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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 20th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The eighth Screwtape letter was published in The Guardian today (6/20) in 1941. It has the first mention of Slubgob.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(Screwtape Admits:) “One must face the fact that all the talk about His love for men, and His service being perfect freedom, is not (as one would gladly believe) mere propaganda, but an appalling truth. ”

The Screwtape Letters VIII
(Published in The Guardian on 6/20/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

When visiting what friend did Lewis write The Pilgrim’s Regress?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 19th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Membership” was published in the June 1945 issue of Sobornost. Previously it was a talk given in February to the Society of St. Alban and St. Sergius in Oxford.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“How God thinks of us is not only more important, but infinitely more important. Indeed, how we think of Him is of no importance except in so far as it is related to how He thinks of us.”

The Weight of Glory
(Sermon preached on 6/8/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the name of the cousin who visits Narnia for the first time in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader?
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C. S. Lewis Symposium (Three Videos)

William OFlaherty Resource Spotlight

I’ve previously mentioned several times that Lewis was honored in Poets’ Corner in 2013. One fact that you may not have been aware of was that the day before this occurred there were three meetings that were part of a symposium to help celebrate his legacy. Those events from November 21st were filmed by Lunar Firm and the videos are now released by a group called Christian Evidence with permission from the Westminster Abbey Institute. They are as follows with a link that enables you to watch the video from this post.
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 18th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Daily Readings with C.S. Lewis came out on this day (6/18) in 1992. It was republished as C.S. Lewis: Readings for Meditation and Reflection.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“When we want to be something other than the thing God wants us to be, we must be wanting what, in fact, will not make us happy.”

Problem of Pain
(Quoted in Daily Readings with C.S. Lewis published on 6/18/92)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“All that is not eternal is ______ _______ ______ ______ .”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 17th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The paperback edition of The Personal Heresy by Lewis (with E.M.W. Tillyard) was published today (6/17) in 1965.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“There are better things ahead than any we leave behind. Remember, though we struggle against things because we are afraid of them, it is often the other way round— we get afraid because we struggle.”

Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne 6/17/1963
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What landmark event in Lewis’s life began related to his career this month in what year?
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A Visit with C.S. Lewis (Dr. Kevin Radaker)

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Do you wish you could hear C.S. Lewis speak in person? Of course, it’s not possible, however if you catch Dr. Kevin Radaker perform “A Visit with C.S. Lewis” you might think you actually had! I chatted with Kevin when he presented his dramatic portrayal of Lewis at Taylor University. He also does a couple of other Lewis programs that he describes in the interview.
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 16th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis’s brother, Warren “Warnie” Hamilton Lewis was born today (6/16) in 1895. He wrote books on French History.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“We want the Church to be small not only that fewer men may know the Enemy but also that those who do may acquire the uneasy intensity and the defensive self-rightousness of a secret society or a clique.”

The Screwtape Letters VII
(Published in The Guardian on 6/13/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

How many Narnian years passed between The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Silver Chair?
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C. S. Lewis & Mere Christianity: The Crisis That Created a Classic

William OFlaherty Special Feature

Get a chance to WIN a copy of C. S. Lewis & Mere Christianity: The Crisis That Created a Classic by Paul McCusker BEFORE you can even buy it!

It contains twelve chapters giving you a variety of background information about Mere Christianity that was first written in the 1940’s for radio. Details about HOW to win are below.

Please note, as with most of my contests, it is ONLY open to those living in the U.S. & Canada (sorry, but it’s the publisher who mails the prize and they set the limits). See complete rules below. Also you MUST enter by Wednesday, June 18th at 6pm.
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 15th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis’s appointment at Magdalen College at Oxford officially began on this day (6/15) in 1925 and lasted there three decades.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“It is so fatally easy to confuse an aesthetic appreciation of the spiritual life with the life itself— to dream that you have waked, washed, and dressed, & then to find yourself still in bed.”

Letter to Arthur Greeves 6/15/1930
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume I)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“Woe to you if you ____ _____ _____ .”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 14th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis finished his academic studies at Oxford in June, 1923, beginning his exams today (14th).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Perfect humility dispenses with modesty. If God is satisfied with the work, the work my be satisfied with itself.”

The Weight of Glory
(Sermon preached on 6/8/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What landmark sermon did Lewis preach this month?
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