FACT OF THE DAY: Transposition is a sermon Lewis preached on May, 28, 1944 at the chapel of Mansfield College. The text is in The Weight of Glory. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[God] made His own plan or plot of history such that it admits a certain amount of free play and can …
CSL Daily 04/30/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis gave a talk on April 30, 1953 at the Socratic Club on “Faith and Evidence.” It was later published as “On Obstinacy in Belief.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The demand for equality has two sources; one of them is among the noblest, the other is the basest, …
CSL Daily 04/28/18
FACT OF THE DAY: There are characters named in Narnia for every letter in the alphabet except for “x.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The more a man was in the Devil’s power, the less he would be aware of it, on the principle that a man is still fairly sober as long …
CSL Daily 03/23/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s first collection of shorter works, Rehabilitations and Other Essays was published on March 23, 1939. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Very often the only way to get a quality in reality is to start behaving as if you had it already.” Let’s Pretend (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/21/44)
CSL Daily 03/21/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Let’s Pretend is the fifth talk of the final BBC series given on March 21, 1944. Also Lewis recorded two final talks on this date. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort …
CSL Daily 03/17/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The first of two books edited by Lewis about Charles Williams came out in 1947 (2 years after his death) – Essays Presented to Charles Williams. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The natural life in each of us is something self-centered, something that wants to be petted and admired, to take …
CSL Daily 03/14/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The fourth of the final series of BBC talks, The Obstinate Toy Soldiers, was given by Lewis on March 14, 1944. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.” The Obstinate Toy Soldiers (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/14/44)
CSL Daily 03/09/18
FACT OF THE DAY: 18th installment of the eventual book The Great Divorce was published in The Guardian on March 9, 1945. It was the first half of Ch. 12. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is no use to say `Lord, Lord’, if we do not do what Christ tells us.” Mr C. S. Lewis on …
CSL Daily 03/07/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Good Infection, the third of the 4th BBC radio series was given March 7, 1944. It became the fourth chapter in Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is quite right to go away from [the words of the Bible] for a moment in order to make some special …
CSL Daily 03/01/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Of Lewis’s two pre-Christian books of poetry, only Dymer was republished during his lifetime. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The one really adequate instrument for learning about God is the whole Christian community.” The Three-Personal God (Initially a BBC broadcast from 2/29/44)