FACT OF THE DAY: Charles Williams, a close friend of Lewis, died on this day (5/15) in 1945. He was the author of Descent into Hell and other works. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head but don’t be too worried about …
75th Anniversary of The Screwtape Letters #14
The second preface Lewis wrote for The Screwtape Letters is not always included in reprints and if it is, it is sometimes placed at the end of the letters. Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately at ScrewtapeCompanion.com. Hear a short talk I …
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CSL Daily 5/14
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (5/14) in 1936 Lewis had Sonnet published in The Oxford Magazine under the name of Nat Whilk. It is available in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is probable that Nature is not really in Time and almost certain that God is not. Time is probably (like …
75th Anniversary of The Screwtape Letters #13
When the 1961 edition of The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast came out it contained a new preface from Lewis. Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately at ScrewtapeCompanion.com. Hear a short talk I did about my book on my podcast show, …
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CSL Daily 5/13
FACT OF THE DAY: Adam at Night is a poem published in Punch on 5/11/1949 then revised and re-titled as The Adam at Night in Poems. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Christianity…is precisely the story of a great Miracle. A naturalistic Christianity leaves out all that is specifically Christian.” Miracles: A Preliminary Study …
75th Anniversary of The Screwtape Letters #12
First published in 1942, a new edition of The Screwtape Letters came out in 1961 that included the follow-up essay called”Screwtape Proposes a Toast.” It was entitled The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast. Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately …
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CSL Daily 5/12
FACT OF THE DAY: The first edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published on this day (5/12) in 1947 (a second edition came out in 1960). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.” Miracles: A Preliminary Study (Published on …
75th Anniversary of The Screwtape Letters #11
After Lewis said he would not write any more letters from Screwtape, he did an essay called “Screwtape Proposes a Toast” that was published in The Saturday Evening Post on December 19, 1959. Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately at …
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CSL Daily 5/11
FACT OF THE DAY: The talk “Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism” was given today (5/11) in 1959 to students at Wescott House, Cambridge. (Also known as Fern-Seed and Elephants”) – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You cannot know that everything in the representation of a thing is symbolical unless you have independent access to …
75th Anniversary of The Screwtape Letters #10
Charles Williams wrote a second review of The Screwtape Letters. It appeared in The Dublin Review in their October, 1942 issue. Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell, by getting a FREE 20 page PDF sample of it. You can now download it immediately at ScrewtapeCompanion.com. Hear a short talk I did about my book on my podcast …
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