FACT OF THE DAY: On March 12, 1919 Lewis presented a paper to the Marlets on textile designer, artist, writer and Utopian socialist, William Morris. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “God is love, and that love works through men— especially through the whole community of Christians.” Good Infection (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/7/44)
Month: March 2017
Correcting Misconceptions About C.S. Lewis (CMCSL)
Updated 8/12/17 The following serves as an overview and introduction for this series that will begin soon. Presently I’m not sure how frequently updates will be posted. However, you can easily tell if I’m made changes by noting the date just above the picture. You can also keep up with new posts (and easily ask …
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CSL Daily 3/11/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On March 11, 1936 Lewis wrote to Charles Williams for the first time; it become the start of a close friendship. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.” Who …
C. S. Lewis on Prayer (Video Study by Rev. David Beckmann)
How familiar are with Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer? Rev. David Beckmann has studied this book a lot and given a variety of talks on it. Now he has pulled together that experience and put it into a series of online videos that was filmed in and around Oxford. That’s why he’s my guest on …
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CSL Daily 3/10/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On March 10, 1949 Lewis shared two chapters of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with his friend (and former student) Roger Green. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Nothing, not even the best and noblest, can go on as it now is. Nothing, not even what is lowest …
CSL Daily 3/9/17
FACT OF THE DAY: 18th installment of the eventual book The Great Divorce was published in The Guardian on March 9, 1945. It was the first half of Ch. 12. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is no use to say `Lord, Lord’, if we do not do what Christ tells us.” Mr C. …
CSL Daily 3/8/17
FACT OF THE DAY: In March, 1948 Lewis began writing his autobiography Surprised by Joy, but it wasn’t published until 1955. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The words ‘God is love’ have no real meaning unless God contains at least two Persons.” Good Infection (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/7/44)
CSL Daily 3/7/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Good Infection, the third of the 4th BBC radio series was given March 7, 1944. It became the fourth chapter in Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is quite right to go away from [the words of the Bible] for a moment in order to make some special …
CSL Daily 3/6/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “Christianity and Culture” appeared in March, 1940 issue of Theology, but wrote more on the topic in the June and December issues. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Once we have accepted an omniscient & providential God, the distinction we used to draw between the significant and the fortuitous must …
CSL Daily 3/5/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On March 5, 1908, when Lewis was just 9, he recorded in his diary that he had read Paradise Lost. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A man is never so proud as when striking an attitude of humility.” Christianity and Culture (Published in March 1940 in Theology)