The Screwtape Letter 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. There have been many who copied the style of letters penned by Screwtape. The most well-known authors are Peter Kreeft (The Snakebite Letters) and …
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The Screwtape Letter 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 the essay “Screwtape Proposes a Toast” was first published in 1959, it was reprinted three more times within the next six years! Learn …
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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. – – – 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 …
Christians have been involved in making great Art (in the general sense of that word) for many centuries. While not all who were Believers lived a perfect life, what they created has been acknowledged to be great works, or “masterpieces.” William O’Flaherty spoke with Terry Glaspey about this topic which is explored in his book 75 …
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The Screwtape Letter 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. Screwtape presents an interesting (skewed) perspective of how Satan “removed himself” from Heaven in the 19th letter. Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis …
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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. – – – 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? …
The Screwtape Letter 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. Gluttony gets an interesting twist in The Screwtape Letters. In the 17th Wormwood is told about “gluttony of Delicacy” and how it was being …
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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. – – – 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 …
The Screwtape Letter 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. Humility is something Screwtape believes he can easily overcome in an individual. In the 14th letter he tells Wormwood to make his patient feel …
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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. – – – 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 …
