Here’s the eighth regular episode of my 90 second YouTube show. It tells about the very first time Lewis gave a sermon on October 22, 1939. – – – Links to information shared in this episode: Learning in War-time essay is found in THE WEIGHT OF GLORY essay collection Join the 90 Seconds to Knowing …
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Humans] do tend to regard death as the prime evil and survival as the greatest good. But that is because we have taught them to do so. Do not let us be infected by our own propaganda.” The Screwtape Letters – XXVIII (First published in The Guardian on 11/7/1941) – – – FACT …
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We are taught from childhood to notice how the perfect oak grows from the acorn and to forget that the acorn itself was dropped by a perfect oak.” Is Theology Poetry? (Talk given on 11/6/1944 to Socratic Club) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Is Theology Poetry?” was a paper …
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A little comic relief in a discussion does no harm, however serious the topic may be. (In my own experience the funniest things have occurred in the gravest and most sincere conversations.)” Reflections on the Psalms (Published in November 5, 1958 in the U.S.) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: …
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The load, or weight, or burden of my neighbor’s glory should be laid daily on my back, a load so heavy that only humility can carry it, and the backs of the proud will be broken.” The Weight of Glory (Published in November, 1941 issue of Theology) – – – FACT OF …
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The voice of God indeed daily calls to us; calls to the world to abandon sins and seek the Kingdom of God wholeheartedly.” Letters: C.S. Lewis, Don Giovanni Calabria: A Study in Friendship (Book published 11/1/1988; Letter written 4/17/1949) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Letters: C.S. Lewis, Don …
Here’s the eighth special episode of my 90 second YouTube show. It tells about quotes falsely credited to Lewis that are related to Narnia. – – – Links to information shared in this episode: Hardships Often Prepare Doubt Your Value Defeat the Darkness Join the 90 Seconds to Knowing C.S. Lewis FB group C.S. Lewis …
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Faerie Queene is perhaps the most difficult poem in English. Quite how difficult, I am only now beginning to realize after forty years of reading it.” Spenser’s Images of Life (Published 11/2/1967) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On Nov. 2, 1967 Spenser’s Images of Life was published. It was edited …
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Faith, in the sense in which I am using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.” Faith (Given as a talk on November 1, 1942 and later published as chapter 11 in Christian Behavior) – – …
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Admits:) “Anything, even a sin, which has the total effect of moving him close up to the Enemy [i.e. God], makes against us in the long run.” The Screwtape Letters – XXVII – The Historical Point of View (First published in The Guardian on 10/31/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: …
