FACT OF THE DAY: The revised edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published today (5/9) in 1960 containing a revised third chapter. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape boasts:) “All the habits of the patient, both mental and bodily, are still in our favour.” The Screwtape Letters II (Published in The Guardian …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/11
FACT OF THE DAY: Letters to Children was published on this day (4/11) in 1985, but its content can be found in the Collected Letters released in the 2000’s. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “To become new men means losing what we now call ‘ourselves’. Out of our selves, into Christ, we must …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 4/4
FACT OF THE DAY: The Laws of Nature by Lewis was published today (4/4) in The Coventry Evening Telegraph in 1945. It’s now found in God in the Dock. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The laws of Nature explain everything except the source of events.” The Laws of Nature (Published April 4, 1945 in The Coventry …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/28
FACT OF THE DAY: The Four Loves was released on this day (3/28) in 1960 and had first been a ten-part series of broadcasts. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.” The Four Loves (Published on 3/28/1960) – …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/21
FACT OF THE DAY: Let’s Pretend is the fifth talk of the final BBC series given today (3/21) in 1944. Also Lewis recorded two final talks on this date. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/21
FACT OF THE DAY: Today (2/21) in 1945 “”Who Was Right—Dream Lecturer or Real Lecturer?” was published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Is it not equally reasonable to look outside Nature for the real Originator of the natural order?” Who Was Right—Dream Lecturer or Real Lecturer? (First published …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/14
FACT OF THE DAY: A Grief Observed was published for the first time in the US today (14th) in 1963, after being released in the UK on 9/29/1961. Also paperbacks of The Screwtape Letters and Mere Christianity (both 1955) in the UK. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Bereavement is not the truncation of …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 2/7
FACT OF THE DAY: In 1941 on this day (2/7) “Evil and God” was published in The Spectator. In 1944 “Bulverism” was a talk Lewis gave at the Socratic Club. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If evil has the same kind of reality as good, the same autonomy and completeness, our allegiance to …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 1/24
FACT OF THE DAY: All the letters of the alphabet are used for names of the characters in NARNIA except one, none of them start with the letter “x.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The human mind has no more power of inventing a new value than of planting a new sun in the …
Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 21st
FACT OF THE DAY: The Screwtape Letters – XXX was released today (11/21) in 1941 in The Guardian. It was the next to last one. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: [A Warning to Wormwood]: “You will soon find that the justice of Hell is purely realistic, and concerned only with results. Bring us …
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