FACT OF THE DAY:
The revised edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published today (5/9) in 1960 containing a revised third chapter.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
(Screwtape boasts:) “All the habits of the patient, both mental and bodily, are still in our favour.”
The Screwtape Letters II
(Published in The Guardian on 5/9/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What series of letters began to be published this month?
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Since 1997 Taylor University has held The Frances White Ewbank Colloquium on C.S. Lewis & Friends nearly every two years (they skipped 2003). In addition to having great guest speakers over the years, this meeting also provides the opportunity for individuals to present a twenty minute address. Then, not long after the event, the corresponding papers based on those shorter talks are printed in a volume called INKLINGS FOREVER. Plus, nearly all of those essays are available online for free!
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis was interviewed in May 1963 by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Published later that year and it is in God in the Dock.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The process of living seems to consist in coming to realise truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes. They cannot sound otherwise to those who have not had the relevant experience.”
Letter to Dom Bede Griffiths OSB on 5/8/1939
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What Narnia book was published this month in what year?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature was first published today (5/7) in 1964.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“No doubt all history in the last resort must be held by Christians to be a story with a divine plot.”
The Discarded Image
(Published in 5/7/1964)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“The central Christian belief is that Christ’s death has somehow put us right with God and given _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The Magician’s Nephew took Lewis the longest to write of all the Narnia books (almost 5 years, from ’49 to ’54).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The Christian must wage endless war against the clamour of the ego as ego: but he loves and approves selves as such, though not their sins.”
Two Ways with the Self
(Published on 5/3/1940 in The Guardian)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Someone very close to Lewis was born this month; who was it?
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This is the forth and final show that explores how C.S. Lewis viewed women. Some think he either hated females, or at least feared them. Even those who know this isn’t true have a hard time explaining why. Dr. Crystal Hurd, who has done a series of blog posts on the topic, is William O’Flaherty’s special guest to explore this topic. Gina Dalfonzo, the editor of Breakpoint.org joins in as guest co-host. This last episode examines three women in Lewis’s later life that he was closest to: Ruth Pitter, Dorothy Sayers and Joy Davidman.
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FACT OF THE DAY:
One this date (5/5) in 1924 Lewis accepted a temporary position to teach philosophy at Oxford (his former tutor was taking a one-year leave).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
Screwtape’s observation of humans: “Thanks to processes which we set at work in them centuries ago, they find it all but impossible to believe in the unfamiliar while the familiar is before their eyes.”
The Screwtape Letters I
(Published in The Guardian on 5/2/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who did the illustrations for The Chronicles of Narnia series?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The first paperback edition of Lewis’s spiritual autobiography, Surprised by Joy was published today (5/4) in 1959.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Yes— it is sometimes hard to obey St. Paul’s “Rejoice.” We must try to take life moment by moment. The actual present is usually pretty tolerable, I think, if only we refrain from adding to its burden that of the past and the future.”
Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne on 5/4/1962
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (2 words):
“Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship _____ _____ .”
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