FACT OF THE DAY: A second edition of The Pilgrim’s Regress was published in October, 1935 by Sheed & Ward. The first publisher was J.M. Dent in 1933. The Pilgrim’s Regress: The Wade Annotated Edition officially came out on Oct. 12, 2014; the notes were from David Downing. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What does not satisfy when …
Month: October 2018
CSL Daily 10/11/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The fourth talk from the third BBC series, “Sexual Morality” was given on Oct. 11, 1942. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Christian rule is, ‘Either marriage, with complete faithfulness to your partner, or else total abstinence.’ Now this is so difficult and so contrary to our instincts, that …
CSL Daily 10/10/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The 24th letter from Screwtape was published on Oct. 10, 1941 in The Guardian. The theme was Spiritual Pride. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape Laments:] “If you try to make him explicitly and professedly proud of being a Christian, you will probably fail; the Enemy’s [God’s] warnings are too well …
CSL Daily 10/09/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Beyond Personality: The Christian Idea of God was published on Oct. 9, 1944; from the final series of talks on the BBC. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world.” Nice People or New Men …
CSL Daily 10/08/18
FACT OF THE DAY: A Preface to ‘Paradise Lost’ was published Oct. 8, in 1942. Lewis adapted it from his 1941 Ballard Matthews Lectures. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Certain things, if not seen as lovely or detestable, are not being correctly seen at all.” A Preface to ‘Paradise Lost’ (Published 10/8/1942) Learn More Details …
CSL Daily 10/07/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis wrote the preface to his scholarly work English Literature in the Sixteenth Century on Oct. 7, 1953. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Good books which are remote from modern sympathy need to be treated at greater length than good books which everyone already knows and loves.” Preface to English Literature in the …
[PODCAST] Taylor Colloquium Keynote Highlights 2018 – pt. 2 of 3
Here’s another podcast featuring content from the recent 2018 Taylor Colloquium. This time it’s more highlights from the keynote addresses. This one features about twelve minutes each from Joe Christopher and D.S. Martin. Christopher’s topic was “C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman Disagree about a Phoenix.” Martin spoke on “A Poetic Look at C.S. Lewis.” Two more talks …
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CSL Daily 10/06/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “Horrid Red Things” was published on Oct. 6, 1944 in Church of England Newspaper. It was adapted in the book Miracles. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is thus a distinction not only between thought and imagination in general, but even between thought and those images which the thinker (falsely) believes to …
CSL Daily 10/05/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On Oct. 5, 1954 The Horse and His Boy was released in the US for the first time. It debuted in the UK the same year the previous month. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is …
CSL Daily 10/04/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “Morality and Psychoanalysis” is the title of what was originally the third talk Lewis gave on Oct. 4, 1942 from his third BBC series. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When a man makes a moral choice two things are involved. One is the act of choosing. The other is the various …