QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is not really you who are holding fast to Him but He to you: and He will bring you to wherever He wants.” Letter to Rhona Bodle 6/22/1948 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis showed the proofs for The Lion, …
Month: June 2020
CSL Daily 06/21/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Glory, as Christianity teaches me to hope for it, turns out to satisfy my original desire and indeed to reveal an element in that desire which I had not noticed.” The Weight of Glory (Sermon preached on 6/8/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: An Expostulation (against too many writers …
(CCSLQ-55) Another Fake Screwtape Quote – Souls to Hell
Last Update 7/8/2020 1st UPDATE: Here’s a quick overview about this and TWO other fake Screwtape quotes…from my YouTube channel: 2nd Update: I’ve revised the graphic to reflect updated information and also updated the article below. The following is part of a series exploring quotations attributed to C.S. Lewis that are questionable for one …
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CSL Daily 06/20/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Admits:) “One must face the fact that all the talk about His [God’s] love for men, and His service being perfect freedom, is not (as one would gladly believe) mere propaganda, but an appalling truth.” The Screwtape Letters VIII (Published in The Guardian on 6/20/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: …
CSL Daily 06/19/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “How God thinks of us is not only more important, but infinitely more important. Indeed, how we think of Him is of no importance except in so far as it is related to how He thinks of us.” The Weight of Glory (Sermon preached on 6/8/1941) – – – FACT OF …
CSL Daily 06/18/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When we want to be something other than the thing God wants us to be, we must be wanting what, in fact, will not make us happy.” The Problem of Pain (Quoted in Daily Readings with C.S. Lewis published on 6/18/92) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Daily Readings with C.S. …
90 Sec Special #4 – “Proof” C.S. Lewis Secretly Hated Men! (YouTube)
Here’s the fourth special episode of my 90 second YouTube show. It’s an attempt to combat the false claim that Lewis disliked women by “proving” he secretly hated men. – – – Mentioned in this episode: Join the 90 Seconds to Knowing C.S. Lewis FB group The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe The Voyage …
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CSL Daily 06/17/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are better things ahead than any we leave behind. Remember, though we struggle against things because we are afraid of them, it is often the other way round— we get afraid because we struggle.” Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne 6/17/1963 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – …
CSL Daily 06/16/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape Advises:] “We want the Church to be small not only that fewer men may know the Enemy but also that those who do may acquire the uneasy intensity and the defensive self-righteousness of a secret society or a clique.” The Screwtape Letters VII (Published in The Guardian on 6/13/1941) – – …
CSL Daily 06/15/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is so fatally easy to confuse an aesthetic appreciation of the spiritual life with the life itself— to dream that you have waked, washed, and dressed, & then to find yourself still in bed.” Letter to Arthur Greeves 6/15/1930 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume I) – – …