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. In the 4th letter Screwtape admits that the devils do their “best work…by keeping things out” of a person’s mind as opposed to the …
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FACT OF THE DAY: John, the main character in “The Pilgrim’s Regress” was born in Puritania (on the western side of the Eastern Mountains) – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “First-hand knowledge is not only more worth acquiring than second-hand knowledge, but is usually much easier and more delightful to acquire.” On the Reading …
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 appears to slip up in the 8th letter by admitting God’s love for humans is “an appalling truth.” He seems to backpedal a …
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FACT OF THE DAY: “On the Reading of Old Books” – an essay that was first published as the preface to a book by his friend Sister Penelope from 1944. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till …
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. Laughter is “serious” business for Screwtape. In the 11th letter he details four unique causes that Wormwood must be aware of. Learn more about …
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FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (2/18) in 1938 J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to his publisher to consider Lewis’s manuscript of Out of the Silent Planet. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To some, God is discoverable everywhere; to others, nowhere.” The Seeing Eye (Published originally as “Onward Christian Spacemen” in the February, …
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. Adolescent, Puritanism, complacency, and unselfishness are four words Screwtape mentions in the letters that the devils have twisted their meaning to suit Hell’s purposes. …
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FACT OF THE DAY: The Cosmic Trilogy (a collection of all three Sci-Fi books) was released in February, 1990. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Christian…does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” The Practical Conclusion (BBC talk given …
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. Of the thirty-one letters to Wormwood, the 8th and 9th are essentially a two-part letter; in fact the final sentence of the former finds …
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FACT OF THE DAY: 73 years ago today (2/16/1943) The Screwtape Letters was published in the U.S., but was released in the UK in 1942. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping …
