FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis wrote to Sister Penelope today (5/28) in 1945 stating that his book on Miracles was already finished (it came out 5/12/1947). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I quite agree with you about not using one’s job for propaganda: but once the pupil raises the question I think one …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 7th
FACT OF THE DAY: The last month of weekly letters from Screwtape began today (11/7) in 1941 when the 28th letter was published in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Humans] do tend to regard death as the prime evil and survival as the greatest good. But that is because we have …
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 20th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The eighth Screwtape letter was published in The Guardian today (6/20) in 1941. It has the first mention of Slubgob.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
(Screwtape Admits:) “One must face the fact that all the talk about His love for men, and His service being perfect freedom, is not (as one would gladly believe) mere propaganda, but an appalling truth. ”
The Screwtape Letters VIII
(Published in The Guardian on 6/20/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
When visiting what friend did Lewis write The Pilgrim’s Regress?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 28th
FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis wrote to Sister Penelope today (5/28) in 1945 stating that his book on Miracles was already finished (it came out 5/12/1947).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I quite agree with you about not using one’s job for propaganda: but once the pupil raises the question I think one has a free hand.”
Letter to Rhona Bodle 5/28/1949
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscious, but shouts in our pains: it is His ______ to ______ a _____ _______ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 7th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The last month of weekly letters from Screwtape began today (11/7) in 1941 when the 28th letter was published in The Guardian.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“[Humans] do tend to regard death as the prime evil and survival as the greatest good. But that is because we have taught them to do so. Do not let us be infected by our own propaganda.”
The Screwtape Letters – XXVIII
(First published in The Guardian on 11/7/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What four children’s names did Lewis FIRST consider for the Pevensie children?
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Quote: June 20, 2013
(Screwtape Admits:)
“One must face the fact that all the talk about His [i.e., God’s] love for men, and His service being perfect freedom, is not (as one would gladly believe) mere propaganda, but an appalling truth.”
The Screwtape Letters – VIII
(first published in The Guardian on 6/20/1941)