The fourth Screwtape letter was published today in 1941 in The Guardian. It deal with “the painful subject of prayer.”
Month: May 2013
Quote: May 23, 2013
(Screwtape Boasts:)
“It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out.”
Quiz: May 23, 2013
Who was the captain of the Dawn Treader?
Retro: May 22nd – 28th
Highlights for this week over the life of Lewis include a prize winning essay, his first Christian book that was his only true allegory and a Pentecost sermon…By the time Lewis celebrated his thirty-third birthday he had two published books to his credit. He also had finished
Quiz: May 22, 2013
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words): “On a great day the thing that makes it great may fill the_____ _____ _____ _____ .”
Fact: May 22, 2013
Jill had a dream while at Harfang in The Silver Chair about the signs. In it she saw the words “UNDER ME.”
Quote: May 22, 2013
“Only the courteous can love, but it is love that makes them courteous.” – The Allegory of Love
Fact: May 21, 2013
The Allegory of Love was published today in 1936. It was Lewis’s first academic title.
Quote: May 21, 2013
“The function of allegory is not to hide but to reveal, and it is properly used only for that which cannot be said, or so well said, in literal speech.” – The Allegory of Love
Quiz: May 21, 2013
What close friend of Lewis died sometime this month?