What is the name of the cousin who visits Narnia for the first time in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader?
Month: June 2013
Quiz: June 16, 2013
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“All that is not eternal is ______ _______ ______ ______ .”
Fact: June 16, 2013
Lewis’s brother, Warren “Warnie” Hamilton Lewis was born today in 1895. He wrote books on French History.
Quote: June 16, 2013
(Screwtape Explains to Wormwood:)
“We want the Church to be small not only that fewer men may know the Enemy [i.e., God] but also that those who do may acquire the uneasy intensity and the defensive self-rightousness of a secret society or a clique.”
The Screwtape Letters – VII
(first published in The Guardian on 6/13/1941)
Quiz: June 15, 2013
The first book that was a collection of essays edited by Walter Hooper came out this month…what was it?
Quote: June 15, 2013
It is so fatally easy to confuse an aesthetic appreciation of the spiritual life with the life itself— to dream that you have waked, washed, and dressed, & then to find yourself still in bed.
Letter to Arthur Greeves
(from Volume 1 on 6/15/1930)
Fact: June 15, 2013
Lewis’s appointment at Magdalen College at Oxford official began on this day in 1925 and lasted there three decades.
Quotable Lewis (CSLM-10)
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C.S. Lewis’ words are very memorable and there are a variety of books that contain excerpts from his vast number of writings. Additionally, there are many great online resources with collections of his quotations. However, what if you want something on a specific topic or you want to know the source of a Lewis quote?
Quiz: June 14, 2013
When visiting what friend did Lewis write The Pilgrim’s Regress?
Quote: June 14, 2013
“Perfect humility dispenses with modesty. If God is satisfied with the work, the work my be satisfied with itself.”
The Weight of Glory
(First preached as a sermon on 6/8/1941)