FACT OF THE DAY: The sixth talk from the third BBC radio series was give live on Oct. 25, 1942. It is known as “The Great Sin.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison…[pride] is the complete anti-God state of mind.” The Great Sin …
CSL Daily 10/11/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The fourth talk from the third BBC series, “Sexual Morality” was given on Oct. 11, 1942. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The Christian rule is, ‘Either marriage, with complete faithfulness to your partner, or else total abstinence.’ Now this is so difficult and so contrary to our instincts, that …
CSL Daily 10/05/18
FACT OF THE DAY: On Oct. 5, 1954 The Horse and His Boy was released in the US for the first time. It debuted in the UK the same year the previous month. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is …
CSL Daily 09/27/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The 2nd talk in the third BBC series (Christian Behaviour) was broadcast on Sept. 27, 1942. Published it was called “Social Morality.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Really great moral teachers never do introduce new moralities: it is quacks and cranks who do that.” Social Morality (Broadcast on BBC …
CSL Daily 09/20/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Christian Behaviour, the third BBC series for Lewis began on September 20, 1942. The first talk was “The Three Parts of Morality.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Think of humanity as a band playing a tune. To get a good result, you need two things. Each player’s individual instrument …
CSL Daily 08/13/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The second ever radio talk by Lewis was given on August 13, 1941. At the time it was called “Scientific Law and Moral Law” but is “THE REALITY OF THE LAW” in Mere Christianity. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The laws of nature, as applied to stones or trees, may …
CSL Daily 08/06/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “Common Decency,” the first BBC broadcast by Lewis was given on August 6, 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 no sense …
CSL Daily 07/09/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “Revival or Decay?” was published in the British weekly humor magazine Punch on July 9, 1958. It’s now available in God in the Dock collection of essays book. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It costs God nothing, so far as we know, to create nice things: but to convert rebellious wills cost Him …
CSL Daily 07/08/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis first used the term “Mere Christianity” in The Screwtape Letters #25; initially published Oct. 17, 1941 in The Guardian. – – – 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 …
CSL Daily 07/07/18
FACT OF THE DAY: Mere Christianity was first published on July 7, 1952. – – – 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) …