The handwritten manuscript Lewis gave to Sister Penelope eventually made its way to the New York Public Library (in the Berg Collection). Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately at ScrewtapeCompanion.com. Hear a short talk I did about my book on my podcast …
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FACT OF THE DAY: The Planets, a poem by Lewis was first published this month in 1935 in Lysistrata, II. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Everywhere, except in theology, there has been a vigorous growth of scepticism about scepticism itself.” Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism (Talk given on 5/11/1959)
Lewis sent the original handwritten manuscript of The Screwtape Letters to Sister Penelope on October 9, 1941. She was a friend who was an Anglican Nun of the Community of Saint Mary the Virgin. Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately at ScrewtapeCompanion.com. …
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After beginning an occasional series examining a single essay from Lewis in 2012 and doing more than a dozen that year, I ended up doing a lot fewer since that time. The following discussion with Dr. Charlie Starr was first released in April, 2013. It’s on the essay “Horrid Red Things.” The hope is that …
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FACT OF THE DAY: Today (5/16) in 1941 the third letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Keep his mind off the most elementary duties by directing it to the most advanced and spiritual ones.” The Screwtape Letters III (Published in The Guardian on 5/16/1941)
Prior to Geoffrey Bles publishing The Screwtape Letters they released a book by Lewis in 1940 called The Problem of Pain. Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately at ScrewtapeCompanion.com. Hear a short talk I did about my book on …
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FACT OF THE DAY: Charles Williams, a close friend of Lewis, died on this day (5/15) in 1945. He was the author of Descent into Hell and other works. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head but don’t be too worried about …
The second preface Lewis wrote for The Screwtape Letters is not always included in reprints and if it is, it is sometimes placed at the end of the letters. Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately at ScrewtapeCompanion.com. Hear a short talk I …
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FACT OF THE DAY: Today (5/14) in 1936 Lewis had Sonnet published in The Oxford Magazine under the name of Nat Whilk. It is available in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is probable that Nature is not really in Time and almost certain that God is not. Time is probably (like …
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 my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately at ScrewtapeCompanion.com. Hear a short talk I did about my book on my podcast show, …
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