“We have seen that every moral judgement involves facts, intuition and reasoning, and, if we are wise enough to be humble, it will involve some regard for authority as well.”
Why I Am Not A Pacifist
(Available in Timeless At Heart; published 7/16/1987)
Month: July 2013
Quiz: July 16, 2013
One of the saddest events in Lewis’s life happened this month; what was it?
Fact: July 16, 2013
An collection of Lewis’s essays called Timeless at Heart: Essays on Theology was published today in 1987.
Digory Kirke (CSLM-21)
Do you know who the first male human is to visit Narnia as a boy?
Quote: July 15, 2013
“All my seven Narnian books, and my three science fiction books, began with seeing pictures in my head.”
It All Began with a Picture
(Published 7/15/1960 in Radio Times)
Quiz: July 15, 2013
Who was the last king of Narnia?
Fact: July 15, 2013
“It All Began with a Picture” was an essay published in Radio Times today in 1960 telling how Lewis got the idea for Narnia.
The Romantic Rationalist (Desiring God Conference on C.S. Lewis)
Dr. John Piper has spoken about the influence C.S. Lewis has had on his life, but the upcoming Desiring God conference is the first to focus on it. “The Romantic Rationalist: God, Life & Imagination in the Work of C.S. Lewis” features several nationally known speakers besides Dr. Piper. The following is an interview with …
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Quote: July 14, 2013
“[Flippancy] is a thousand miles away from joy; it deadens, instead of sharpening, the intellect; and it excites no affection between those who practice it.”
The Screwtape Letters – XI
(first published in The Guardian on 7/11/1941)
Quiz: July 14, 2013
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“We should mind humiliation less if _____ _____ _____ .”