FACT OF THE DAY:
The Planets, a poem by Lewis was first published this month in 1935 in Lysistrata, II.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Everywhere, except in theology, there has been a vigorous growth of scepticism about scepticism itself. ”
Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism
(Talk given on 5/11/1959)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book that became the only book that Lewis revised was published this month?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis’s article “Two Ways with the Self” was published on this date (5/3) in 1940 in The Guardian. It’s available in God in the Dock.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“There are two kinds of self-hatred which look rather alike in their earlier stages, but of which one is wrong from the beginning and the other right to the end.”
Two Ways with the Self
(Published on 5/3/1940 in The Guardian)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What non-fiction, professional title was published this month (but after Lewis’s death)?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis began keeping a diary for nearly five years starting this month (April) in 1922. It was released after his death as All My Road Before Me.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“All that is made seems planless to the darkened mind, because there are more plans than it looked for.”
Perelandra
(Published 4/20/1943)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book was published this month by Lewis was the only one that he had a co-author?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Christian Behaviour was first published on this day (4/19) in 1943. It is better known for being Book 3 of Mere Christianity.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Hope is…a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern people think) a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do.”
Christian Behaviour
(Published 4/19/1943)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What article by Lewis was published this month had the title “Outer Space” in it that was later re-titled?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lilies that Fester by Lewis was published this month in 1955 in Twentieth Century and is available in The World’s Last Night.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The more we get what we now call ‘ourselves’ out of the way and let Him take us over, the more truly ourselves we become…our real selves are all waiting for us in Him.”
The New Men
(Initially a BBC broadcast from 4/4/44)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What is the name of the only full length article written my Lewis dealing with hymns?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
On Church Music was published this month in 1949 in English Church Music and is available in Lewis’s Christian Reflections.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“All our offerings, whether of music or martyrdom, are like the intrinsically worthless present of a child, which a father values indeed, but values only for the intention.”
On Church Music
(Published in the April 194 issue of English Church Music)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
The only surviving recording from the BBC series that is a chapter is Mere Christianity is what chapter?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
Three Kinds of Men is a short essay by Lewis that was published in The Sunday Times on 3/21/1943.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The price of Christ is something, in a way, much easier than moral effort – it is to want Him. ”
Three Kinds of Men
(Published in The Sunday Times 3/21/43)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Lewis wrote about the “dangers” of what in an essay published sometime this month?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“Making and Begetting,” the first of the 4th BBC radio series was given today (2/22) in 1944. Eventually in Mere Christianity.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“A vague religion-all about feeling God in nature, and so on-is so attractive. It is all thrills and no work.”
Making and Begetting
(Initially a BBC broadcast from 2/22/44)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What famed series of radio talks ended when this month?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The final radio talk from the second BBC series was given today (2/15) in 1942. It is now known as “The Practical Conclusion.”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“We have to take reality as it comes to us: there is no good jabbering about what it ought to be like or what we should have expected it to be like.”
The Practical Conclusion
(BBC talk given on 2/15/1942)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What book that was a collection of essays that were selected by Lewis were published in what year this month?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The fourth talk from the second BBC series was given on this day (2/8) in 1942. It’s now know as “The Perfect Penitent.”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The central Christian belief is that Christ’s death has somehow put us right with God and given us a fresh start.”
The Perfect Penitent
(Given as a talk on the BBC on 2/8/1942)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What series of lectures did Lewis give this month that became book?
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