FACT OF THE DAY: Today (Oct. 15) in 1951 Prince Caspian was the second Narnia story published. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Things never happen the same way twice.” Prince Caspian (Published 10/15/1951)
CSL Daily 10/14
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis gave his first ever lecture today (Oct. 14) in 1924. It was called “The Good, Its Position among Values.” Only four attended. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction; they can …
CSL Daily 10/13
FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (Oct. 13) in 1961 An Experiment in Criticism was published; while a professional title by Lewis it is more readable than others. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Nothing can deceive unless it bears a plausible resemblance to reality.” An Experiment in Criticism (Published 10/13/1961)
CSL Daily 10/12
FACT OF THE DAY: A second edition of The Pilgrim’s Regress was published in October, 1935 by Sheed & Ward. The first publisher was J.M. Dent in 1933. The Pilgrim’s Regress: The Wade Annotated Edition officially came out today (Oct. 12) in 2014). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What does not satisfy when we find …
CSL Daily 10/11
FACT OF THE DAY: The fourth talk from the third BBC series, “Sexual Morality” was given today (Oct. 11) in 1942. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Christian rule is, ‘Either marriage, with complete faithfulness to your partner, or else total abstinence.’ Now this is so difficult and so contrary to our instincts, …
CSL Daily 10/10
FACT OF THE DAY: The 24th letter from Screwtape was published today (Oct. 10) in 1941 in The Guardian. The theme was Spiritual Pride. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape laments:] “If you try to make him explicitly and professedly proud of being a Christian, you will probably fail; the Enemy’s [God’s] warnings …
CSL Daily 10/9
FACT OF THE DAY: Beyond Personality: The Christian Idea of God was published on this date (Oct. 9) in 1944; from the final series of talks on the BBC. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world.” Nice …
(CCSLQ-29) – Song in Your Heart
UPDATED (9/29/18) – The Misquotable C.S. Lewis is my book that examines 75 quotations attributed to Lewis that I caution you not to share. Some are falsely attributed to him, others are paraphrases of his words, and a few have context issues. Don’t share a quote attributed to Lewis unless you can confirm he wrote it and the meaning …
CSL Daily 10/8
FACT OF THE DAY: A Preface to ‘Paradise Lost’ was published today (Oct. 8) in 1942. Lewis adapted it from the 1941 Ballard Matthews Lectures. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Certain things, if not seen as lovely or detestable, are not being correctly seen at all.” A Preface to ‘Paradise Lost’ (Published 10/8/1942)
CSL Daily 10/7
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis wrote the preface to his scholarly work English Literature in the Sixteenth Century on this day (Oct. 7) in 1953. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Good books which are remote from modern sympathy need to be treated at greater length than good books which everyone already knows and loves.” …