FACT OF THE DAY:
A Preface to ‘Paradise Lost’ was published today (10/8) in 1942. Lewis adapted it from the 1941 Ballard Matthews Lectures.
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/3
FACT OF THE DAY: The 23rd letter from Screwtape was published today (10/3) in The Guardian in 1941. It was the first one with a subtitle, which was “The Historical Jesus.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The earliest converts were converted by a single historical fact (the Resurrection) and a single theological doctrine …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/26
FACT OF THE DAY: The 22nd Screwtape letter was published today (9/26) in 1941 in The Guardian (before being release in 1942 as a single book). It’s the only one signed by Toadpipe. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Everything has to be twisted before it’s any use to us.” The Screwtape Letters – XXII (First …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/25
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (9/25) in 1929 Lewis’s father (Albert) died. His financial support was vital to Lewis getting his degrees at Oxford. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury.” The Screwtape Letters – XXI (First published in The Guardian on 9/19/1941) – …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/22
FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (9/22) in 1944 “The Death of Words” was published in The Spectator. It was republished in On Stories. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The most important sense of a word is not always the most useful. What is the good of deepening a word’s connotation if …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe began being dramatized on the BBC in six weekly installments on this date (9/18) in 1959. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our philosophy [belief system], not our whole philosophy on …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/12
FACT OF THE DAY: The 20th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian today (9/12) in 1941. The main topic is sexual temptation. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape boasts:] “Our best weapon—the belief of ignorant humans, that there is no hope of getting rid of us except by yielding [to temptation].” The …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/30
FACT OF THE DAY: The 18th Screwtape letter first came out on August 29, 1941 in The Guardian before being published in The Screwtape Letters. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The whole philosophy of Hell rests on recognition of the axiom that one thing is not another thing, and, specially, that one self …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/27
FACT OF THE DAY: The fourth radio talk from Lewis‘s first broadcast series was given today (8/27) in 1941; it was called “What Can We Do About It.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/25
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Trouble with ‘X’” is an essay by Lewis first published in the August, 1948 issue of Bristol Diocesan Gazette. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I find that I do not exist on my own, that I am under a law; that somebody or something wants me to behave …