FACT OF THE DAY: Imagination and Thought in the Middle Ages is a talk Lewis gave on two nights in 1956, July 17th and 18th. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Flippancy] is a thousand miles away from joy; it deadens, instead of sharpening, the intellect; and it excites no affection between those who …
CSL Daily 07/13/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Broadcast Talks was first released in the U.K. on July 13, 1942, containing the first two BBC radio series. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Whenever you find a man who says he does not believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same man going back on …
CSL Daily 07/12/18
FACT OF THE DAY: First and Second Things is an essay collection released on July 11, 1985 that actually contains material found in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Flippancy builds up around a man the finest armour-plating against the Enemy [God].” The Screwtape Letters XI (Published in The Guardian on 7/11/1941) More Details …
CSL Daily 07/11/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The eleventh letter from Screwtape was published on July 11, 1941 in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I don’t believe that good work is ever done in a hurry.” Letter to Arthur Greeves 7/11/1916 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume I) More Details about The Misquotable …
CSL Daily 07/10/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Present Concerns, an essay collection, came out on July 10, 1986. At the time all 19 essays had not previously been collected. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The knight…is not a compromise or happy mean between ferocity and meekness; he is fierce to the nth and meek to the …
CSL Daily 07/09/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “Revival or Decay?” was published in the British weekly humor magazine Punch on July 9, 1958. It’s now available in God in the Dock collection of essays book. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him …
CSL Daily 07/08/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis first used the term “Mere Christianity” in The Screwtape Letters #25; initially published Oct. 17, 1941 in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Our divisions should never be discussed except in the presence of those who have already come to believe that there is one God and that Jesus Christ …
CSL Daily 07/07/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Mere Christianity was first published on July 7, 1952. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When a man who accepts the Christian doctrine lives unworthily of it, it is much clearer to say he is a bad Christian than to say he is not a Christian.” Mere Christianity (Published in 7/7/1952) …
CSL Daily 07/05/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis wrote his preface to the first edition of The Screwtape Letters on July 5, 1941. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are two equal and opposite errors into which can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive …
CSL Daily 07/06/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C.S. Lewis was published on July 5, 1984 and was edited by Walter Hooper. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who …