FACT OF THE DAY: “Dangers of National Repentance” is an essay by Lewis published March 15, 1940 in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The hard sayings of our Lord are wholesome to those only who find them hard.” Dangers of National Repentance (Published in The Guardian on 3/15/40)
CSL Daily 3/14/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The fourth of the final series of BBC talks, The Obstinate Toy Soldiers, was given by Lewis on March 14, 1944. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.” The Obstinate Toy Soldiers (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/14/44)
CSL Daily 3/13/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On March 15, 1984 The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C.S. Lewis (edited by Hooper) was released. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Prudence means practical common sense, taking the trouble to think out what you are doing and what is likely to come of it.” The ‘Cardinal Virtues’ …
CSL Daily 3/12/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On March 12, 1919 Lewis presented a paper to the Marlets on textile designer, artist, writer and Utopian socialist, William Morris. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “God is love, and that love works through men— especially through the whole community of Christians.” Good Infection (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/7/44)
CSL Daily 3/11/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On March 11, 1936 Lewis wrote to Charles Williams for the first time; it become the start of a close friendship. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.” Who …
CSL Daily 3/10/17
FACT OF THE DAY: On March 10, 1949 Lewis shared two chapters of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with his friend (and former student) Roger Green. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Nothing, not even the best and noblest, can go on as it now is. Nothing, not even what is lowest …
CSL Daily 3/9/17
FACT OF THE DAY: 18th installment of the eventual book The Great Divorce was published in The Guardian on March 9, 1945. It was the first half of Ch. 12. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is no use to say `Lord, Lord’, if we do not do what Christ tells us.” Mr C. …
CSL Daily 3/8/17
FACT OF THE DAY: In March, 1948 Lewis began writing his autobiography Surprised by Joy, but it wasn’t published until 1955. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The words ‘God is love’ have no real meaning unless God contains at least two Persons.” Good Infection (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/7/44)
CSL Daily 3/7/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Good Infection, the third of the 4th BBC radio series was given March 7, 1944. It became the fourth chapter in Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is quite right to go away from [the words of the Bible] for a moment in order to make some special …
CSL Daily 3/6/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “Christianity and Culture” appeared in March, 1940 issue of Theology, but wrote more on the topic in the June and December issues. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Once we have accepted an omniscient & providential God, the distinction we used to draw between the significant and the fortuitous must …