FACT OF THE DAY: Back in 1941 today’s issue (1/10) of The Guardian included “Meditation on the Third Commandment” from Lewis. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The danger of mistaking our merely natural, though perhaps legitimate, enthusiasms for holy zeal, is always great.” Meditation on the Third Commandment (Published in The Guardian on …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 1/9
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Birth of Language” is a poem by Lewis published today (1/9) in Punch in 1946 (it uses planetary imagery). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “May God’s grace give you the necessary humility. Try not to think—much less, speak—of their sins. One’s own are a much more profitable theme!” Letter to Mary …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 1/8
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (1/8) in 1955 Lewis’s article “George Orwell” was published in Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The question is not whether we should bring God into our work or not. We certainly should and must…Each vocation has its peculiar dangers and peculiar rewards.” Letter …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 1/7
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis spent the first night in his new rooms at Magdalene College, Cambridge on this day (1/7) in 1955. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it.” The Abolition of Man (Published on 1/6/1944) – – – QUIZ OF …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 1/6
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (1/6) in 1944 The Abolition of Man was first published. It came from a series of lectures from Feb. 1943. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved.” The Abolition of Man (Published on 1/6/1944) – – – QUIZ OF THE DAY: Who …
C.S. Lewis Goes to Heaven (Dr. David Clark)
C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce originally came out nearly 70 years ago (that is the book, which was published January 14, 1946; but it was released in weekly installments starting on November 10, 1944). Back in 2012 William O’Flaherty spoke with Dr. David Clark about a book that is a study guide and more to this great and …
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: 1/5
FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (1/5) in 1945 the ninth installment of (the eventual) The Great Divorce (chapter seven) was published in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “In praying for people one dislikes I find it helpful to remember that one is joining in His prayer for them.” Letter …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 1/4
FACT OF THE DAY: The book Screwtape Proposes a Toast, an essay collection was first published (but now out of print) on this day (1/4) in 1965. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 1/3
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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 1/2
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 …