These are slides for a lesson about chapter 25 in C.S. Lewis' book, "The Screwtape Letters," presented to the Friday Morning Men's Group at First Presbyterian Church in Edmond, Oklahoma, on August 12, 2011.

1. Chapter
25
Distraction,
Focus
&
Questions
by Wesley Fryer
eyesright.speedofcreativity.org
Twitter: @wfryer
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2. www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/2959807121
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3. Thursday, August 11, 11

4. “The real trouble about the
set your patient is living in is
that it is merely
Christian...What we want, if
men become Christians at
all, is to keep them in a
state of mind I call
‘Christianity And’.”
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5. “If they must be Christians let
them at least be Christians
with a difference. Substitute for
the faith itself some Fashion
with a Christian coloring. Work
on their horror of the Same
Old Thing.”
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6. www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/4394932886
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fashion or faith?

7. www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/4394933478
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fashion or faith?

8. fashion
or
faith?
www.flickr.com/photos/viknanda/
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9. “The horror of the Same Old
Thing is one of the most
valuable passions we have
produced in the human heart...
He [God] has balanced the
love of change in them by a
love of permanence.”
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10. sins
“...just as we pick out and
exaggerate the pleasure of
eating to produce gluttony, so
we pick out this natural
pleasantness of change and
twist it into a demand for
absolute novelty.”
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11. www.flickr.com/photos/henryjose/5532604826
changing fashions
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12. www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/3231168533
marketing dissatisfaction
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13. “Only by our incessant
efforts is the demand for
infinite, or unrhyhmical,
change kept up... it diminishes
pleasure while increasing
desire.”
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14. gizmodo.com/5813875/what-happens-in-60-seconds-on-the-internet
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15. “The game is to have them all
running about with fire
extinguishers whenever there
is a flood, and all crowding to
that side of the boat which is
already nearly gunwale
under.”
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16. www.flickr.com/photos/artlung/1040728331
lose focus?
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17. “...the greatest triumph of all
is to elevate this horror of
the Same Old Thing into a
philosophy so that nonsense
in the intellect may reinforce
corruption in the will.”
(rationalizing a focus on fashion?)
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18. www.flickr.com/photos/hroslyn/4737429750
It’s easy to be distracted and choose distraction
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19. May
2010
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFZ0z5Fm-Ng
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20. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFZ0z5Fm
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21. How can we
maintain focus
&
avoid distraction?
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22. “The Enemy [God] loves
platitudes. Of a proposed
course of action He wants
men, as far as I can see, to ask
very simple questions; is it
righteous? is it prudent? is it
possible?”
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23. “...if we can keep men asking
‘Is it in accordance with the
general movement of our
time? Is it progressive or
reactionary? Is this the way
that History is going?’ they
will neglect the relevant
questions.”
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24. what are the simple
questions?
what are the prudent
questions?
(which help us maintain focus & avoid distraction)
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