FACT OF THE DAY:

The 23rd letter from Screwtape was published today (Oct. 3) in The Guardian in 1941. It was the first one with a subtitle, which was “The Historical Jesus.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The earliest converts were converted by a single historical fact (the Resurrection) and a single theological doctrine (the Redemption) operating on a sense of sin which they already had.”

The Screwtape Letters – XXIII – The Historical Jesus
(First published in The Guardian on 10/3/1941)