FACT OF THE DAY: The first edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published on this day (5/12) in 1947 (a second edition came out in 1960). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.” Miracles: A Preliminary Study (Published on …
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 …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 22nd
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis preached his first sermon today (10/22) in 1939. We know it as “Learning in War-Time” (Then it was “None Other Gods: Culture in War-Time”)
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.”
Learning in War-Time
(Preached on 10/22/1939 as “None Other Gods: Culture in War-Time”)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (4 words):
“An old saint being asked whether it is easy or hard to love God replied: ‘It is easy to _____ ______ _____ ____.'”
TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.
ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION: The Great Knock
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: September 18th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe began being dramatized on the BBC in six weekly installments on this date in 1959.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The value given to the testimony of any feeling must depend on our philosophy [belief system], not our whole philosophy on a feeling.”
Religion: Reality or Substitute?
(Published in September-October, 1941 issue of World Dominion)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Three Narnia books came out this month…which came out the latest in the month, regardless of the year?
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RETROSPECT: August 1st – 11th
Highlights for August 1-11 include: Lewis’s first time ever on the radio, earning of a second First at Oxford and two more letters from Screwtape.
In one sense not a lot of events occurred in Lewis’s life over the years during the first week and a half in August; but then the most significant from this period is likely among the highest points in his entire life. It was on the 6th in 1941 that he stood before a microphone to kick-off the first of four scheduled talks about “Right and Wrong: A Clue to the Meaning of the Universe.” The place was the offices of BBC Home Services and the local time was 7:45 p.m. Over the next fifteen minutes he would speak on “Common Decency,” but later this first chapter of book one in Mere Christianity would be called “The Law of Human Nature.”
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 12th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The first edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published on this day (5/12) in 1947 (a second edition came out in 1960).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“What we learn from experience depends on the kind of philosophy we bring to experience.”
Miracles: A Preliminary Study
(Published on 5/12/1947)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What is the full name of Bree, the horse, from The Horse and His Boy?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 5th
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).
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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 impossible to believe in the unfamiliar while the familiar is before their eyes.”
The Screwtape Letters I
(Published in The Guardian on 5/2/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who did the illustrations for The Chronicles of Narnia series?
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QUOTE: September 18, 2013
“The value given ti the testimony of any feeling must depend on our philosophy [belief system], not our whole philosophy on a feeling.”
Religion: Reality or Substitute?
(Published in September-October, 1941 issue of World Dominion)
Retro: August 1st – 11th
Highlights for August 1-11 include: Lewis’s first time ever on the radio, earning of a second First at Oxford and two more letters from Screwtape.
In one sense not a lot of events occurred in Lewis’s life over the years during the first week and a half in August; but then the most significant from this period is likely among the highest points in his entire life. It was on the 6th in 1941 that he stood before a microphone to