Know your enemy.
Read his mail.
Lord Foulgrin's Letters weren't meant to fall into our hands. But thanks to Randy Alcorn's imagination, we have the opportunity to read the correspondence between Lord Foulgrin and Squaltaint, two of Satan's demons. The object of these letters is a man named Jordan Fletcher. It's Squaltaint's duty to keep Fletcher out of the kingdom of God.
This book may sound similar to C.S. Lewis' classic, The Screwtape Letters, but there are significant differences. Alcorn creates an earthly setting in which we view the lives of the Fletcher family. Each earthly vignette is followed by one of Foulgrin's letters in which he analyzes and strategizes with his underling, Squaltaint.
And what insights come from the pen of Lord Foulgrin! It's safe to say that there is something here for everyone.
In fact, some of Foulgrins's comments are so clever and pithy that they may end up on a bumper sticker or a coffee mug in the kingdom of darkness!
Foulgrin on morality: "By putting shame to sleep --- a marvelous bit of euthanasia --- we've torn a hole in society's fabric."
On spiritual warfare: "Convince him (Fletcher) the kingdoms of light and darkness can maintain a detente, a peaceful coexistence."
Or my personal favorite: "The next best thing to a damned soul is a neutralized one."
After reading this book, you may be a little uncomfortable, but you will not be unaware of the reality of spiritual warfare.
To quote the author, Randy Alcorn, "Once you catch a glimpse of the other world, the real world, you are weaned from the illusion that reality is limited to our five senses."
Go ahead.
Read your enemy's mail.
