FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (10/29) in 1935 Oxford University Press agreed to publish The Allegory of Love. It became Lewis’s first academic title. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Nearly all those evils in the world which people put down to greed or selfishness are really far more the result of …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/25
FACT OF THE DAY: The sixth talk from the third BBC radio series was give live today (10/25) in 1942. It is known as “The Great Sin.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison…[pride] is the complete anti-God state of mind.” The Great …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 10/10
FACT OF THE DAY: The 24th letter from Screwtape was published today in 1941 in The Guardian. The theme was Spiritual Pride. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: [Screwtape laments:] “If you try to make him explicitly and professedly proud of being a Christian, you will probably fail; the Enemy’s [God’s] warnings are too …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 5/15
FACT OF THE DAY: Charles Williams, a close friend of Lewis, died on this day (5/15) in 1945. He was the author of Descent into Hell and other works. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head but don’t be too worried about …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/13
FACT OF THE DAY: 23rd & final installment of what eventually became part of The Great Divorce was published today (4/13) in The Guardian in 1945. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Only the Greatest of all can make Himself small enough to enter Hell. For the higher a thing is, the lower it …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 29th
FACT OF THE DAY: On this date (10/29) in 1935 Oxford University Press agreed to publish The Allegory of Love. It became Lewis’s first academic title. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Nearly all those evils in the world which people put down to greed or selfishness are really far more the result of …
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 25th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The sixth talk from the third BBC radio series was give live today (10/25) in 1942. It is known as “The Great Sin.”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison…[pride] is the complete anti-God state of mind.”
The Great Sin
(Broadcast on BBC on 10/25/1942; Chapter Eight from Book Three, Christian Behaviour in Mere Christianity)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Earlier this month Lewis preached his first sermon…what was the title and when was it?
TODAY’S ANSWER WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW.
ANSWER TO YESTERDAY’S QUESTION:In October, 1935 The Pilgrim’s Regress (second edition) was published.
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: October 10th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The 24th letter from Screwtape was published today in 1941 in The Guardian. The theme was Spiritual Pride.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
[Screwtape laments:] “If you try to make him explicitly and professedly proud of being a Christian, you will probably fail; the Enemy’s [God’s] warnings are too well known.”
The Screwtape Letters – XXIV – Spiritual Pride
(First published in The Guardian on 10/10/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
More than half of the Narnia books were published in the U.S. for the first time in October in the U.S.; which ones are they?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 15th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Charles Williams, a close friend of Lewis, died on this day (5/15) in 1945. He was the author of Descent into Hell and other works.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Yes, pride is a perpetual nagging temptation. Keep on knocking it on the head but don’t be too worried about it. As long as one knows one is proud one is safe from the worst form of pride.”
Letter to Genia Goelz 5/15/1952
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who does Aslan say the following to and which book does he say it in? “There is no other stream.”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 13th
FACT OF THE DAY:
23rd & final installment of what eventually became part of The Great Divorce was published today (4/13) in The Guardian in 1945.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Only the Greatest of all can make Himself small enough to enter Hell. For the higher a thing is, the lower it can descend.”
Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce XXIII
(Published in The Guardian on 4/5/1945)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (5 words):
“We must attack the enemy’s line of communication. What we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
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