QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If you will go to God just as you are, fully admitting that you care about Him very little, and put yourself in His hand, if you’re even ready to be made to care and leave Him to work, He’ll do the rest.” The Anvil (BBC Radio Broadcast aired 7/22/1943) …
Month: July 2020
CSL Daily 07/21/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The feeling of being, or not being, forgiven and loved, is not what matters. One must come down to brass tacks. If there is a particular sin on your conscience, repent and confess it. If there isn’t, tell the despondent devil not to be silly.” Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne …
CSL Daily 07/20/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For the species, as for each man, mere longevity seems to me a contemptible ideal.” Willing Slaves of the Welfare State (Published in The Observer on 7/20/1958) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Willing Slaves of the Welfare State was …
CSL Daily 07/19/20
FACT OF THE DAY: On July 19, 1943 “The Anvil” (a BBC radio program) recorded its show with Lewis as one of the guests. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Boasts:) “The safest road to Hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” The …
(2020CCSLQ-1) 2020 Confirming C.S. Lewis Quotes – Episode 1
INTRODUCTION Welcome to my NEW series devoted to clarifying whether or not C.S. Lewis wrote something you’ve seen quoted in a book and/or shared on social media. Each WEEK you’ll see a modestly created graphic that summarizes the results of the examined quote/passage. Usually, at least TWO quotations are examined that were asked by members …
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CSL Daily 07/18/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Proudly States:) “The only thing that matters is the extent to which you separate the man from the Enemy [God]. It does not matter how small the sins are provided that their cumulative effect is to edge the man away from the Light and out into the Nothing.” The …
CSL Daily 07/17/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You get one experience of a thing when you look along it and another when you look at it.” Meditation in a Toolshed (Published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph on 7/17/1945) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The classic “Meditation in a Toolshed” essay was published on July 17, 1945 in The Coventry …
CSL Daily 07/16/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We have seen that every moral judgement involves facts, intuition and reasoning, and, if we are wise enough to be humble, it will involve some regard for authority as well.” from Why I Am Not A Pacifist (Reprinted in Timeless at Heart on 7/16/1987) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: A collection …
CSL Daily 07/15/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “All my seven Narnian books, and my three science fiction books, began with seeing pictures in my head.” It All Began with a Picture (Published in Radio Times on 7/15/1960) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “It All Began with a Picture” was an essay published in Radio Times on July 15, 1960. …
CSL Daily 07/14/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Flippancy] is a thousand miles away from joy; it deadens, instead of sharpening, the intellect; and it excites no affection between those who practice it.” The Screwtape Letters XI (Published in The Guardian on 7/11/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Imagination and Thought in the Middle Ages” is a talk …