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:
“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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Highlights for the final third of February (19th – 29th) include: The beginning of his fourth and final BBC series of talks, a landmark lecture series that would become one of his most insightful works aimed at a mainstream audience, and a new edition of The Screwtape Letters containing a second preface.
The fourth and final BBC radio series kicked off on the 22nd in 1944. The series itself was first called “Beyond Personality” and the first talk was entitled “Making and Begetting.” However, on the 24th the text was reprinted in The Listener and it was called “The Map and the Ocean.” This was the first time Lewis’s broadcasts were made available before being collected in a book.
The two different titles for the fourth series debut provides some hints at what was presented by Lewis. He noted the words “begetting” or “begotten” are not used today, but its
FACT OF THE DAY:
On this date (2/18) in 1938 J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to his publisher to consider Lewis’s manuscript of Out of the Silent Planet.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“To some, God is discoverable everywhere; to others, nowhere.”
The Seeing Eye
(Published originally as “Onward Christian Spacemen” in the February, 1963 edition of Show)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Lewis went back to the BBC this month in 1949 to record what talk that aired the same day of its recording?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The final radio talk from the second BBC series was given today (2/15) in 1942. It is now known as “The Practical Conclusion.”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“We have to take reality as it comes to us: there is no good jabbering about what it ought to be like or what we should have expected it to be like.”
The Practical Conclusion
(BBC talk given on 2/15/1942)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book that was a collection of essays that were selected by Lewis were published in what year this month?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The fourth talk from the second BBC series was given on this day (2/8) in 1942. It’s now know as “The Perfect Penitent.”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The central Christian belief is that Christ’s death has somehow put us right with God and given us a fresh start.”
The Perfect Penitent
(Given as a talk on the BBC on 2/8/1942)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What series of lectures did Lewis give this month that became book?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The Magician’s Nephew took Lewis the longest to write of all the Narnia books (almost 5 years, from ’49 to ’54).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.”
The Shocking Alternative
(Given as a talk on the BBC on 2/1/1942)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who is the only daughter of Kidrash Tarkaan and where is her story told?
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