The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. Before The Screwtape Letters was released as a book, it first appeared weekly (starting May 2, 1941) in The Guardian, a Church of England (Anglican) …
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The Screwtape Letters is one of many great books by C.S. Lewis. As the publication of my book about it draws near I’m sharing a fact about it each day. Lewis dedicated The Screwtape Letters to his friend J.R.R. Tolkien. Ironically, he actually disliked the book! Learn more about my book, C.S. Lewis Goes to …
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Today begins a “countdown” to the publication of my book C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell. I put that word in quotation marks because it’s unclear at this point when the book will begin shipping in March of this year. In the meantime, I thought it would be fun to share some facts I learned from my years of …
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Here are a few of the podcast that were new in 2015 (more to be added later): Beyond the Shadowlands w/ Dr. Wayne Martindale The C.S. Lewis Collection (Logos Bible Software) Seven Literary Sages (Christian History Magazine) The Oxford Inklings (Dr. Colin Duriez) The Surprising Imagination of C.S. Lewis (Dr. Jerry Root) Not Quite Lewis …
Get a chance to win a copy of C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell: A Companion and Study Guide to The Screwtape Letters. This is the debut release by William O’Flaherty coming out in March, 2016. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO ENTER is simply leave a comment below about ANY fact OR question about The …
The following is part of a revised shorter series reflecting on the life of C.S. Lewis. This is accomplished by summarizing various events or happenings during his lifetime for the month and may include significant events related to him after his death. Each column will remind those already familiar with Lewis why he is so well respected …
The following is part of a revised shorter series reflecting on the life of C.S. Lewis. This is accomplished by summarizing various events or happenings during his lifetime for the month and may include significant events related to him after his death. Each column will remind those already familiar with Lewis why he is so well respected …
The Screwtape Letters was the first book from C.S. Lewis that was a best seller. Yet, more than likely if a person is only familiar with three books by Lewis, it is The Chronicles of Narnia (any of the seven books), Mere Christianity and THEN The Screwtape Letters. This is interesting to me because it was The Screwtape Letters that led to …
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In late 2012 I initially released a short series of podcasts based on a book by Dr. Devin Brown entitled The Christian World of The Hobbit. At the time the none of three movies on The Hobbit had been released. Fast forward to now and (at the time of this posting) we are less than a month away from …
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Last month’s installment reflecting on Lewis’s life over the years showcased a period of enviable production. October, while not having as high of an output, would nevertheless be equally desirable for any other author to have accomplished over the span of an entire lifetime. The debut Narnia book arrived this month, as well as his first apologetic title and the preaching of his first sermon.
It all began with a picture…” or that’s how Lewis once described how he came to create his Narnia stories. The world got its first taste of them on October 16, 1950 when The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe hit the bookstores in the UK (November 7 was the released date for the US). Instead, of attempting to say anything new about the debut story, let me share about other less known adaptations of the story: It was first dramatized for the radio in 1959 and in 1967 a live action version for the TV was produced (here’s the only surviving portion of it.)
