The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. The book Screwtape Proposes a Toast, an essay collection, was first published on this day (1/4) in 1965 (it’s now out of print). Learn more …
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FACT OF THE DAY: The book Screwtape Proposes a Toast, an essay collection, was first published on this day (1/4) in 1965 (it’s now out of print). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because …
The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. Before The Screwtape Letters was released as a book, it first appeared weekly (starting May 2, 1941) in The Guardian, a Church of England (Anglican) …
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FACT OF THE DAY: The essay “Religion and Science” was published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph on this day (1/3) in 1945. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If there were anything outside Nature, and if it interfered – then the events which the scientist expected wouldn’t follow. That would be what we call …
It’s no secret that not every quote attributed to C.S. Lewis found online (and sometimes even in books) is actually something he wrote. While I’ve been exploring this issue the last few years, it was only about four months ago that I began to devote individual posts to questionable quotations. While I’ve only examined sixteen expressions so …
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The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. Lewis dedicated The Screwtape Letters to his friend J.R.R. Tolkien. Ironically, he actually disliked the book! Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to …
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FACT OF THE DAY: The paperback edition of Reflections of the Psalms was published on this date (1/2) in 1961. It was first released in 1958. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “No good work is done anywhere without aid from the Father of Lights.” Reflections on the Psalms (Published in paperback in the …
Today begins a “countdown” to the publication of my book C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell. I put that word in quotation marks because it’s unclear at this point when the book will begin shipping in March of this year. In the meantime, I thought it would be fun to share some facts I learned from my years of …
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FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (1/1) in 1931 Lewis began the first “walking tour” with his brother Warnie. QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy…For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over and over again.” Reflections on the Psalms (Published …
Here are a few of the podcast that were new in 2015 (more to be added later): Beyond the Shadowlands w/ Dr. Wayne Martindale The C.S. Lewis Collection (Logos Bible Software) Seven Literary Sages (Christian History Magazine) The Oxford Inklings (Dr. Colin Duriez) The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis (Dr. Jerry Root) Not Quite Lewis …
