CSL Daily 05/30/20

 

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(Screwtape on the Dangers of War:) “One of our best weapons, contented worldliness, is rendered useless. In wartime not even a human can believe he is going to live forever.”

The Screwtape Letters V
(Published in The Guardian on 5/30/1941)

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The fifth Screwtape letter was published May 30, 1941 in The Guardian. It talked about Wormwood failing in his duties because of relying on anxiety caused by a war. (Note: this is NOT the same Guardian publication that exists today).

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Have you seen my YouTube channel? It’s called “90 Seconds to Knowing C.S. Lewis.” The purpose is to help people briefly learn about significant events in the life of C.S. Lewis. You can visit the channel via THIS LINK, or below is a show that tells about a few of the common FAKE Lewis quotations; quotes he didn’t write that are falsely credited to him:

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