FACT OF THE DAY: The Abolition of Man (released 1/6/1944) is the book Lewis did that he claimed addressed “a ‘serious’ point” that is presented in That Hideous Strength. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is no use to ask God with factious earnestness for A when our whole mind is in reality filled …
CSL Daily 1/13
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (1/13) in 1919 Lewis returned to Oxford after being demobilized the previous month (WWI, of course). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Recently (although the outward condition of my life has not changed for the better) it has pleased God to pour into my soul great tranquillity.” …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 9/25
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (9/25) in 1929 Lewis’s father (Albert) died. His financial support was vital to Lewis getting his degrees at Oxford. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Men are not angered by mere misfortune but by misfortune conceived as injury.” The Screwtape Letters – XXI (First published in The Guardian on 9/19/1941) – …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 8/4
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (8/4) in 1922 Lewis earned a first class (highest honors) degree in Literae Humaniores (“Greats”) from Oxford. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Your patient has become humble; have you drawn his attention to the fact? All virtues are less formidable to us once the man is aware of …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 6/19
FACT OF THE DAY: An expanded version of “Bulverism” by Lewis was printed in the June, 1944 issue of The Socratic Digest. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “…Good images of what we really desire…the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 6/15
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s appointment at Magdalen College at Oxford officially began on this day (6/15) in 1925 and lasted there three decades. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is so fatally easy to confuse an aesthetic appreciation of the spiritual life with the life itself— to dream that you have waked, …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 6/14
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis finished his academic studies at Oxford in June, 1923, beginning his exams today (14th). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Perfect humility dispenses with modesty. If God is satisfied with the work, the work my be satisfied with itself.” The Weight of Glory (Sermon preached on 6/8/1941) – – …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 6/8
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Weight of Glory,” Lewis’s most famous sermon was preached on this day (6/8) in 1941 at St. Mary the Virgin in Oxford. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The New Testament has lots to say about self-denial, but not about self-denial as an end in itself.” The Weight of …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 5/5
FACT OF THE DAY: One this date (5/5) in 1924 Lewis accepted a temporary position to teach philosophy at Oxford (his former tutor was taking a one-year leave). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: Screwtape’s observation of humans: “Thanks to processes which we set at work in them centuries ago, they find it all but …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/21
FACT OF THE DAY: “Interim Report” published in The Cambridge Review on this date (4/21) in 1956 presented Lewis’s comparison of Oxford and Cambridge. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “No creature that deserved Redemption would need to be redeemed. They that are whole need not the physician. Christ died for men precisely because …