FACT OF THE DAY:
The eleventh letter from Screwtape was published on this date (7/11) in The Guardian in 1941.
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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)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
In The Screwtape Letters where are the young demons initially taught and who leads the place?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis first used the term “Mere Christianity” in The Screwtape Letters #25; initially published 10/17/41 in The Guardian.
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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)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What non-fiction book was published this month that contained very little new material but is one of Lewis’s best known works?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis wrote his preface to the first edition of The Screwtape Letters on this day (7/5) in 1941.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There are two equal and opposite errors into which can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.”
from Preface to The Screwtape Letters
(Written 7/5/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Two dozens poems by Lewis were published in Punch, but only one essay. That essay came out during the month of July; what was the title?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The tenth installment of The Screwtape Letters was published today (7/4) in 1941 in The Guardian.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
(Screwtape commenting on the patent faking cynical and skeptical attitudes):
“All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.”
The Screwtape Letters X
(Published in The Guardian on 7/4/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What is the title of the non-Lewis fictional book that was published this month by a famous friend?
Highlights for the first third of July (1st – 10th) are: the release of his landmark nonfiction book, the publication of a new collection of shorter works and the preface to his first claim to fame was written.
In the early 1950’s Lewis saw continual success from his writing. By the middle of 1952 he had experienced significant praise from his venture into children’s literature with two Narnia stories released and a third due out in a few months. But it was on the 7th of July in 1952 that a new book came out that was actually a re-release of previous material that secured Lewis as an author of practical information about the Christian faith. Mere Christianity is the best known non-fiction book by Lewis. Various individuals from many walks of life give credit to this book as either strengthening their faith, or as a tool that God used to lead them to Christianity.
FACT OF THE DAY:
The ninth letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian at the end of June (the 27th) in 1941.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“All we can do is to encourage the humans to take the pleasures which our Enemy has produced, at times, or in ways, or in degrees, which He has forbidden.”
The Screwtape Letters IX
(Published in The Guardian on 6/27/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“We…shall not be _____ _____ _____ _____ on the highest occasions if we have learned no habit of doing so on the lowest.”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The tenth installment of The Screwtape Letters was published today (7/4) in 1941 in The Guardian.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
(Screwtape commenting on the patent faking cynical and skeptical attitudes):
“All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.”
The Screwtape Letters X
(Published in The Guardian on 7/4/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What is the title of the non-Lewis fictional book that was published this month by a famous friend?
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Highlights for the final third of June (22nd – 30th) include: Sharing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with his close friends four months before it was published, being awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity and more talk from Screwtape about the “law of Undulation.”
As you may recall, Lewis met frequently with a group of friends called the Inklings. They gathered at a variety of places, but on the 22nd in 1950 it happened to be at the Eagle and Child. When they came together at this location it was unusual for them to actually read any of their works. Nevertheless, this was a special occasion, as Lewis brought the galley proofs of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
FACT OF THE DAY:
An Expostulation (against too many writers of science fiction) – a poem from June, 1959 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Glory, as Christianity teaches me to hope for it, turns out to satisfy my original desire and indeed to reveal an element in that desire which I had not noticed.”
The Weight of Glory
(Sermon preached on 6/8/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What essay from The Weight of Glory was published this month that was a first a talk a few months earlier?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The eighth Screwtape letter was published in The Guardian today (6/20) in 1941. It has the first mention of Slubgob.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
(Screwtape Admits:) “One must face the fact that all the talk about His love for men, and His service being perfect freedom, is not (as one would gladly believe) mere propaganda, but an appalling truth. ”
The Screwtape Letters VIII
(Published in The Guardian on 6/20/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
When visiting what friend did Lewis write The Pilgrim’s Regress?
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