QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Evil comes from the abuse of free will.” The Problem of Pain (Published 10/18/1940) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The Problem of Pain, Lewis’s first apologetic book was published on Oct. 18, 1940. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
CSL Daily 10/17/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape Complains:] “The real trouble about the set your patient is living in is that it is merely Christian. They all have individual interests, of course, but the bond remains mere Christianity.” The Screwtape Letters – XXV – The Enemy Loves Platitudes (First published in The Guardian on 10/17/1941) – – – FACT OF …
CSL Daily 10/16/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “’Safe?’ said Mr. Beaver; ‘don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.’” The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Published 10/16/1950) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The Lion, the Witch …
CSL Daily 10/15/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Aslan to Lucy; who wanted him to do the same thing as before:] “Things never happen the same way twice.” Prince Caspian (Published 10/15/1951) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On Oct. 15, 1951 Prince Caspian was the second Narnia story published. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable C.S. Lewis
CSL Daily 10/14/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction; they can be deceived by the stories in the women’s magazines.” An Experiment in Criticism (Published 10/13/1961) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis gave his first ever lecture on …
CSL Daily 10/13/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Nothing can deceive unless it bears a plausible resemblance to reality.” An Experiment in Criticism (Published 10/13/1961) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On Oct. 13, 1961 An Experiment in Criticism was published; while a professional title by Lewis it is more readable than others. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable C.S. Lewis …
CSL Daily 10/12/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.” The Pilgrim’s Regress (2nd Edition Published October 1935) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: A second edition of The Pilgrim’s Regress was published in October, 1935 by Sheed & Ward. The first publisher was J.M. Dent …
CSL Daily 10/11/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Christian rule is, ‘Either marriage, with complete faithfulness to your partner, or else total abstinence.’ Now this is so difficult and so contrary to our instincts, that obviously either Christianity is wrong or our sexual instinct, as it now is, has gone wrong.” Sexual Morality (Broadcast on BBC on …
CSL Daily 10/10/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape Laments:] “If you try to make him explicitly and professedly proud of being a Christian, you will probably fail; the Enemy’s [God’s] warnings are too well known.” The Screwtape Letters – XXIV – Spiritual Pride (First published in The Guardian on 10/10/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The 24th letter from …
CSL Daily 10/09/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world.” Nice People or New Men (Chapter 10 of Beyond Personality; published 10/9/1944) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Beyond Personality: The Christian Idea of God was published on Oct. 9, 1944; from the …