FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (10/13) 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) – – – QUIZ …
Narnia Code (Single Interview w/ Dr. Ward) 2015r
Dr. Michael Ward’s name was virtually unknown ten years ago. Today he’s considered one of the top C.S. Lewis scholars and that’s because of his landmark work Planet Narnia and the sequel that adapts that material, The Narnia Code. This latter book was actually first a TV special on the BBC before coming out on DVD. William O’Flaherty …
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: 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 on this day (10/12) in 2014. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What does not satisfy when …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/11
FACT OF THE DAY: The fourth talk from the third BBC series, “Sexual Morality” was given today (10/11) 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, that …
(CCSLQ-7) Never Too Old
never too old
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/10
FACT OF THE DAY: The 24th letter from Screwtape was published today 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 are too …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/9
FACT OF THE DAY: Beyond Personality: The Christian Idea of God was published on this date (10/9) 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/8
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A Preface to ‘Paradise Lost’ was published today (10/8) in 1942. Lewis adapted it from the 1941 Ballard Matthews Lectures.
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/7
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis wrote the preface to his scholarly work English Literature in the Sixteenth Century on this day (10/7) 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.” …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/6
FACT OF THE DAY: “Horrid Red Things” was published today (10/6) in Church of England Newspaper in 1944. It was adapted in the book Miracles. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is thus a distinction not only between thought and imagination in general, but even between thought and those images which the thinker …