FACT OF THE DAY:
Today (1/11) in 1942 Lewis gave his first talk in the second BBC series called “What Christians Believe.”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If you do not take the distinction between good and bad very seriously, then it is easy to say that anything you find in this world is a part of God.”
What Christians Believe
(First BBC Broadcast on 1/11/1942)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What academic title was released on what date this month by Lewis?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Back in 1941 today’s issue (1/10) of The Guardian included “Meditation on the Third Commandment” from Lewis.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The danger of mistaking our merely natural, though perhaps legitimate, enthusiasms for holy zeal, is always great.”
Meditation on the Third Commandment
(Published in The Guardian on 1/10/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What fictional title by Lewis was published on what date this month in what year?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Birth of Language” is a poem by Lewis published today (1/9) in Punch in 1946 (it uses planetary imagery).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“May God’s grace give you the necessary humility. Try not to think—much less, speak—of their sins. One’s own are a much more profitable theme!”
Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne
(from Collected Letters, Volume 3 on 1/9/1961)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
How many mothballs fall out of the wardrobe when Lucy opens it for the first time? (submitted by Al Nolan)
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FACT OF THE DAY:
On this date (1/8) in 1955 Lewis’s article “George Orwell” was published in Time and Tide.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The question is not whether we should bring God into our work or not. We certainly should and must…Each vocation has its peculiar dangers and peculiar rewards.”
Letter to Sheldon Vanauken
(from Collected Letters, Volume 3 on 1/8/1951)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (four words):
“The Christian…does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good ____ _____ _____ _______ .”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis spent the first night in his new rooms at Magdalene College, Cambridge on this day (1/7) in 1955.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it.”
The Abolition of Man
(Published on 1/6/1944)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Why did Lewis marry Joy Davidman twice?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Today (1/6) in 1944 The Abolition of Man was first published. It came from a series of lectures from Feb. 1943.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If nothing is self-evident, nothing can be proved.”
The Abolition of Man
(Published on 1/6/1944)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who is the first talking animal Prince Caspian hears when he regains consciousness?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
On this day (1/5) in 1945 the ninth installment of (the eventual) The Great Divorce (chapter seven) was published in The Guardian.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“In praying for people one dislikes I find it helpful to remember that one is joining in His prayer for them.”
Letter to Mary Van Deusen
(from Collected Letters, Volume 3 on 1/5/1951)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (four words):
“Of all the passions, the passion for the Inner Ring is most skillful in making a man who is not yet a very bad man ____ ____ ____ _____ .”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The book Screwtape Proposes a Toast, an essay collection was first published (but now out of print) on this day (1/4) in 1965.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
from “Is Theology Poetry?”
(Published in Screwtape Proposes a Toast on 1/4/1965)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What is the first book of essays that Lewis himself had published?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The essay “Religion and Science” was published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph on this day (1/3) in 1945.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If there were anything outside Nature, and if it interfered – then the events which the scientist expected wouldn’t follow. That would be what we call a miracle.”
Religion and Science
(Published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph on 1/3/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Although fourteen chapters are in The Great Divorce, it was first published in how many weekly installments?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The paperback edition of Reflections of the Psalms was published on this date (1/2) in 1961. It was first released in 1958.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“No good work is done anywhere without aid from the Father of Lights.”
Reflections on the Psalms
(Published in paperback in the UK 1/2/1961)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
How was Pauline Baynes selected to illustrate the Narnia books?
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