QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Admits:) “Anything, even a sin, which has the total effect of moving him close up to the Enemy [i.e. God], makes against us in the long run.” The Screwtape Letters – XXVII – The Historical Point of View (First published in The Guardian on 10/31/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: …
Month: October 2020
CSL Daily 10/30/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The hard core of morality and even of religion seems to me to be just what makes good comedy possible.” A Note on Jane Austen (Published in the October, 1954 issue of Essays in Criticism) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “A Note on Jane Austen” was published in the …
CSL Daily 10/29/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Nearly all those evils in the world which people put down to greed or selfishness are really far more the result of Pride.” The Great Sin (Broadcast on BBC on 10/25/1942; Chapter Eight from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On Oct. 29, 1935 Oxford University …
CSL Daily 10/28/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.” The Great Sin (Broadcast on BBC on 10/25/1942; Chapter Eight from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Talking about Bicycles,” one of Lewis’s shorter works was …
CSL Daily 10/27/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We want in fact not so much a father in Heaven as a grandfather in heaven – a senile benevolence who as they say ‘liked to see young people enjoying themselves.’” The Problem of Pain (Published 10/18/1940) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Narrative Poems was released on Oct. 27, 1969. …
CSL Daily 10/26/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.” Forgiveness (Broadcast on BBC on 10/18/1942; Chapter Seven from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Poems is a book collecting nearly all of Lewis’s shorter poems. It was released on Oct. 26, 1964. …
CSL Daily 10/25/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison…[pride] is the complete anti-God state of mind.” The Great Sin (Broadcast on BBC on 10/25/1942; Chapter Eight from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The sixth talk from the third BBC radio series …
CSL Daily 10/24/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape Notes:] “Courtship is the time for sowing those seeds which will grow up ten years later into domestic hatred.” The Screwtape Letters – XXVI – The Generous Conflict Illusion (First published in The Guardian on 10/24/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The 26th Screwtape Letter was published on Oct. 24, …
CSL Daily 10/23/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “God makes no appetite in vain.” Learning in War-Time (Preached on 10/22/1939 as “None Other Gods: Culture in War-Time”) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The sixth and final radio drama of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe aired on the BBC on Oct. 23, 1959. – – – PURCHASE The …
CSL Daily 10/22/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.” Learning in War-Time (Preached on 10/22/1939 as “None Other Gods: Culture in War-Time”) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis preached his first sermon on Oct. 22, 1939. We know it as “Learning …