Welcome to Weekly Dose of C.S. Lewis Quotes! Below you’ll see seven quotes selected from a variety of Lewis’s works over the years that are related to this week (or month). There is also a special video version of this for my YouTube channel, Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis, and an audio-only version via my …
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.” Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language (Sermon Preached 3/31/1946) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis preached “Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language” at …
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.” Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language (Sermon Preached 3/31/1946) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis preached “Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language” at …
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis preached “Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language” at his parish church, Evensong, on March 31, 1946. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.” Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation …
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis preached “Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language” at his parish church, Evensong, on March 31, 1946. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.” Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation …
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis preached “Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language” at his parish church, Evensong, today (3/31) in 1946. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.” Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation …
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis preached “Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language” at his parish church, Evensong, today (3/31) in 1946. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.” Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation …
I’ve been working on a short talk for the 2014 Taylor Colloquium (9th Frances White Ewbank Colloquium on C.S. Lewis & Friends) about quotes falsely attributed to Lewis. Along the way I’ve come across some lesser known quotations that some might have a difficult time believing he DID say. While a collection of quotes of this nature could contain a variety of categories, I’ve chosen to share sayings that are generally humorous (however, some may be more ironic, than funny).
“A good toe-nail is not an unsuccessful attempt at a brain: and if it were conscious it wd. delight in being simply a good toe-nail.”
(Letter to Hugh Kilmer from April 5, 1961 in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 3)
“If you think you are a poached egg, when you are looking for a piece of toast to suit you, you may be sane, but if you think you are God, there is no chance for you.”
(Essay – What Are We to Make of Jesus Christ? in God in the Dock)
Highlights for the first third of April (1st – 10th) include: Final broadcast from his last BBC series; preaching the same sermon for second time and the death of his grandfather.
The concluding BBC broadcast in the fourth and final series for Lewis stands out as the most noteworthy for this period. On the 4th in 1944 “The New Men” talk was heard from a recording made the previous month. It is the only surviving recording from the Beyond Personality series. When the book version came out it contained four additional chapters not heard on the radio (which are also found in Mere Christianity). When expanding the material for print Lewis actually modified the content of this talk and so what was actually heard that night is somewhat different than what is in the book. For the sake of simplicity I will
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis preached “Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language” at his parish church, Evensong, today (3/31) in 1946.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.”
Miserable Offenders: An Interpretation of Prayer Book Language
(Sermon Preached 3/31/1946)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What landmark event happen in Lewis’s life this month that was actually for the second time?
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