FACT OF THE DAY: The 23rd letter from Screwtape was published today (10/3) in The Guardian in 1941. It was the first one with a subtitle, which was “The Historical Jesus.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The earliest converts were converted by a single historical fact (the Resurrection) and a single theological doctrine …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/1
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (8/1) in 1941 the 14th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian before being in the book The Screwtape Letters. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “How little people know who think that holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing … it is irresistible. If even …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 3rd
FACT OF THE DAY:
The 23rd letter from Screwtape was published today in The Guardian in 1941. It was the first one with a subtitle, which was “The Historical Jesus”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The earliest converts were converted by a single historical fact (the Resurrection) and a single theological doctrine (the Redemption) operating on a sense of sin which they already had.”
The Screwtape Letters – XXIII – The Historical Jesus
(First published in The Guardian on 10/3/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
In That Hideous Strength were does Merlin’s magic come from and how does it relate to J.R.R. Tolkien?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: August 1st
FACT OF THE DAY:
Today (8/1) in 1941 the 14th letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian before being in the book The Screwtape Letters.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“How little people know who think that holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing … it is irresistible. If even ten per cent of the world’s population had it, would not the whole world be converted and happy before a year’s end?”
Letter to Mary Margaret McCaslin 8/1/1953
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
In which book does Lewis have Merlin play a role?
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QUIZ: September 6, 2013
In That Hideous Strength were does Merlin’s magic come from and how does it relate to J.R.R. Tolkien?
Quiz: July 19, 2013
In which book does Lewis have Merlin play a role?