{"id":987,"date":"2019-03-27T03:26:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T03:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=987"},"modified":"2019-03-27T03:26:43","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T03:26:43","slug":"screwtape-proposes-a-toast-by-c-s-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=987","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Screwtape Proposes A Toast&#8221; by C.S. Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written in 1959 by C.S. Lewis (29 November 1898 \u2013 22 November 1963) of <em>The Chronicles of Narnia<\/em> fame, &#8220;Screwtape Proposes a Toast&#8221; is a follow-up to his very popular <em>Screwtape Letters<\/em>. It is among the most creative pieces of fiction in the last century.<\/p>\n<p>Screwtape is a demon who schemes to bring more souls into Hell. But Screwtape&#8217;s plans often backfire, particularly when intended victims realize someone is playing on their weaknesses. Once they recognize temptation, they find it easier to resist.<\/p>\n<p>Often frustrated, Screwtape responds to defeat with new strategems and an eager pursuit after another soul. The faith of C.S. Lewis was so enduring and all-embracing that even the demons in his imagined inferno were incapable of losing faith.<\/p>\n<p> Read &#8220;The Screwtape Proposes A Toast&#8221; by C.S. Lewis, published December 19, 1959.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written in 1959 by C.S. Lewis (29 November 1898 \u2013 22 November 1963) of The Chronicles of Narnia fame, &#8220;Screwtape Proposes a Toast&#8221; is a follow-up to his very popular Screwtape Letters. It is among the most creative pieces of fiction in the last century. Screwtape is a demon who schemes to bring more souls&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}