FACT OF THE DAY: Voyage to Venus by Lewis was published on August 14, 1953. It is the same book as Perelandra from 1943. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We must use the talent we have, not the talents we haven’t.” Letter to Cynthia Donnelly 8/14/1954 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
Month: August 2017
CSL Daily 8/13/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The second ever radio talk by Lewis was given on August 13, 1941. At the time it was called “Scientific Law and Moral Law” but is “THE REALITY OF THE LAW” in Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The laws of nature, as applied to stones or trees, may …
(CMCSL-7): C.S. Lewis was a Universalist
UPDATE: It’s seems I’ve “over-summarized” MacDonald’s views on Universalism…inadvertently creating, or continuing a misconception about him. Because of time commitments related to just doing a book on misquotes related to Lewis, I will formally update the article below at a later date. If you are wanting a better understanding of his views, then read this …
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CSL Daily 8/12/17
FACT OF THE DAY: A second edition of The Abolition of Man was published by Geoffrey Bles on August 12, 1946. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “An open mind, in questions that are not ultimate, is useful. But an open mind about ultimate foundations either of Theoretical or Practical Reason is idiocy. If a man’s …
CSL Daily 8/11/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Sailing of the Ark” was published on August 11, 1948 in Punch. Revised and re-titled “The Late Passenger” in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most completely temporal part of time-for the Past is frozen …
CSL Daily 8/10/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’ letter to the editor of Church Times on “The Holy Name” was published on August 10, 1951. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I think almost all the crimes which Christians have perpetrated against each other arise from this, that religion is confused with politics.” Letter to Don Giovanni Calabria 8/10/1953 (Published …
CSL Daily 8/09/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The first known letter Lewis wrote to Sister Penelope occurred on August 9, 1939. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “One hopes there will come a day when one can enjoy nice things said about one’s self just in the same innocent way as one enjoys nice things about anyone …
CSL Daily 8/08/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The 15th letter from Screwtape was published on August 8, 1941 in The Guardian. Themes include understanding Time. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The humans live in time but our Enemy [God] destines them to eternity. He therefore, I believe, wants them to attend chiefly to two things, to eternity …
(PODCAST) Exploring C.S. Lewis Misquotes and Misconceptions – Episode 1
If you have been on social media over the last few years then you have probably seen a quotation attributed to Lewis from someone that you wondered if he actually wrote. That happen to me time and time again; so much that I began to collect them as I researched whether or not Lewis wrote …
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CSL Daily 8/07/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The poem “Two Kinds of Memory” was published on August 7, 1947 in Time and Tide. A revised version is in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The good things even of this world are far too good ever to be reached by imagination. Even the common orange, you know: no …