QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next.” Hope (Chapter 10 of Book III (Christian Behavior) in Mere Christianity) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The American edition of Mere Christianity was first published on …
CSL Daily 09/15/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Aslan, speaking to Lucy] “But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder.” The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’ (Published 9/15/52) – – – FACT OF THE …
CSL Daily 08/31/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [After explaining some weaknesses in a child’s stories:] “I hope you don’t mind me telling you all this? One can learn only by seeing one’s mistakes. Letter to Joan Lancaster on 8/31/1958 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The Poem “Vowels …
CSL Daily 07/07/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When a man who accepts the Christian doctrine lives unworthily of it, it is much clearer to say he is a bad Christian than to say he is not a Christian.” Mere Christianity (Published in 7/7/1952) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Mere Christianity was first published on July 7, 1952. …
CSL Daily 06/26/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I think we may except [accept] it as a rule that whenever a person’s religious conversation dwells chiefly, or even frequently, on the faults of other people’s religions, he is in a bad condition.” Letter to Mary Van Deusen 6/26/1952 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – …
CSL Daily 05/15/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head but don’t be too worried about it. As long as one knows one is proud one is safe from the worst form of pride.” Letter to Genia Goelz 5/15/1952 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) …
CSL Daily 04/29/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” On Three Ways of Writing for Children (Talk given on 4/29/1952) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Found in On Stories, “On Three Ways of Writing for …
CSL Daily 11/11/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who thought most of the next.” Hope (Chapter 10 of Book III (Christian Behavior) in Mere Christianity) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The American edition of Mere Christianity was first published on …
CSL Daily 09/15/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Aslan, speaking to Lucy] “But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear that, for I am the great Bridge Builder.” The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’ (Published 9/15/52) – – – FACT OF THE …
CSL Daily 08/31/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: [After explaining some weaknesses in a child’s stories:] “I hope you don’t mind me telling you all this? One can learn only by seeing one’s mistakes. Letter to Joan Lancaster on 8/31/1958 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The Poem “Vowels …