posted 8/22/2020 INTRODUCTION This is the 6th article in a series devoted to clarifying whether or not C.S. Lewis wrote something you’ve seen quoted in a book and/or shared on social media. Each post examines two quotations. The first quote is something I became aware of since my book, The Misquotable C.S. Lewis came out …
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The laws of nature, as applied to stones or trees, may only mean ‘what Nature, in fact, does’. But if you turn to the Law of Human Nature, the Law of Decent Behaviour, it is a different matter. That law certainly does not mean ‘what human beings, in fact, do’; …
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 …
INTRODUCTION This is the 3rd in a series devoted to clarifying whether or not C.S. Lewis wrote something you’ve seen quoted in a book and/or shared on social media. Each post examines one quote that I became aware of examining since my book, The Misquotable C.S. Lewis came out in early 2018 and another quote …
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him crucifixion.” Mere Christianity (Published in 7/7/1952) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Revival or Decay?” was published in the British weekly humor magazine Punch on July 9, 1958. It’s now available …
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Our divisions should never be discussed except in the presence of those who have already come to believe that there is one God and that Jesus Christ is His only Son.” Mere Christianity (Published in 7/7/1952) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis first used the term “Mere Christianity” in The …
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When a man who accepts the Christian doctrine lives unworthily of it, it is much clearer to say he is a bad Christian than to say he is not a Christian.” Mere Christianity (Published in 7/7/1952) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Mere Christianity was first published on July 7, 1952. …
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 things a Christian is meant to do.” Christian Behaviour (Published 4/19/1943) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Christian Behaviour was first published on April 19, …
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 point clear. But you must always go back.” Good Infection (Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/7/44) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Good Infection, the third of the …
Here’s the fourth regular show from my 90 second YouTube channel. The purpose is to help people briefly learn about significant events in the life of C.S. Lewis. Note the text version of the show is below, WITH footnotes! First BBC Radio Talk by C.S. Lewis (August 6, 1941) Mere Christianity is, after the Narnia …
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