“All sorts of things will make a man brave for the time being. Alcohol, ignorance of the danger, anger, self-respect, human loyalty, and love of God. But they’re not all equally good sources.”
The Anvil
(BBC Radio Broadcast aired 7/22/1943)
Quiz: July 22, 2013
Puddleglum is based on what person is Lewis’s life?
Fact: July 22, 2013
Lewis was a guest on “The Anvil” that was aired today in 1943. This BBC radio program was recorded on the 19th.
Quote: July 22, 2013
“If you will go to God just as you are, fully admitting that you care about Him very little, and put yourself in His hand, if you’re even ready to be made to care and leave Him to work, He’ll do the rest.”
The Anvil
(BBC Radio Broadcast aired 7/22/1943)
Quiz: July 21, 2013
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
Fact: July 21, 2013
While two dozen poems by Lewis were published in Punch, “Revival or Decay?” is the only non-fiction work published there.
Quote: July 21, 2013
” The feeling of being, or not being, forgiven and loved, is not what matters. One must come down to brass tacks. If there is a particular sin on your conscience, repent and confess it. If there isn’t, tell the despondent devil not to be silly.”
Letter to Mary Willis Shelburne
(from Collected Letters, Volume 3 on 7/21/1958)
Quote: July 20, 2013
“Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For the species, as for each man, mere longevity seems to me a contemptible ideal.”
Willing Slaves of the Welfare State (Is Progress Possible?)
(Published in The Observer on 7/20/1958)
Fact: July 20, 2013
Willing Slaves of the Welfare State was published today in 1958 in The Observer. It was part of series on Is Progress Possible?
Quiz: July 20, 2013
Before Mere Christianity was a hit, what was the book that came out this month that was released related to it?