FACT OF THE DAY: The Dark Tower and Other Stories was published on February 28, 1977. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If a man’s self is not kept clean and bright, his glimpse of God will be blurred.” The Three-Personal God (Initially a BBC broadcast from 2/29/44)
Month: February 2017
CSL Daily 2/27/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast was published February 27, 1961 and it included a new (longer) preface. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is no uncreated being except God. God has no opposite…Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but …
CSL Daily 2/26/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The 3rd and final Riddell Memorial Lecture entitled “The Abolition of Man” by Lewis was given February 26. 1943. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What we call Man’s power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.” …
CSL Daily 2/25/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The 2nd Riddell Memorial Lecture entitled “The Way” by Lewis was given February 25, 1943. It became part of The Abolition of Man. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The human mind has no more power of inventing a new value than of imagining a new primary colour.” The Way (First a …
CSL Daily 2/24/17
FACT OF THE DAY: During the evening of February 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 …
CSL Daily 2/23/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Narrative Poems was published for the first time in the US on February 23, 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? …
CSL Daily 2/22/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “Making and Begetting,” the first of the 4th BBC radio series was given on February 22, 1944. Eventually it become part of 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 …
Preparing for Easter (New Lewis Book of Devotional Readings)
Has celebrating the resurrection of Christ become routine for you each Easter? Learn about a new collection of devotional readings from the previously published writings of C.S. Lewis to help bring you to a renewed understanding of Jesus’s sacrifice. Zach Kincaid is my guest for this podcast interview to talk about Preparing for Easter, a new …
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CSL Daily 2/21/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On February 21, 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 published …
CSL Daily 2/20/17
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 …