FACT OF THE DAY:
The seventh Screwtape letter was published today (6/13) in The Guardian in 1941. Mentions “Materialist Magician.”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“All extremes, except extreme devotion to the Enemy, are to be encouraged.”
The Screwtape Letters VII
(Published in The Guardian on 6/13/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Of the themes in Till We Have Faces what Non-fictional work directly deals with one of the central topics?
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Highlights for the second third of June (12nd – 21st) include: the birthday of his closest friend, beginning his longest employment and an explanation of “an old textbook method” that the devils use.
Warnie LewisLewis was the youngest in his family. His only sibling was his brother, Warren who was nearly three-and-half years older. Born on the 16th in 1895, the elder brother became close friends with his junior over the years. This doesn’t mean they had the same interests, in fact, a major difference in their tastes from their younger years turns out to be a pretty good summary of their most outstanding talents. Lewis from his early days was intrigued by fairy tales and fantasy stories. Warnie had more of an interest in history.
FACT OF THE DAY:
An expanded version of “Bulverism” by Lewis was printed in the June, 1944 issue of The Socratic Digest.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“…Good images of what we really desire…the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from a country we have never yet visited.”
The Weight of Glory
(Sermon preached on 6/8/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What animals helped to freed Aslan in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Science-Fiction Cradlesong is a revised poem by Lewis published today (6/11) in 1954 under a different title in The Times Literary Supplement.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If we are made for heaven, the desire for our proper place will be already in us, but not yet attached to the true object, and will even appear as the rival of that object. ”
The Weight of Glory
(Sermon preached on 6/8/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, “Thy will be done”, and those to whom God says, in the end, _______ _______ ______ ______ .”
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Many casual readers of C.S. Lewis believe that he disliked women and some of them even think that he “encouraged misogyny and the oppression of women.” That last view was something that Dr. Crystal Hurd ran into when she was defending her doctoral dissertation. This encounter is part of what lead her to write a series of articles about Lewis and women. She began this project in May, 2013 and at the time of this posting is nearly finished.
FACT OF THE DAY:
The U.K. edition of Letters to an American Lady was published in June, 1969 (it was first published in the U.S. on 12/19/1967).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I can obey advice from others which I have often given myself in vain.”
Letter to Mary Van Deusen 6/10/1952
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Whom did Lewis start a life-long correspondence with sometime this month in what year?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Released today (6/9) in 1966 – Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature. It collects various essays by Lewis on the specialized topic.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The human soul is not the seeker but the sought: it is God who seeks, who descends from the other world to find and heal Man; the parable about the Good Shepherd looking for and finding the lost sheep sums it up.”
Edmund Spenser, 1552–99
(Republished in Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Literature on 6/9/1966)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who were the crew of the Dawn Treader searching for?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Weight of Glory,” Lewis’s most famous sermon was preached on this day (6/8) in 1941 at St. Mary the Virgin in Oxford.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The New Testament has lots to say about self-denial, but not about self-denial as an end in itself.”
The Weight of Glory
(Sermon preached on 6/8/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“Statements about God are extrapolations from the _____ of ____ _____ which the divine illumination enables us to know.”
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In this show I’m sharing a 20 minute academic paper I presented at Taylor University that was part of the 9th Frances White Ewbank Colloquium on C.S. Lewis & Friends and given on Friday, May 30, 2014. The presentation I did was on quotations falsely attributed to Lewis. It was called “What Lewis NEVER Wrote.” The handout is available when you follow the link below to listen to the podcast.
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Morte D’Arthur” by Lewis was published today (6/7) in 1947 in the Times Literary Supplement.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It does one good to see the fine side of people we’ve always seen the worst of. ”
Letter to Arthur Greeves 6/7/1930
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume I)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
The first book that was a collection of essays edited by Walter Hooper came out this month…what was it?
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