FACT OF THE DAY: The third radio talk from Lewis’s first broadcast series was given today (Aug. 20) in 1941; it was called “Materialism or Religion.” Now known as “What Lies Behind the Law” (chapter 4) of Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If there was a controlling power outside the universe, it …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/25
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Trouble with ‘X’” is an essay by Lewis first published in the August, 1948 issue of Bristol Diocesan Gazette. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I find that I do not exist on my own, that I am under a law; that somebody or something wants me to behave …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/20
FACT OF THE DAY: The third radio talk from Lewis’s first broadcast series was given today (8/20) in 1941; it was called “Materialism or Religion” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If there was a controlling power outside the universe, it could not show itself to us as one of the facts inside the …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 25th
FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Trouble with ‘X'” is an essay by Lewis first published in the August, 1948 issue of Bristol Diocesan Gazette.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I find that I do not exist on my own, that I am under a law; that somebody or something wants me to behave in a certain way.”
3rd BBC Broadcast
(Given on 8/20/1941; Then known as Materialism or Religion)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
How many Earth years do the Chronicle of Narnia stories cover?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 20th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The third radio talk from Lewis’s first broadcast series was given today (8/20) in 1941; it was called “Materialism or Religion”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“If there was a controlling power outside the universe, it could not show itself to us as one of the facts inside the universe-no more than the architect of a house could actually be a wall or staircase or fireplace in that house.”
3rd BBC Broadcast
(Given on 8/20/1941; Then known as Materialism or Religion)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“The surest way of spoiling a pleasure [is] to start _____ _____ _____ .”
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RETROSPECT: August 12th – 21st
Highlights for August 12-21 include: A final series of radio talks, the concluding book of a series, two more talks from his initial broadcast series and a never before published essay by Lewis that became available in 1990.
The first scholarly book by Lewis was The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition. The theme of love in a broader sense is (obviously) of great importance to him and can be found in a large variety of his writings. So it is of no surprise that when Lewis finally agreed to return to the microphone for another series of radio talks this was the theme. These talks were recorded in London on the 19th and 20th in 1958, but they were not done for the BBC (as his previous radio work was). It was the Episcopal Radio-TV Foundation from the United States who had made the request. Eventually the material from these talks were extended to become The Four Loves.
QUOTE: August 25, 2013
“I find that I do not exist on my own, that I am under a law; that somebody or something wants me to behave in a certain way.”
“Materialism or Religion”
(Broadcast on BBC from 8/20/1941; known as “What Lies Behind the Law” in Mere Christianity)