Tag: Christian Behaviour

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 25th

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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.”

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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 Sin
(Broadcast on BBC on 10/25/1942; Chapter Eight from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Earlier this month Lewis preached his first sermon…what was the title and when was it?

TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.

ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION:In October, 1935 The Pilgrim’s Regress (second edition) was published.

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 11th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The fourth talk from the third BBC series, “Sexual Morality” was given today in 1942.

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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 obviously either Christianity is wrong or our sexual instinct, as it now is, has gone wrong.”

Sexual Morality
(Broadcast on BBC on 10/11/1942; Chapter Five from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What book that is a part of Mere Christianity was published this month (in what year)?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 5th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

On this date in 1954 The Horse and His Boy was release in the US for the first time. It debuted in the UK last month.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him.”Morality and Psychoanalysis

(Broadcast on BBC on 10/4/1942; Chapter four from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Name the source of this quote:
“He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart.”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 28th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The September 1946 issue of The Atlantic Monthly featured an article called “C.S. Lewis, Apostle to the Skeptics” by Chad Walsh.

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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 source of energy which will give them all new life, if only they will put themselves at its disposal.”

Social Morality
(Broadcast on BBC on 9/27/1942; Chapter two from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Name the source of this quote:
“You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness.”

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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 27th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The 2nd talk in the third BBC series (Christian Behaviour) was broadcast today in 1942. Published it was called “Social Morality”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities: it is quacks and cranks who do that.”

Social Morality
(Broadcast on BBC on 9/27/1942; Chapter two from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What book that was a collection of shorter works by Lewis was published this month in his lifetime?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 20th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Christian Behaviour, the third BBC series for Lewis began on this day (9/20) in 1942. The first talk was “The Three Parts of Morality.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Think of humanity as a band playing a tune. To get a good result, you need two things . Each player’s individual instrument must be in tune and also each must come in at the right moment so as to combine with all the others.”

The Three Parts of Morality
(Broadcast on BBC on 9/20/1942; Chapter one from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Lewis wrote many books about the Christian faith, but what title published this month was unique?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 19th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Christian Behaviour was first published on this day (4/19) in 1943. It is better known for being Book 3 of Mere Christianity.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Hope is…a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern people think) a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do.”

Christian Behaviour
(Published 4/19/1943)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What article by Lewis was published this month had the title “Outer Space” in it that was later re-titled?
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RETRO: October 22nd – 31st

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect

Highlights for the final third of October (22nd – 31st) include: First sermon preached, three significant posthumous books and Lewis defines “the great sin.”

There are many hats that C.S. Lewis wore: children’s author, Christian apologist, and literary critic being the three most common realms people are familiar with. While similar to his role as a defender of the faith, many are not aware that he also spoke on Sunday mornings several times in his life. The very first occurred on the