QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.” Forgiveness (Broadcast on BBC on 10/18/1942; Chapter Seven from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Poems is a book collecting nearly all of Lewis’s shorter poems. It was released on Oct. 26, 1964. …
CSL Daily 10/25/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison…[pride] is the complete anti-God state of mind.” The Great Sin (Broadcast on BBC on 10/25/1942; Chapter Eight from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The sixth talk from the third BBC radio series …
CSL Daily 10/24/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape Notes:] “Courtship is the time for sowing those seeds which will grow up ten years later into domestic hatred.” The Screwtape Letters – XXVI – The Generous Conflict Illusion (First published in The Guardian on 10/24/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The 26th Screwtape Letter was published on Oct. 24, …
CSL Daily 10/23/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “God makes no appetite in vain.” Learning in War-Time (Preached on 10/22/1939 as “None Other Gods: Culture in War-Time”) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The sixth and final radio drama of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe aired on the BBC on Oct. 23, 1959. – – – PURCHASE The …
CSL Daily 10/22/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.” Learning in War-Time (Preached on 10/22/1939 as “None Other Gods: Culture in War-Time”) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis preached his first sermon on Oct. 22, 1939. We know it as “Learning …
CSL Daily 10/21/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You come of the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve,” said Aslan. “And that is both honor enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth. Be content.” Prince Caspian (Published 10/15/1951) – – – FACT OF …
CSL Daily 10/20/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Mrs. Beaver to Susan:) “If there’s anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they’re either braver than most, or else just silly.” The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Published 10/16/1950) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: On October 20, 1949 the last reported Thursday Inklings …
CSL Daily 10/19/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “From at least the age of six, romantic longing – Sehnsucht – had played an unusually central part in my experience. Such longing is in itself the very reverse of wishful thinking: it is more like thoughtful wishing. But it throws off what may be called systems of imagery.” Preface …
CSL Daily 10/18/19
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 10/17/19
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 …