FACT OF THE DAY:
The Dark Tower and Other Stories was published on this day (2/28) in 1977.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If a man’s self is not kept clean and bright, his glimpse of God will be blurred.”
The Three-Personal God
(Initially a BBC broadcast from 2/29/44)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
In Till We Have Faces what is Glome?
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Originally known as “The C.S. Lewis Collection,” this resource, now goes by “The Marion E. Wade Center” is a lot more than an online destination. However because it does have a good variety of material in addition to what’s available at their physical location at Wheaton College I felt it worth putting in the spotlight. Both locations are devoted to not just Lewis, but also six other British authors (Owen Barfield, G.K. Chesterton, George MacDonald, Dorothy L. Sayers, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams).
FACT OF THE DAY:
The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast was published today (2/27) in 1961 and contained a new preface.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There is no uncreated being except God. God has no opposite…Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.”
The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast
(From new preface first published on 2/27/1961)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Which Narnia book is the following passage from and who said it:
“A boy in the street made a beastly joke about Queen Susan…so I knocked him down. He ran howling into a house and his big brother came out. So I knocked the big brother down.”
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The following is a conversation I had with Dr. Pamela Jordan-Long from Taylor University about the 2014 C.S. Lewis Colloquium being held on campus May 29-June 1. She also gives some details about their C.S. Lewis Center which has a wide range of books from him and several other authors. The featured speakers include Dr. Michael Ward and Dr. Bruce Edwards who have been on previous All About Jack shows.
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The 3rd and final Riddell Memorial Lecture entitled “The Abolition of Man” by Lewis was given today (2/26) in 1943.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“What we call Man’s power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.”
The Abolition of Man
(First a lecture from 2/26/1943 from the eventual The Abolition of Man)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (5 words):
“…it is certainly my opinion that a book worth reading only in childhood is ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.” (submitted by Winifred Sherman)
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The 2nd Riddell Memorial Lecture entitled “The Way” by Lewis was given today (2/25) in 1943. It became part of The Abolition of Man.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The human mind has no more power of inventing a new value than of imagining a new primary colour.”
The Way
(First a lecture from 2/25/1943 from the eventual The Abolition of Man)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
When the final series of broadcast talks began this month in 1944 something different happen to them; what was it?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
This evening (2/24/1943) Lewis gave the 1st talk (“Men Without Chests”) of the Riddell Memorial Lectures that became The Abolition of Man.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.”
Men Without Chests
(First a lecture from 2/24/1943 from the eventual The Abolition of Man)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What is the name of the capital of Narnia?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Narrative Poems was published for the first time in the US today (2/23) in 1972. It had been released in the UK in 1969.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It’s only the little germ of a desire for God that we need to start the process.”
Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XVI
(Published in The Guardian on 2/23/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (two words):
“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a ____ ____ .”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“Making and Begetting,” the first of the 4th BBC radio series was given today (2/22) in 1944. Eventually in Mere Christianity.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“A vague religion-all about feeling God in nature, and so on-is so attractive. It is all thrills and no work.”
Making and Begetting
(Initially a BBC broadcast from 2/22/44)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What famed series of radio talks ended when this month?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Today (2/21) in 1945 “”Who Was Right—Dream Lecturer or Real Lecturer?” was published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Is it not equally reasonable to look outside Nature for the real Originator of the natural order?”
Who Was Right—Dream Lecturer or Real Lecturer?
(First published in 1945, it was reprinted as Two Lectures in God in the Dock)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book did Tolkien try to help Lewis get publish sometime this month in what year?
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