[PODCAST] Surprised by Agape (Justin Wiggins)

This is not a typical edition of the All About Jack podcast. Most of my shows are interviews with authors about a book completely focused on C.S. Lewis or one of his friends. This program features an interview with Justin Wiggins about his autobiographical book entitled Surprised by Agape. As you will hear in the interview (and …

CSL Daily 09/28/18

FACT OF THE DAY: The September 1946 issue of The Atlantic Monthly featured an article called “C.S. Lewis, Apostle to the Skeptics” by Chad Walsh. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Christianity] was never intended to replace or supersede the ordinary human arts and sciences: it is rather a director which will set them all to …

CSL Daily 09/27/18

FACT OF THE DAY: The 2nd talk in the third BBC series (Christian Behaviour) was broadcast on Sept. 27, 1942. Published it was called “Social Morality.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities: it is quacks and cranks who do that.” Social Morality (Broadcast on BBC …

CSL Daily 09/26/18

FACT OF THE DAY: The 22nd Screwtape letter was published on September 26, 1941 in The Guardian (before being release in 1942 as a single book). It’s the only one signed by Toadpipe. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Complains:) “Everything has to be twisted before it’s any use to us [devils].” The Screwtape Letters – XXII …

[PODCAST] Taylor Colloquium Keynote Highlights 2018 – pt. 1 of 3

Here’s another podcast featuring content from the recent 2018 Taylor Colloquium. This time it’s highlights from two keynote addresses. This one features about ten minutes each from Stephen Prickett and Charlie Starr. Prickett’s topic was “Informing the Inklings: C.S. Lewis’s Debt to George MacDonald.” Starr spoke on “From The Faun’s Bookshelf: Myth and Meaning.” Four other …

CSL Daily 09/25/18

FACT OF THE DAY: On September 25, 1929 Lewis’ father (Albert) died. His financial support was vital to Lewis getting his degrees at Oxford. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Observes:) “Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury.” The Screwtape Letters – XXI (First published in The Guardian on …

CSL Daily 09/24/18

FACT OF THE DAY: On September 12, 1951 “The Country of the Blind” is a poem first published in Punch and available in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered.” Out of the Silent Planet (Published 9/23/1938) Learn More Details about The Misquotable C.S. Lewis