FACT OF THE DAY: Adam at Night is a poem published in Punch on 5/11/1949 then revised and re-titled as The Adam at Night in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Christianity…is precisely the story of a great Miracle. A naturalistic Christianity leaves out all that is specifically Christian.” Miracles: A Preliminary Study …
Month: May 2016
75th Anniversary of The Screwtape Letters #12
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.” It was entitled The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast. 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 …
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CSL Daily 5/12
FACT OF THE DAY: The first edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published on this day (5/12) in 1947 (a second edition came out in 1960). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.” Miracles: A Preliminary Study (Published on …
75th Anniversary of The Screwtape Letters #11
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 The Saturday Evening Post on December 19, 1959. 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 …
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CSL Daily 5/11
FACT OF THE DAY: The talk “Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism” was given today (5/11) in 1959 to students at Wescott House, Cambridge. (Also known as Fern-Seed and Elephants”) – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You cannot know that everything in the representation of a thing is symbolical unless you have independent access to …
75th Anniversary of The Screwtape Letters #10
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 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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CSL Daily 5/10
FACT OF THE DAY: Yesterday (5/9) in 1941 the second Screwtape Letter premiered in The Guardian before being available in the famous book. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You don’t see Nature till you believe in the Supernatural: don’t get the full, hot, salty tang of her except by contrast with the pure …
75th Anniversary of The Screwtape Letters #9
“Letters in Hell” by Charles Williams (a friend of Lewis) was the first Screwtape copy-cat. It was a book review of Lewis’s work and published in Time and Tide. 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. You can …
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Lewis Tour and Festival in Belfast (Sandy Smith)
Here’s a conversation with Sandy Smith about a local C.S. Lewis Festival in Belfast and a parallel tour that he is doing. The festival has been an annual event since 2013. This year features the debut of a new feature of larger than life sculptures to mark Belfast’s link with Lewis and his work. The website …
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CSL Daily 5/9
FACT OF THE DAY: The revised edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published today (5/9) in 1960 containing a revised third chapter. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape boasts:) “All the habits of the patient, both mental and bodily, are still in our favour.” The Screwtape Letters II (Published in The Guardian …