FACT OF THE DAY: John, the main character in “The Pilgrim’s Regress” was born in Puritania (on the western side of the Eastern Mountains) – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “First-hand knowledge is not only more worth acquiring than second-hand knowledge, but is usually much easier and more delightful to acquire.” On the Reading …
CSL Daily 2/19
FACT OF THE DAY: “On the Reading of Old Books” – an essay that was first published as the preface to a book by his friend Sister Penelope from 1944. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/20
FACT OF THE DAY: John, the main character in “The Pilgrim’s Regress” was born in Puritania (on the western side of the Eastern Mountains) – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “First-hand knowledge is not only more worth acquiring than second-hand knowledge, but is usually much easier and more delightful to acquire.” On the Reading …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/19
FACT OF THE DAY: “On the Reading of Old Books” – an essay that was first published as the preface to a book by his friend Sister Penelope from 1944. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 20th
FACT OF THE DAY:
John, the main character in “The Pilgrim’s Regress” was born in Puritania (on the western side of the Eastern Mountains)
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“First-hand knowledge is not only more worth acquiring than second-hand knowledge, but is usually much easier and more delightful to acquire.”
On the Reading of Old Books
(Published originally as a preface to The Incarnation of the Word of God in 1944)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
If you lived in the 50’s you had to wait almost twelve months for each of the next Narnia stories except the final two…how long was the wait for each of them?
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RETROSPECT: February 19th – 29th
Highlights for the final third of February (19th – 29th) include: The beginning of his fourth and final BBC series of talks, a landmark lecture series that would become one of his most insightful works aimed at a mainstream audience, and a new edition of The Screwtape Letters containing a second preface.
The fourth and final BBC radio series kicked off on the 22nd in 1944. The series itself was first called “Beyond Personality” and the first talk was entitled “Making and Begetting.” However, on the 24th the text was reprinted in The Listener and it was called “The Map and the Ocean.” This was the first time Lewis’s broadcasts were made available before being collected in a book.
The two different titles for the fourth series debut provides some hints at what was presented by Lewis. He noted the words “begetting” or “begotten” are not used today, but its
Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 19th
FACT OF THE DAY:
“On the Reading of Old Books” – an essay that was first published as the preface to a book by his friend Sister Penelope from 1944.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.”
On the Reading of Old Books
(Published originally as a preface to The Incarnation of the Word of God in 1944)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (four words):
“If nothing is certainly right, then of course it follows that ___ ___ ___ ___ .”
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