FACT OF THE DAY: “Interim Report” published in The Cambridge Review on this date (4/21) in 1956 presented Lewis’s comparison of Oxford and Cambridge. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “No creature that deserved Redemption would need to be redeemed. They that are whole need not the physician. Christ died for men precisely because …
Month: April 2015
CSLIS 2015 Panel Discussion (Part Two)
This is the second and final part of the panel discussion from the 2015 C.S. Lewis and Inklings Society (CSLIS) Conference that was at the end of March. The keynote speakers were Dr. Jerry Root and Dr. Diana Glyer. William O’Flaherty moderated the session that was held at Grove City College (in PA) this year (the annual conference …
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/20
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (4/20) in 1942 is when Perelandra was published. It tells of adventures on Venus. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Every joy is beyond all others. The fruit we are eating is always the best fruit of all.” Perelandra (Published 4/20/1943) – – – QUIZ OF THE DAY: Complete the quote and …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/19
FACT OF THE DAY: Christian Behaviour was first published on this day (4/19) in 1943. It is better known for being Book 3 of Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Hope is…a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern people think) a form of escapism or wishful …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Letters of C.S. Lewis, edited, with a Memoir by Warren Lewis was first published today (4/18) in 1966. Originally it began as a biography. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is a curious fact that the advice we can give to others we cannot give to ourselves and truth …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Will We Lose God in Outer Space? was published in the April 1958 issue of Christian Herald; it’s now known as “Religion and Rocketry” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The voice of God indeed daily calls to us; calls to the world to abandon sins and seek the Kingdom …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/16
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis preached “The Grand Miracle” in April (on the 15th) in 1945 at St. Jude on the Hill Church in London. Now found in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The question ‘Who is in the right’ (in a given quarrel) is quite distinct from the question …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/15
FACT OF THE DAY: While serving in WWI Lewis was wounded by a British shell on this day (4/15) in 1918 during the Battle of Arras. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Christian story is precisely the story of one grand miracle, the Christian assertion being that what is beyond all space and …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/14
FACT OF THE DAY: “A Note on Comus” and “Genius and Genius” was published in The Review of English Studies in April in 1932 and 1936 respectively. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “But let us thank God that we are still very far from travel to other worlds. I have wondered before now …
CSLIS 2015 Panel Discussion (Part One)
Dr. Jerry Root and Dr. Diana Glyer were the keynote speakers for the 18th Annual Conference of the C.S. Lewis and Inklings Society (CSLIS) which is held at a different location each year. For 2015, it was at Grove City College (in PA) at the end of March. This is the first of a two-part …
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