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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 23rd

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The fourth Screwtape letter was published today (5/23) in 1941 in The Guardian. It deal with “the painful subject of prayer.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

(Screwtape Boasts:) “It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out. ”

The Screwtape Letters IV
(Published in The Guardian on 5/23/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

After Lewis’s death an early fictional work was published; what was it?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 16th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Today (5/16) in 1941 the third Screwtape Letter was published in The Guardian.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Keep his mind off the most elementary duties by directing it to the most advanced and spiritual ones.”

The Screwtape Letters III
(Published in The Guardian on 5/16/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Lewis’s first Christian book came out this month…what was it?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 9th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The revised edition of Miracles: A Preliminary Study was published today (5/9) in 1960 containing a revised third chapter.

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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 on 5/9/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What series of letters began to be published this month?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 11th

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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.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“To become new men means losing what we now call ‘ourselves’. Out of our selves, into Christ, we must go. ”

The New Men
(Initially a BBC broadcast from 4/4/44)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Name the book (and editor of it) that is a collection of shorter readings (selections) from ONLY Lewis’ fictional works (Hint: it wasn’t edited by Walter Hooper) .
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 4th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The Laws of Nature by Lewis was published today (4/4) in The Coventry Evening Telegraph in 1945. now found in God in the Dock.

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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 Evening Telegraph)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

In which book of the Space/Ransom Trilogy is Belbury mentioned and what is it?

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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 28th

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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.

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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)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

To whom did Lewis dedicate The Screwtape Letters?

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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 21st

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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.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of a man he is? Surely what pops out before the man has time to put on a disguise is the truth?”

Let’s Pretend
(Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/21/44)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who runs the Tempters’ Training College?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 21st

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Today (2/21) in 1945 “”Who Was Right—Dream Lecturer or Real Lecturer?” was published in The Coventry Evening Telegraph.

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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 in 1945, it was reprinted as Two Lectures in God in the Dock)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What book did Tolkien try to help Lewis get publish sometime this month in what year?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 14th

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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.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Bereavement is not the truncation of married love but one of its regular phases—like the honeymoon. What we want is to live our marriage well and faithfully through that phase too. If it hurts (and it certainly will) we accept the pains as a necessary part of this phase.”

A Grief Observed
(Published in the US on 2/14/1963)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What famous fictional book was published twice this month a year apart?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 7th

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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.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“If evil has the same kind of reality as good, the same autonomy and completeness, our allegiance to good becomes the arbitrarily chosen loyalty of a partisan.”

Evil and God
(Published in The Spectator on 2/7/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What short story by Lewis was published this month in what publication?
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