QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I don’t believe that good work is ever done in a hurry.” Letter to Arthur Greeves 7/11/1916 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume I) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The eleventh letter from Screwtape was published on July 11, 1941 in The Guardian. Better understand The Screwtape …
Month: July 2019
CSL Daily 07/10/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The knight…is not a compromise or happy mean between ferocity and meekness; he is fierce to the nth and meek to the nth.” The Necessity of Chivalry (Available in Present Concern published 7/10/1986) BONUS: Hear an essay chat podcast on “The Necessity of Chivalry” (guest is Dr. Bruce Johnson) – – – FACT OF THE …
CSL Daily 07/09/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion.” Mere Christianity (Published in 7/7/1952) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Revival or Decay?” was published in the British weekly humor magazine Punch on July 9, 1958. It’s now available …
CSL Daily 07/08/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Our divisions should never be discussed except in the presence of those who have already come to believe that there is one God and that Jesus Christ is His only Son.” Mere Christianity (Published in 7/7/1952) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis first used the term “Mere Christianity” …
CSL Daily 07/07/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When a man who accepts the Christian doctrine lives unworthily of it, it is much clearer to say he is a bad Christian than to say he is not a Christian.” Mere Christianity (Published in 7/7/1952) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Mere Christianity was first published on July 7, 1952. …
CSL Daily 07/06/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We …
CSL Daily 07/05/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are two equal and opposite errors into which can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.” from Preface to The Screwtape Letters (Written 7/5/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: …
CSL Daily 07/04/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape commenting on the patient faking cynical and skeptical attitudes): “All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.” The Screwtape Letters X (Published in The Guardian on 7/4/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The tenth installment of The Screwtape Letters was published on July 4, 1941 in The Guardian. …
CSL Daily 07/03/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In general…the poet’s route to our emotions lies through our imaginations.” Studies in Words, 2nd Edition (Published in 7/6/1967) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The Second Edition of Studies in Words was released July 6, 1967 with three new words/chapters. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
CSL Daily 07/02/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.” The Four Loves (U.S. edition first published 7/27/1960) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The Expedition to Holly Bush Hill was published in the July 1913 issue of Cherbourg School Magazine; a difference Lewis essay from 1912. – – – PURCHASE The …