FACT OF THE DAY: The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C.S. Lewis was published on July 5, 1984 and was edited by Walter Hooper. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who …
Deeper Magic (Dr. Donald T. Williams)
While C.S. Lewis is known for being outspoken about his Christian faith, it’s difficult to find specifics about what he believed in some aspects of Theology. This is not unusual because he wasn’t a Theologian, even though he did manage to help many understand various theological issues. Fortunately, a new book by Dr. Donald T. Williams, …
CSL Daily 7/5/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis wrote his preface to the first edition of The Screwtape Letters on July 5, 1941. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are two equal and opposite errors into which can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive …
CSL Daily 7/4/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The tenth installment of The Screwtape Letters was published on July 4, 1941 in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape commenting on the patient faking cynical and skeptical attitudes): “All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.” The Screwtape Letters X (Published in The Guardian on 7/4/1941)
CSL Daily 7/3/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The Second Edition of Studies in Words was released July 6, 1967 with three new words/chapters. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In general…the poet’s route to our emotions lies through our imaginations.” Studies in Words, 2nd Edition (Published in 7/6/1967)
CSL Daily 7/2/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The Expedition to Holly Bush Hill was published in the July 1913 issue of Cherbourg School Magazine; a difference Lewis essay from 1912. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.” The Four Loves (U.S. edition first published 7/27/1960)
(CMCSL-5): C.S. Lewis was Just a Children’s Author
This is part of an occasional series exploring questionable claims about the life or writings of C.S. Lewis. For a list of the topics either already explored or planned to be examined you can visit the introduction to this series. – I often find it amazing how little some people know about C.S. Lewis. Of …
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CSL Daily 7/1/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis wrote a letter to the editor on July 1, 1949 to Church Times. It’s in God in the Dock as “The Church’s Liturgy.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When natural things look most divine, the demoniac is just round the corner.” The Four Loves (U.S. edition first published …
CSL Daily 6/30/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s book review of “The Allegory of the ‘Faerie Queen’” was published in the June 11, 1960 issue of The Cambridge Review. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We should mind humiliation less if [we] were humbler.” Letters to An American Lady (Published in the UK June, 1969; letter written March …
CSL Daily 6/29/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The ninth letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian on June 27, 1941. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “All we can do is to encourage the humans to take the pleasures which our Enemy has produced, at times, or in ways, or in degrees, which He has forbidden.” The …