FACT OF THE DAY: “Rejoinder to Dr Pittenger” was printed in the November 26, 1958 issue of The Christian Century. It’s reprinted in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I freely admit that, believing both, I have stressed the transcendence of God more than His immanence. I thought, and think, that …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 11/26
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s funeral was held on this day (11/26) in 1963 at Holy Trinity, Headington Quarry. Father Ronald Head lead the service. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When I began, Christianity came before the great mass of my unbelieving fellow-countrymen either in the highly emotional form offered by revivalists or …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 11/15
FACT OF THE DAY: On 11/14/1958 Lewis wrote to Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher to accept his invitation to become a member of the Commission to Revise the Psalter. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Despair is a greater sin than any of the sins which provoke it.” The Screwtape Letters – XXIX (First published in The …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 11/5
FACT OF THE DAY: After being released in the UK earlier in 1958, Reflections of the Psalms came out in the US the same year on November 5th. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A little comic relief in a discussion does no harm, however serious the topic may be. (In my own experience …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/8
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis was on the cover of Time on this date (9/8) in 1947. Reflections on the Psalms came out today in 1958. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst. Of all created beings the wickedest is one who originally stood in …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/31
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The Poem “Vowels and Sirens” came out in The Times Literary Supplement Special Autumn Issue in late August, 1952.
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/19
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis began recording today (19th) in 1958 the first half of a 10-part radio series about four types of love. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To nearly all ancient men, and to many medieval men, friendship seemed the most valuable and the most completely human of all natural loves. …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 7/21
FACT OF THE DAY: The poem known today as The Magician and the Dryad was first published in Punch on July 20, 1949. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The feeling of being, or not being, forgiven and loved, is not what matters. One must come down to brass tacks. If there is a …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 7/9
FACT OF THE DAY: “Revival or Decay?” was published in the British weekly humor magazine Punch today (July 9th) in 1958. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion.” Mere Christianity (Published in 7/7/1952) – …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/25
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Grand Miracle,” preached earlier this month in 1945 was printed on the 27th in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If I remember rightly, St. Augustine raised a question about the theological position of satyrs, monopods, and other semi-human creatures. He decided it could wait till we …