FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s first ever essay was published in November, 1912 in Cherbourg School Magazine and called “The Expedition to Holly Bush Hill. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “‘Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling’— which looks as if everything depended on us and our good actions: but the …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 11/8
FACT OF THE DAY: “Faith” is the chapter title of what was the 8th and final BBC talk from Lewis’s third series that became the book Christian Behaviour (where it is chapter 12). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are a great many things [in Christianity] that cannot be understood until after you …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 11/1
FACT OF THE DAY: “Faith” is the chapter title of what was the 7th BBC talk from Lewis’s third series that became the book Christian Behaviour (where it is chapter 11). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Faith, in the sense in which I am using the word, is the art of holding on …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/28
FACT OF THE DAY: “Talking about Bicycles,” one of Lewis’s shorter works was published in the October, 1946 issue of Resistance. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.” The Great Sin (Broadcast on BBC on 10/25/1942; …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/26
FACT OF THE DAY: Poems is a book collecting nearly all of Lewis’s shorter poems that was released on this date (10/26) in 1964. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.” Forgiveness (Broadcast on BBC on 10/18/1942; Chapter Seven from Book …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/25
FACT OF THE DAY: The sixth talk from the third BBC radio series was give live today (10/25) in 1942. It is known as “The Great Sin.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison…[pride] is the complete anti-God state of mind.” The Great …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/11
FACT OF THE DAY: The fourth talk from the third BBC series, “Sexual Morality” was given today (10/11) in 1942. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Christian rule is, ‘Either marriage, with complete faithfulness to your partner, or else total abstinence.’ Now this is so difficult and so contrary to our instincts, that …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/9
FACT OF THE DAY: Beyond Personality: The Christian Idea of God was published on this date (10/9) in 1944; from the final series of talks on the BBC. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When we Christians behave badly, or fail to behave well, we are making Christianity unbelievable to the outside world.” Nice …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/4
FACT OF THE DAY: “Morality and Psychoanalysis” is the title of what was originally the third talk given today (10/4) in 1942 from Lewis’s third BBC series. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When a man makes a moral choice two things are involved. One is the act of choosing. The other is the various …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/30
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (9/30) in 1962 “Sex in Literature” was published in The Sunday Telegraph. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Christianity] was never intended to replace or supersede the ordinary human arts and sciences: it is rather a director which will set them all to the right jobs, and a …