If Dr. Seuss adapted C. S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters, he might have created something similar to author D. Brooks Baker's ingenious work of fiction verse The Devil's Secrets.
"But there are secrets that must remain, or they would ruin his sinister plan, for if God's children learned what the Devil knew, he'd lose his power over man." So begins the story. And it carries on revealing nineteen secrets that Satan is teaching his followers in a special training session on how to keep mankind in the dark.
Laid out in an easy-to-follow format, each chapter is preceded by a quote from the Bible or a historical figure and closes with one of Satan's secrets. In between is the Devil's explanation to his minions of why they cannot allow mankind to learn a particular truth.
From the importance of families to the ill effects of addiction to the twisting of religion, Baker covers all the essential topics and more-but from the vantage point of the great deceiver himself, the Devil.
By learning the enemy's secrets, you can discover how to overcome his devious tactics. Whether you choose to read this as a personal devotional or as a book study with students, you can easily read it a chapter at a time or all in one sitting.
About the Author: D. Brooks Baker and his wife are the parents of five children, and they currently reside in northern Mississippi. He attended college in California and Idaho and has worked in manufacturing management for two decades.
But it is Baker's experiences as a missionary and Sunday school teacher that inspired his novel The Devil's Secrets. Writing on and off over the years, one morning he awoke with the first chapter running through his mind-and it all seemed to rhyme. Even though it wasn't his typical style, he wrote down the beginning and never looked back. He hopes that by revealing the Devil's game plan through fictional verse, readers will learn to clearly see the obstacles in their lives and be inspired to overcome.
