FACT OF THE DAY: God in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics was released today (11/30) in the US in 1970. It was edited by Walter Hooper. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If you think of this world as a place intended simply for our happiness, you find it quite intolerable: think …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/6
FACT OF THE DAY: “Common Decency,” the first BBC broadcast by Lewis was given today (8/6) in 1941. It is better known as “The Law of Human Nature” in Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Quarreling means trying to show that the other man is in the wrong. And there would be …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/20
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (4/20) in 1942 is when Perelandra was published. It tells of adventures on Venus. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Every joy is beyond all others. The fruit we are eating is always the best fruit of all.” Perelandra (Published 4/20/1943) – – – QUIZ OF THE DAY: Complete the quote and …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/6
FACT OF THE DAY: 22nd installment of what eventually became part of The Great Divorce was published today (4/6) in The Guardian in 1945. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Either the day must come when joy prevails and all the makers of misery are no longer able to infect it: or else for …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/28
FACT OF THE DAY: The Four Loves was released on this day (3/28) in 1960 and had first been a ten-part series of broadcasts. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.” The Four Loves (Published on 3/28/1960) – …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 6th
FACT OF THE DAY:
“Common Decency,” the first BBC broadcast by Lewis was given today (8/6) in 1941. It is better known as “The Law of Human Nature” in Mere Christianity.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Quarreling means trying to show that the other man is in the wrong. And there would be no sense in trying to do that unless you and he had some sort of agreement as to what Right and Wrong are.”
The Law of Human Nature
(First heard on the BBC on 8/6/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to _____ _____ _____ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 20th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Today (4/20) is the 71st anniversary of the publication of Perelandra; it tells of adventures in Venus.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Every joy is beyond all others. The fruit we are eating is always the best fruit of all.”
Perelandra
(Published 4/20/1943)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (2 words):
” _____ _____ responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 6th
FACT OF THE DAY:
22nd installment of what eventually became part of The Great Divorce was published today (4/6) in The Guardian in 1945.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Either the day must come when joy prevails and all the makers of misery are no longer able to infect it: or else for ever and ever the makers of misery can destroy in others the happiness they reject for themselves.”
Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XXII
(Published in The Guardian on 4/5/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“For change is not progress unless ______ _____ _____ _____ …wherever there is real progress in knowledge, there is some knowledge that is not superseded.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 28th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The Four Loves was released on this day (3/28) in 1960 and had first been a ten-part series of broadcasts.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.”
The Four Loves
(Published on 3/28/1960)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
To whom did Lewis dedicate The Screwtape Letters?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 21st
FACT OF THE DAY:
“We Have No ‘Right to Happiness’” was first published in the December 21-28, 1963 edition of The Saturday Evening Post.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“We depend for a very great deal of our happiness or misery on circumstances outside all human control. A right to happiness doesn’t, for me, make much more sense than a right to be six feet tall, or to have a millionaire for your father, or to get good weather whenever you want to have a picnic.”
We Have No ‘Right to Happiness’
(Published in The Saturday Evening Post 12/21-28/1963)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What non-fiction book did Lewis write that was not credited to him until after his death?
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