FACT OF THE DAY:
“Revival or Decay?” was published in the British weekly humor magazine Punch today (July 9th) in 1958.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion.”
Mere Christianity
(Published in 7/7/1952)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“What you see and hear depends a good deal on _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis first used the term “Mere Christianity” in The Screwtape Letters #25; initially published 10/17/41 in The Guardian.
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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 is His only Son.”
Mere Christianity
(Published in 7/7/1952)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What non-fiction book was published this month that contained very little new material but is one of Lewis’s best known works?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Mere Christianity was first published on this day (July 7th) in 1952.
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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)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
If you consider the order they were first published, what do you first notice about The Silver Chair that is different from the previous three stories?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C.S. Lewis was published on July 5th in 1984 and was edited by Walter Hooper.
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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 wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
Passage from The Weight of Glory
(Published in The Business of Heaven)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“Nothing can deceive unless it bears a plausible _____ _____ _____ . ”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis wrote his preface to the first edition of The Screwtape Letters on this day (7/5) in 1941.
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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 and unhealthy interest in them.”
from Preface to The Screwtape Letters
(Written 7/5/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Two dozens poems by Lewis were published in Punch, but only one essay. That essay came out during the month of July; what was the title?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The tenth installment of The Screwtape Letters was published today (7/4) in 1941 in The Guardian.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
(Screwtape commenting on the patent faking cynical and skeptical attitudes):
“All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.”
The Screwtape Letters X
(Published in The Guardian on 7/4/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What is the title of the non-Lewis fictional book that was published this month by a famous friend?
FACT OF THE DAY:
The Second Edition of Studies in Words was released in July 6, 1967 with three new words/chapters.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The poet’s route to our emotions lies through our imaginations.”
Studies in Words, 2nd Edition
(Published in 7/6/1967)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What one-legged creatures are found during the Dawn Treader voyage?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The Expedition to Holly Bush Hill was published in the July 1013 issue of Cherbourg School Magazine; a difference Lewis essay from 1912.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.”
The Four Loves
(U.S. edition first published 7/27/1960)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing… to find the place where all the _____ _____ _____ . ”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis wrote a letter to the editor on this day (7/1) in 1949 to Church Times. It’s in God in the Dock as “The Church’s Liturgy.”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“When natural things look most divine, the demoniac is just round the corner.”
The Four Loves
(U.S. edition first published 7/27/1960)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Whom did Lewis meet when he served in World War I that dramatically changed his life?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis’s book review of “The Allegory of the ‘Faerie Queen'” was published in the 6/11/60 issue of The Cambridge Review.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“We should mind humiliation less if [we] were humbler.”
Letters to An American Lady
(Published in he UK June, 1969)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Which Narnia book is the following passage from and who said it:
“All right, all right, You needn’t shout. I’m not so deaf as all that. What do you mean by coming here to tell me that nobody’s been killed? Why should anyone have been killed?”
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