QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What we practise, not (save at rare intervals) what we preach, is usually our great contribution to the conversion of others.” Letter to Mrs. Johnson 3/2/1955 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Sir Walter Scott” was a talk Lewis gave on …
CSL Daily 03/01/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The one really adequate instrument for learning about God is the whole Christian community.” The Three-Personal God (Initially a BBC broadcast from 2/29/44) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Of Lewis’s two pre-Christian books of poetry, only Dymer was republished during his lifetime. – – – Have you seen my YouTube channel? It’s …
2020 C.S. Lewis Quotathon Highlights – Day 1, Part 2
This page serves as an extension of the “show notes” for my extended edition of “90 Seconds to Knowing C.S. Lewis” YouTube video of “2020 C.S. Lewis Quotathon Highlights – Day 1, Part 2.” After the video itself are the graphic images for the quotes used. This makes it easy to share the individual quotations. …
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CSL Daily 02/28/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If a man’s self is not kept clean and bright, his glimpse of God will be blurred.” The Three-Personal God (Initially a BBC broadcast from 2/29/44) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The Dark Tower and Other Stories was published on February 28, 1977. – – – Have you seen my …
CSL Daily 02/27/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There is no uncreated being except God. God has no opposite…Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.” The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast (From new preface first published on 2/27/1961) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The Screwtape Letters …
CSL Daily 02/26/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What we call Man’s power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.” The Abolition of Man (First a lecture from 2/26/1943 from the eventual The Abolition of Man) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The 3rd and final Riddell …
CSL Daily 02/25/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The human mind has no more power of inventing a new value than of imagining a new primary colour.” The Way (First a lecture from 2/25/1943 from the eventual The Abolition of Man) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The 2nd Riddell Memorial Lecture entitled “The Way” by Lewis was given on …
90 Sec #4 – First BBC Radio Talk (YouTube)
Here’s the fourth regular show from my 90 second YouTube channel. The purpose is to help people briefly learn about significant events in the life of C.S. Lewis. Note the text version of the show is below, WITH footnotes! First BBC Radio Talk by C.S. Lewis (August 6, 1941) Mere Christianity is, after the Narnia …
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CSL Daily 02/24/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts.” Men Without Chests (First a lecture from 2/24/1943 from the eventual The Abolition of Man) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: During the evening of February 24, 1943 Lewis gave the 1st talk (“Men Without Chests”) of …
CSL Daily 02/23/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It’s only the little germ of a desire for God that we need to start the process.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XVI (Published in The Guardian on 2/23/1945) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Narrative Poems was published for the first time in the US on February 23, 1972. …