The first character introduced in The Last Battle is Shift, the ape whose name describes his personality very well.
Month: June 2013
Problem of Pain (CSLM-09)
Do you have a problem with pain? You might say C.S. Lewis had such a problem with it that he wrote a book about it!
No one really enjoys suffering. Whenever possible you try to avoid it. What if someone asked you, as was the case with Lewis, to write on the subject? He felt, at first, that if he really said what he thought about pain he’d prefer to write it anonymously.
Quiz: June 13, 2013
How many Narnian years passed between The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Silver Chair?
Fact: June 13, 2013
The seventh Screwtape letter was published today in The Guardian in 1941. Mentions “Materialist Magician.”
Quote: June 13, 2013
(Screwtape Advises Wormwood:)
“All extremes, except extreme devotion to the Enemy [i.e., God], are to be encouraged.”
The Screwtape Letters – VII
(first published in The Guardian on 6/13/1941)
Quiz: June 12, 2013
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“Woe to you if you ____ _____ _____ .”
Quote: June 12, 2013
“…Good images of what we really desire…the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from a country we have never yet visited.”
The Weight of Glory
(First preached as a sermon on 6/8/1941)
Retro: June 12th – 19th
Highlights for the period of June 12th – 19th include: the birthday of his closest friend, beginning his longest employment and an explanation of “an old textbook method” that the devils use.
Lewis was the youngest in his family. His only sibling was his brother, Warren who was nearly three-and-half years older. Born on
Fact: June 12, 2013
“The War of Deliverance” is the name given to the conflict between Miraz and Caspian and the Old Narnians.
A Baptized Imagination (CSLM-08)
LISTEN TO AUDIO/PODCAST VERSION C.S. Lewis has influenced countless individuals…but do you know who affected him so much that a book by that author baptized Lewis’ imagination? There are many authors that C.S. Lewis enjoyed from an earlier age, but one that stayed with him and had the greatest impact is a Congregational minister named …