FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis’s first collection of shorter works, Rehabilitations and Other Essays was published today (3/23) in 1939.
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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)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (3 words):
This moment ______ _______ _______ .”
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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.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of a man he is? Surely what pops out before the man has time to put on a disguise is the truth?”
Let’s Pretend
(Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/21/44)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who runs the Tempters’ Training College?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The first of two books edited by #CSLewis about Charles Williams came out in 1947 (2 years after his death) – Essays Presented to Charles Williams.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The natural life in each of us is something self-centred, something that wants to be petted and admired, to take advantage of other lives, to exploit the whole universe.”
The Obstinate Toy Soldiers
(Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/14/44)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who does Aslan say the following to and which book does he say it in? “Now you are a lioness.”
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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.
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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)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
In the Ransom (or science-fiction) trilogy what is the name given for the planet we know as Mars?
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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.
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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 Christianity
(published in The Listener 3/9/44)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (5 words):
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us: we are _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ will turn out to be.”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Good Infection, the third of the 4th BBC radio series was given today (3/7) in 1944. It became the fourth chapter in Mere Christianity.
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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 point clear. But you must always go back.”
Good Infection
(Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/7/44)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Where is John, the main character in The Pilgrim’s Regress born?
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Highlights for the first third of March (1st – 11th) include: First book collecting quotations and shorter passages, how Charles Williams became a friend and a former student previews The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Less than five years after C.S. Lewis died a collection containing brief excerpts from a wide range of his writings came out on the 4th of March in 1968. A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C.S. Lewis would be the first of many books featuring quotations or shorter selections. This debut work was edited by Clyde S. Kilby, the person who began what we know today as The Marion E. Wade Center. The book is arranged into ten major sections and nearly all of those divisions are further divided into sub-themes.
FACT OF THE DAY:
Of Lewis’s two pre-Christian books of poetry, only Dymer was republished during his lifetime.
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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)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Lewis wrote a preface to Philip’s Letters to Young Churches in 1947. What is the title given to it when it appeared in a collection with other of Lewis’ essays?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“Making and Begetting,” the first of the 4th BBC radio series was given today (2/22) in 1944. Eventually in Mere Christianity.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“A vague religion-all about feeling God in nature, and so on-is so attractive. It is all thrills and no work.”
Making and Begetting
(Initially a BBC broadcast from 2/22/44)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What famed series of radio talks ended when this month?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
John, the main character in “The Pilgrim’s Regress” was born in Puritania (on the western side of the Eastern Mountains)
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“First-hand knowledge is not only more worth acquiring than second-hand knowledge, but is usually much easier and more delightful to acquire.”
On the Reading of Old Books
(Published originally as a preface to The Incarnation of the Word of God in 1944)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
If you lived in the 50’s you had to wait almost twelve months for each of the next Narnia stories except the final two…how long was the wait for each of them?
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