QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I fancy we are all too ready, once we are converted ourselves, to assume that God will deal with everyone exactly as He does with us. But He is no mass-producer and treats no two quite alike.” Letter to Mrs. Jessup on 2/5/1954 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) …
CSL Daily 02/04/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Since term began I have had a delightful time reading a children’s story which Tolkien has just written.” Letter to Arthur Greeves on 2/4/1933 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On February 4, 1933 Lewis wrote to his friend Arthur Greeves about reading a …
CSL Daily 02/03/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself.” The Shocking Alternative (Given as a talk on the BBC on 2/1/1942) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s short story “The Shoddy Lands” was published in the February, 1956 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It’s now available …
90 Seconds #2 – When The Screwtape Letters was Published (YouTube Show)
Here’s the second show from my new 90 second YouTube “show.” 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! The Screwtape Letters Published (February 9, 1942) Even though The Screwtape Letters were popular when first …
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CSL Daily 02/02/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those that hate goodness are sometimes nearer than those that know nothing at all about it and think they have it already.” Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XIII (Published in The Guardian on 2/2/1945) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The (often misunderstood) debate between C.S. Lewis and Anscombe …
CSL Daily 02/01/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You can shut [Jesus] up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God.” The Shocking Alternative (Given as a talk on the BBC on 2/1/1942) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Known as “The …
CSL Daily 01/31/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Nobody who gets enough food and clothing in a world where most are hungry and cold has any business to talk about ‘misery.’” Letter to Arthur Greeves on 1/31/1917 – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis was president of the Oxford Socratic Club from its founding (1942) until 1955 (when …
CSL Daily 01/30/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “One cannot be too careful: one must try to hold fast to one’s duties (I wish I did) which are the prose of the spiritual life and not learn to depend too much on these delightful moments.” Letter to Arthur Greeves on 1/30/1930 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, …
CSL Daily 01/29/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “For it is not so much of our time and so much of our attention that God demands; it is not even all our time and all our attention: it is our selves.” A Slip of the Tongue (Sermon preached on 1/29/1956) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis …
CSL Daily 01/28/20
For those who get the EMAIL…sorry that the YouTube video didn’t display yesterday. Here’s a LINK to the 90 Seconds to C.S. Lewis. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is no use to ask God with factious earnestness for A when our whole mind is in reality filled with B. We must …