FACT OF THE DAY: Christian Behaviour was first published on April 19, 1943. It is better known for being Book 3 of Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Hope…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 …
CSL Daily 03/07/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Good Infection, the third of the 4th BBC radio series was given March 7, 1944. It became the fourth chapter in Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is quite right to go away from [the words of the Bible] for a moment in order to make some special …
(CCSLQ-46) – Grand Point
The following is part of a series exploring quotations attributed to C.S. Lewis that are questionable for one reason or another. My book (THE MISQUOTABLE C.S. LEWIS, releasing by May, 2018) collects material presented so far and will contain expressions not yet posted here (plus existing online material is updated in the book). That book …
CSL Daily 02/22/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “Making and Begetting,” the first of the 4th BBC radio series was given on February 22, 1944. Eventually it become part of Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A vague religion – all about feeling God in nature, and so on – is so attractive. It is all thrills …
(CCSLQ-45) – Credit for Bowing
The following is part of a series exploring quotations attributed to C.S. Lewis that are questionable for one reason or another. My book (THE MISQUOTABLE C.S. LEWIS, releasing by May, 2018) collects material presented so far and will contain expressions not yet posted here (plus existing online material is updated in the book). That book …
CSL Daily 02/14/18
FACT OF THE DAY: A Grief Observed was published for the first time in the US on February 14, 1963, after being released in the UK on 9/29/1961. Also paperbacks of The Screwtape Letters and Mere Christianity were released on February 14, 1955) in the UK. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Bereavement is not the truncation of married love but …
CSL Daily 02/01/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Known as “The Shocking Alternative,” Lewis gave the 3rd talk on February 1, 1942 on the BBC from What Christians Believe series. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You can shut [Jesus] up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can …
CSL Daily 11/11/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The American edition of Mere Christianity was first published on Nov. 11, 1952. It was published on July 7 in the UK the same year. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just those who …
CSL Daily 11/10/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The first weekly installment of The Great Divorce appears in The Guardian on Nov. 10, 1944 under the title of “Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When the most important things in our life happen we quite often do not know, at the moment, what …
CSL Daily 11/01/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “Faith” is the topic of what was the 7th BBC talk from Lewis’s third series that was heard on the radio on Nov. 1, 1942. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Faith, in the sense in which I am using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason …