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) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: …
CSL Daily 07/04/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape commenting on the patient 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) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The tenth installment of The Screwtape Letters was published on July 4, 1941 in The Guardian. …
CSL Daily 06/29/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Laments:)”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) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The ninth letter from …
CSL Daily 06/21/20
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) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: An Expostulation (against too many writers …
CSL Daily 06/20/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Admits:) “One must face the fact that all the talk about His [God’s] 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) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: …
CSL Daily 06/19/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “How God thinks of us is not only more important, but infinitely more important. Indeed, how we think of Him is of no importance except in so far as it is related to how He thinks of us.” The Weight of Glory (Sermon preached on 6/8/1941) – – – FACT OF …
CSL Daily 06/14/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Perfect humility dispenses with modesty. If God is satisfied with the work, the work my be satisfied with itself.” The Weight of Glory (Sermon preached on 6/8/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis finished his academic studies at Oxford near the end of June, 1923, beginning his exams on …
CSL Daily 06/13/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: Screwtape States: “All extremes, except extreme devotion to the Enemy [i.e. God], are to be encouraged.” The Screwtape Letters VII (Published in The Guardian on 6/13/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The seventh Screwtape letter was published on June 13, 1941 in The Guardian. Mentions “Materialist Magician.” Better understand The Screwtape Letters …
CSL Daily 06/08/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The New Testament has lots to say about self-denial, but not about self-denial as an end in itself.” The Weight of Glory (Sermon preached on 6/8/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “The Weight of Glory,” Lewis’s most famous sermon was preached on June 8, 1941 at St. Mary the Virgin …
CSL Daily 06/06/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Boasts:) “There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human’s mind against the Enemy [i.e. God].” The Screwtape Letters VI (Published in The Guardian on 6/6/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The sixth Screwtape letter was published on June 6, 1941 in The Guardian. Topics include how to “weaken …