“The safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.”
The Screwtape Letters – XII
(first published in The Guardian on 7/18/1941)
Month: July 2013
Fact: July 19, 2013
On this date in 1943 “The Anvil” (a BBC radio program) recorded its show with Lewis as one of the guests.
Quiz: July 19, 2013
In which book does Lewis have Merlin play a role?
Quiz: July 18, 2013
Which of the Narnia book did Lewis begin to write during Christmas vacation in 1950?
Fact: July 18, 2013
The twelfth letter from Screwtape was published on this date in The Guardian in 1941. The end is one of the most quotable lines.
Quote: July 18, 2013
“The only thing that matters is the extent to which you separate the man from the Enemy. It does not matter how small the sins are provided that their cumulative effect is to edge the man away from the Light and out into the Nothing.”
The Screwtape Letters – XII
(first published in The Guardian on 7/18/1941)
C.S. Lewis As Preacher (CSLM-22)
As a lay person Lewis preached only a handful of sermons but they were so well liked that those published in his lifetime are still in print today!
Quote: July 17, 2013
“You get one experience of a thing when you look along it and another when you look at it.”
Meditation in a Toolshed
(Published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph 7/17/1945)
Quiz: July 17, 2013
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by _____ _____ _____ .”
Fact: July 17, 2013
The classic “Meditation in a Toolshed” essay was published today in The Coventry Evening Telegraph in 1945. It’s best available in God in the Dock.