QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The more we get what we now call ‘ourselves’ out of the way and let Him take us over, the more truly ourselves we become…our real selves are all waiting for us in Him.” The New Men (Initially a BBC broadcast from 4/4/44) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: …
Month: April 2020
[PODCAST] LWW – Book verses 2005 Movie, pt. 1
This is the first of a two-part podcast episode exploring how well the 2005 Hollywood version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe compares with the book that was published in 1950. My guests are Dr. Crystal Downing, co-Director of the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College and Dr. Charlie Starr who teach at …
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CSL Daily 04/11/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To become new men means losing what we now call ‘ourselves’. Out of our selves, into Christ, we must go.” The New Men (Initially a BBC broadcast from 4/4/44) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Letters to Children was published on April 11, 1985, but its content can also be found …
CSL Daily 04/10/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[God] can’t be used as a road. If you’re approaching Him not as the goal but as a road, not as the end but as a means, you’re not really approaching Him at all.” A Grief Observed (Paperback edition published 4/7/1966) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Nearly ten years …
CSL Daily 04/09/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those who stand outside all judgements of value cannot have any ground for preferring one of their own impulses to another except the emotional strength of that impulse.” The Abolition of Man (Published 4/8/1947 as the first U.S. edition) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On April 9, 1941 …
CSL Daily 04/08/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Who said I disliked women? I never liked or disliked any generalisation.” Letter to Margaret Fuller on 4/8/1948 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On April 8, 1947 the first U.S. edition (a hardback) of The Abolition of Man was published. – – – …
CSL Daily 04/07/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I gave these talks, not because I am anyone in particular, but because I was asked to do so.” Preface to Broadcast Talks (Written on 4/6/1942) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Another edition (a paperback) of A Grief Observed was published on April 7, 1966. It was first published in 1961. – …
CSL Daily 04/06/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Either the day must come when joy prevails and all the makers of misery are no longer able to infect it: or else for ever and ever the makers of misery can destroy in others the happiness they reject for themselves.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XXII (Published in The …
90 Sec ex #3 – PREVIEW of LWW Book vs. 2005 Movie (YouTube)
Here’s the third special extended edition of my 90 second YouTube show. This time I’m giving a PREVIEW of the podcast show I do, called All About Jack. The episode I’m previewing is a discussion between Dr. Crystal Downing and Dr. Charlie Starr, comparing the 2005 movie version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with …
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CSL Daily 04/05/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “All our offerings, whether of music or martyrdom, are like the intrinsically worthless present of a child, which a father values indeed, but values only for the intention.” On Church Music (Published in the April 1949 issue of English Church Music) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “On Church Music” …