QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Flippancy] is a thousand miles away from joy; it deadens, instead of sharpening, the intellect; and it excites no affection between those who practice it.” The Screwtape Letters XI (Published in The Guardian on 7/11/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Imagination and Thought in the Middle Ages” is a talk …
CSL Daily 07/13/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Whenever you find a man who says he does not believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same man going back on this a moment later. He may break his promise to you, but if you try breaking one to him he will be complaining ‘It’s not …
90 Sec Special #6 – REAL Screwtape Facts (YouTube)
Here’s the sixth special episode of my 90 second YouTube show. It briefly shares some FACTS related to The Screwtape Letters. – – – Books mentioned in this episode: Join the Confirming C.S. Lewis Quotations Group Join the 90 Seconds to Knowing C.S. Lewis FB group The Screwtape Letters The Screwtape Letters: Annotated Edition The …
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CSL Daily 07/12/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Flippancy builds up around a man the finest armour-plating against the Enemy [God].” The Screwtape Letters XI (Published in The Guardian on 7/11/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: First and Second Things is an essay collection released on July 11, 1985 that actually contains material found in God in the Dock. – …
CSL Daily 07/11/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I don’t believe that good work is ever done in a hurry.” Letter to Arthur Greeves 7/11/1916 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume I) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The eleventh letter from Screwtape was published on July 11, 1941 in The Guardian. Better understand The Screwtape …
CSL Daily 07/10/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The knight…is not a compromise or happy mean between ferocity and meekness; he is fierce to the nth and meek to the nth.” The Necessity of Chivalry (Available in Present Concern published 7/10/1986) BONUS: Hear an essay chat podcast on “The Necessity of Chivalry” (guest is Dr. Bruce Johnson) – – – FACT OF THE …
CSL Daily 07/09/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion.” Mere Christianity (Published in 7/7/1952) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Revival or Decay?” was published in the British weekly humor magazine Punch on July 9, 1958. It’s now available …
CSL Daily 07/08/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Our divisions should never be discussed except in the presence of those who have already come to believe that there is one God and that Jesus Christ is His only Son.” Mere Christianity (Published in 7/7/1952) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis first used the term “Mere Christianity” in The …
CSL Daily 07/07/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When a man who accepts the Christian doctrine lives unworthily of it, it is much clearer to say he is a bad Christian than to say he is not a Christian.” Mere Christianity (Published in 7/7/1952) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Mere Christianity was first published on July 7, 1952. …
CSL Daily 07/06/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We …