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Fact / Quote / Quiz: 7/12

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FACT OF THE DAY: First and Second Things is an essay collection released on July 11, 1985 that actually contains material found in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Flippancy builds up around a man the finest armour-plating against the Enemy [God].” The Screwtape Letters XI (Published in The Guardian on 7/11/1941) …

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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 12th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

First and Second Things is an essay collection released on July 11, 1985 that actually contains material found in God in the Dock.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Flippancy builds up around a man the finest armour-plating against the Enemy [God].”

The Screwtape Letters XI
(Published in The Guardian on 7/11/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What is the name of the only book released in the 1980’s that contained (at that time) essays by Lewis that had not been previously published since his death?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 26th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Boxen: The Imaginary World of the Young C.S. Lewis was first published this month (5/28) in 1985.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“One road leads home and a thousand roads lead into the wilderness.”

The Pilgrim’s Regress
(Published 5/25/1933)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who was the captain of the Dawn Treader?
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RETROSPECT: May 22th – 31st

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for the final third of May (22nd – 31st) include: A prize-winning essay, his first Christian book that was his only true allegory and a Pentecost sermon.

Lewis’s first book after becoming a Christian was very different in several ways than his two previous works. Those initial titles were poetry, while The Pilgrim’s Regress: An Allegorical Apology for Christianity, Reason and Romanticism, publishedon the 25th in 1933 was his debut prose effort. Additionally, the story was pure allegory. Interestingly, it was such a difficult read that Lewis himself even admitted it and ten years after its release he wrote a preface to explain his approach to the story.

RETROSPECT: April 11th – 19th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

The following is part of a series reflecting on the life of C.S. Lewis. This is accomplished by summarizing various events or happenings during his lifetime for the noted period and may include significant events related to him after his death.

Highlights for the second third of April (11th – 19th) include: Publication of third BBC series; Publication of second book from BBC Talks; four posthumous books and the final installment about a bus ride to heaven.

Christian Behaviour: A Further series of Broadcast Talks tops the list of happenings over the years in the life of Lewis. It was first published on the 19th in 1943 in the U.K. (and nine months later in the U.S.). As you may be aware, it was just the second book printed of three that eventually became part of Mere Christianity. What gets confusing to some is that when you examine the book from 1952 Christian Behavior is stated as being “Book III.”