FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (4/8) in 1947 the first U.S. edition (a hardback) of The Abolition of Man was published. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Who said I disliked women? I never liked or disliked any generalisation.” Letter to Margaret Fuller on 4/8/1948 (Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/5
FACT OF THE DAY: On Church Music was published this month in 1949 in English Church Music and is available in Lewis’s Christian Reflections. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “All our offerings, whether of music or martyrdom, are like the intrinsically worthless present of a child, which a father values indeed, but values …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/7
FACT OF THE DAY: Good Infection, the third talk of the 4th BBC radio series was given today (3/7) in 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/22
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. – – – 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 …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/14
FACT OF THE DAY: A Grief Observed was published for the first time in the US today (14th) in 1963, after being released in the UK on 9/29/1961. Also paperbacks of The Screwtape Letters and Mere Christianity (both 1955) in the UK. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Bereavement is not the truncation of …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/1
FACT OF THE DAY: Known as “The Shocking Alternative,” Lewis gave the 3rd talk on this date (2/1) in 1942 on the BBC from What Christians Believe series. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 11th
FACT OF THE DAY: The American edition of Mere Christianity was first published on this date (11/11) in 1952. It was published on 7/7 in the UK in ’52. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were just …
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 29th
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (10/29) in 1935 Oxford University Press agreed to publish The Allegory of Love. It became Lewis’s first academic title. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Nearly all those evils in the world which people put down to greed or selfishness are really far more the result of …
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 28th
FACT OF THE DAY: “Talking about Bicycles,” one of Lewis’s shorter works was published in the October, 1946 issue of Resistance. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.” The Great Sin (Broadcast on BBC on 10/25/1942; …
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 26th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Poems is a book collecting nearly all of Lewis’s shorter poems that was released on this date (10/26) in 1964.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.”
Forgiveness
(Broadcast on BBC on 10/18/1942; Chapter Seven from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (3 words):
“A man can’t be always defending the truth; there must be a time to _____ _____ _____ .”
TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.
ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION: On October 22, 1939 Lewis preached “None Other Gods: Culture in War Time.” This first sermon was later published as “Learning in War-Time” and is found in The Weight of Glory.