FACT OF THE DAY: Broadcast Talks was first released in the U.K. on July 13, 1942, containing the first two BBC radio series. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Whenever you find a man who says he does not believe in a real Right and Wrong, you will find the same man going back on …
CSL Daily 6/27/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The first paperback edition of The Magician’s Nephew came out on June 27, 1963 (first published May 2, 1955). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You can’t get second things by putting them first; you can get second things only by putting first things first.” First and Second Things (Published …
CSL Daily 6/26/17
FACT OF THE DAY: First and Second Things was first published June 27, 1942 under the “Notes on the Way” column in Time and Tide. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I think we may except [accept] it as a rule that whenever a person’s religious conversation dwells chiefly, or even frequently, on the …
CSL Daily 4/22/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “Hamlet: The Prince or the Poem?” is the Annual Shakespeare Lecture Lewis gave on April 22, 1942 for the British Academy in London. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.” Hamlet: The Prince …
CSL Daily 4/07/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Another edition (a paperback) of A Grief Observed was published on April 7, 1966. It was first published in 1961. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I gave these talks, not because I am anyone in particular, but because I was asked to do so.” Preface to Broadcast Talks (Written on …
CSL Daily 2/17/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The Cosmic Trilogy (a collection of all three Sci-Fi books by Lewis) was released in February, 1990. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Christian…does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” The Practical Conclusion (BBC …
CSL Daily 2/15/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The final radio talk from the second BBC series was given on February 15, 1942. It is now known as “The Practical Conclusion.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We have to take reality as it comes to us: there is no good jabbering about what it ought to be …
CSL Daily 2/9/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The Screwtape Letters (book) was first published in the UK on this date (2/9) in 1942. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, …
CSL Daily 2/8/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The fourth talk from the second BBC series was given on February 8, 1942. It’s now know as “The Perfect Penitent.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The central Christian belief is that Christ’s death has somehow put us right with God and given us a fresh start.” The Perfect …
CSL Daily 2/6/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The Magician’s Nephew took Lewis the longest to write of all the Narnia books (almost 5 years, from ’49 to ’54). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.” …