Tag: 1942

Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 26th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The first meeting of the Oxford Socratic Club was today (1/26) in 1942. Lewis was the 1st president.

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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 the good Lord had nothing to do but exist!”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XII (Published in The Guardian on 1/26/1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (three words):
“If a man’s self is not kept clean and bright, his ___ ___ ___ will be blurred—like the Moon seen through a dirty telescope.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 18th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

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.

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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)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What was the title of the final sermon Lewis preached this month?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 11th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Today (1/11) in 1942 Lewis gave his first talk in the second BBC series called “What Christians Believe.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“If you do not take the distinction between good and bad very seriously, then it is easy to say that anything you find in this world is a part of God.”

What Christians Believe
(First BBC Broadcast on 1/11/1942)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What academic title was released on what date this month by Lewis?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 16th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Today (11/16) in 1966 the US edition of Letters of C.S. Lewis came out. It was edited, with a memoir by W.H. Lewis, his brother.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The remarkable thing about his literary career is that it never occurred to him until a relatively late date that his great achievement would be prose.”

Letters of C.S. Lewis – Memoir by W. H. Lewis
(US edition published 11/16/1966)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Christian Behavior, the third series of talks on the BBC ended earlier this month in 1942; There are twelve chapters in the book version, but how many were actually on the radio?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 10th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The first weekly installment of The Great Divorce appears in The Guardian on this date (11/10) in 1944 under the title of Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“When the most important things in our life happen we quite often do not know, at the moment, what is going on.
Faith
(Given as a talk on the BBC on November 8, 1942 and later published as chapter 12 in Christian Behavior)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (5 words):
“Everybody says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until ____ _____ _____ _____ ______ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 8th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Faith” is the chapter title of what was the 8th and final BBC talk from Lewis’s third series that became the book Christian Behaviour (where it is chapter 12).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“There are a great many things [in Christianity] that cannot be understood until after you have gone a certain distance along the Christian road.”

Faith
(Given as a talk on the BBC on November 8, 1942 and later published as chapter 12 in Christian Behavior)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Name the talk Lewis gave this month that was later an essay published that has a question mark in the title.
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