FACT OF THE DAY: The Great Divorce (complete book) was published on this day (1/14) in 1946. The installments were called “Who Goes Home? Or The Grand Divorce.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy will be done,’ and …
Month: January 2016
Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #13
The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. When the 1961 edition of The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast came out it contained a new preface from Lewis. Learn more about …
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CSL Daily 1/13
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (1/13) in 1919 Lewis returned to Oxford after being demobilized the previous month (WWI, of course). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Recently (although the outward condition of my life has not changed for the better) it has pleased God to pour into my soul great tranquillity.” …
Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #12
The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. First published in 1942, a new edition of The Screwtape Letters came out in 1961 that included the follow-up essay called “Screwtape Proposes a Toast.” …
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CSL Daily 1/12
FACT OF THE DAY: The tenth installment of The Great Divorce was published today (1/12) in 1945; it covered all of chapter eight. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Could you, only for a moment, fix your mind on something not yourself?” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce X (Published in The Guardian on 1/12/1945) …
CSL Daily 1/11
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (1/11) in 1942 Lewis gave his first talk in the second BBC series called “What Christians Believe.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If you do not take the distinction between good and bad very seriously, then it is easy to say that anything you find in this world …
Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #11
The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. After Lewis said he would not write any more letters from Screwtape, he did an essay called “Screwtape Proposes a Toast” that was published in …
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Fascinating Facts About The Screwtape Letters #10
The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. Charles Williams wrote a second review of The Screwtape Letters. It appeared in The Dublin Review in their October, 1942 issue. Learn more about my …
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CSL Daily 1/10
FACT OF THE DAY: Back in 1941, today’s (1/10) issue of The Guardian included “Meditation on the Third Commandment” from Lewis. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The danger of mistaking our merely natural, though perhaps legitimate, enthusiasms for holy zeal, is always great.” Meditation on the Third Commandment (Published in The Guardian on …
(CCSLQ-17) Education Without Values
The following is part of a series exploring quotations attributed to C.S. Lewis that are questionable for one reason or another. I’ve collected, reorganized, and expanded this material in a book, THE MISQUOTABLE C.S. LEWIS, that is now widely available (Amazon, including the Kindle format, and via Google Books). It examines 75 quotations and so it …