FACT OF THE DAY: Transposition is a sermon Lewis preached on 5/28/1944 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 be …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/30
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis gave a talk today (4/30) in 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, …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/28
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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/23
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s first collection of shorter works, Rehabilitations and Other Essays was published today (3/23) in 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/21
FACT OF THE DAY: Let’s Pretend is the fifth talk of the final BBC series given today (3/21) in 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/17
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-centred, something that wants to be petted and admired, to …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/14
FACT OF THE DAY: The fourth of the final series of BBC talks, The Obstinate Toy Soldiers, was given by Lewis on this day (3/14) in 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/9
FACT OF THE DAY: 18th installment of the eventual book The Great Divorce was published in The Guardian today (3/9) in 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/7
FACT OF THE DAY: Good Infection, the third talk of the 4th BBC radio series was given today (3/7) in 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/1
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) – – – QUIZ OF THE DAY: …