CSL Daily 08/22/20

 

QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(Screwtape Boasts:) “One of the great, achievements of the last hundred years has been to deaden the human conscience on [gluttony], so that by now you will hardly find a sermon preached or a conscience troubled about it.”

The Screwtape Letters XVII
(Published in The Guardian on 8/22/1941)

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The 17th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian today (Aug. 22) in 1941. It dealt with gluttony in a unique way. (Note: this is NOT the same Guardian publication that exists today). Better understand The Screwtape Letters with this enhanced study guide!

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