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 …
Month: March 2018
CSL Daily 03/06/18
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 either …
CSL Daily 03/05/18
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)
CSL Daily 03/04/18
FACT OF THE DAY: A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C.S. Lewis became available for the first time on March 4, 1968. Buy it here via Amazon. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I believe no angel ever appears in Scripture without exciting terror: they always have to begin by saying ‘Fear not.’” Letter to …
(CCSLQ-47) – Loving Everybody
The following is part of a series exploring quotations attributed to C.S. Lewis that are questionable for one reason or another. My book (THE MISQUOTABLE C.S. LEWIS, releasing by April, 2018) collects material presented so far and will contain expressions not yet posted here (plus existing online material is updated in the book). That book …
CSL Daily 03/03/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis read his paper “The Personal Heresy in Poetics” to a group known as the Martlets on March 3, 1930. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Every natural love will rise again and live forever in this country: but none will rise again until it has been buried.” Who Goes …
CSL Daily 03/02/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “Memory of Sir Walter Scott” was a talk Lewis gave on March 2, 1956. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What we practise, not (save at rare intervals) what we preach, is usually our great contribution to the conversion of others.” Letter to Mrs. Johnson 3/2/1955 (Published in The Collected Letters …
[PODCAST] 2018 Inklings Weekend in Montreat
Inklings Weekend is soon approaching….it’s Friday, April 6th until Sunday, April 8th in Montreat, NC at Montreat College (near Black Mountain). Dr. Hal Poe is the guest for this interview about the event. The theme for 2018 is “King Arthur and the Inklings.” Speakers are Gavin Richardson, Rebecca Poe Hays, Dave Strong, Don King, and Hal Poe, along …
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CSL Daily 03/01/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Of Lewis’s two pre-Christian books of poetry, only Dymer was republished during his lifetime. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The one really adequate instrument for learning about God is the whole Christian community.” The Three-Personal God (Initially a BBC broadcast from 2/29/44)