FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s short story “The Shoddy Lands” was published this month in 1956 in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself.” The Shocking Alternative (Given as a talk on the BBC on 2/1/1942) – …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/1
FACT OF THE DAY: Known as “The Shocking Alternative,” Lewis gave the 3rd talk on this date (2/1) in 1942 on the BBC from What Christians Believe series. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 1/26
FACT OF THE DAY: The first meeting of the Oxford Socratic Club was today (1/26) in 1942. Lewis was the 1st president. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There have been men before now who got so interested in proving the existence of God that they came to care nothing for God Himself…as if …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 1/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Later known as “The Invasion,” Lewis’s second talk from his second BBC radio series was given today (1/18) in 1942. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Besides being complicated, reality, in my experience, is usually odd.” What Christians Believe (Second Talk from BBC Broadcast on 1/18/1942) – – – QUIZ …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 26th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Poems is a book collecting nearly all of Lewis’s shorter poems that was released on this date (10/26) in 1964.
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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)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“A man can’t be always defending the truth; there must be a time to _____ _____ _____ .”
TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.
ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION: On October 22, 1939 Lewis preached “None Other Gods: Culture in War Time.” This first sermon was later published as “Learning in War-Time” and is found in The Weight of Glory.
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 25th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The sixth talk from the third BBC radio series was give live today (10/25) in 1942. It is known as “The Great Sin.”
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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)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Earlier this month Lewis preached his first sermon…what was the title and when was it?
TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.
ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION:In October, 1935 The Pilgrim’s Regress (second edition) was published.
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 11th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The fourth talk from the third BBC series, “Sexual Morality” was given today in 1942.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The Christian rule is, ‘Either marriage, with complete faithfulness to your partner, or else total abstinence.’ Now this is so difficult and so contrary to our instincts, that obviously either Christianity is wrong or our sexual instinct, as it now is, has gone wrong.”
Sexual Morality
(Broadcast on BBC on 10/11/1942; Chapter Five from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book that is a part of Mere Christianity was published this month (in what year)?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 8th
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.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Certain things, if not seen as lovely or detestable, are not being correctly seen at all.”
A Preface to ‘Paradise Lost’
(Published 10/8/1942)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (4 words):
“Human beings can’t make one another _____ ______ _____ ____. ”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 5th
FACT OF THE DAY:
On this date in 1954 The Horse and His Boy was release in the US for the first time. It debuted in the UK last month.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him.”Morality and Psychoanalysis
(Broadcast on BBC on 10/4/1942; Chapter four from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Name the source of this quote:
“He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart.”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 4th
FACT OF THE DAY:
“Morality and Psychoanalysis” is the title of what was originally the third talk given today in 1942 from Lewis’s third BBC series.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“When a man makes a moral choice two things are involved. One is the act of choosing. The other is the various feelings, impulses and so on which his psychological outfit presents him with, and which are the raw material of his choice.”
Morality and Psychoanalysis
(Broadcast on BBC on 10/4/1942; Chapter four from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What essay did Lewis write with the title “red” in it that was first published this month in 1944?
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