“The Sermon and the Lunch” was first published on this date in 1945 in Church of England Newspaper. It’s now in God in the Dock.
QUIZ: September 20, 2013
What two books with similar titles dealing with fictional works by Lewis and/or articles he wrote about literature were published after his death this month?
FACT: September 20, 2013
Christian Behaviour, the third BBC series for #CSLewis began on this day in 1942. The first talk was “The Three Parts of Morality.”
QUOTE: September 20, 2013
“Think of humanity as a band playing a tune. To get a good result, you need two things . Each player’s individual instrument must be in tune and also each must come in at the right moment so as to combine with all the others.”
The Three Parts of Morality
(Broadcast on BBC on 9/20/1942; Chapter one from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)
QUOTE: September 19, 2013
“Joy is not a substitute for sex; sex is very often a substitute for Joy. I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for Joy.”
Surprised By Joy
(Published 9/19/1955)
QUIZ: September 19, 2013
It’s no secret that J.R.R. Tolkien didn’t like the Narnia stories, however, what was a key problem he had with the first published story?
FACT: September 19, 2013
Surprised By Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by Lewis was published today in 1955.
QUIZ: September 18, 2013
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“No good work is done anywhere without aid from _____ ______ _____ _____ .”
QUOTE: September 18, 2013
“The value given ti the testimony of any feeling must depend on our philosophy [belief system], not our whole philosophy on a feeling.”
Religion: Reality or Substitute?
(Published in September-October, 1941 issue of World Dominion)
FACT: September 18, 2013
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe began being dramatized on the BBC in six weekly installments on this date in 1959.