets too strong it may wake him up and spoil the whole game. On the other hand, if you suppress it entirely – which, by the by, the Enemy [God] will probably not allow you to do – we lose an element in the situation which can be turned to good account. If such a feeling is allowed to live, but not allowed to become irresistible and flower into real repentance, it has one invaluable tendency. It increases the patient’s reluctance to think about the Enemy.”Andrew Hayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09354873727540504096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14410967.post-76661361689440700632009-09-08T07:49:54.490-06:002009-09-08T07:49:54.490-06:00AmenAmenMasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07526823381492187330noreply@blogger.com