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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 10th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

The first weekly installment of The Great Divorce appears in The Guardian on this date (11/10) in 1944 under the title of Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“When the most important things in our life happen we quite often do not know, at the moment, what is going on.
Faith
(Given as a talk on the BBC on November 8, 1942 and later published as chapter 12 in Christian Behavior)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (5 words):
“Everybody says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until ____ _____ _____ _____ ______ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 8th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

“Faith” is the chapter title of what was the 8th and final BBC talk from Lewis’s third series that became the book Christian Behaviour (where it is chapter 12).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“There are a great many things [in Christianity] that cannot be understood until after you have gone a certain distance along the Christian road.”

Faith
(Given as a talk on the BBC on November 8, 1942 and later published as chapter 12 in Christian Behavior)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Name the talk Lewis gave this month that was later an essay published that has a question mark in the title.
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 7th

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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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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 6th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Is Theology Poetry? was a paper read by Lewis to the Socratic Club today (11/6) in 1944.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Christian theology can fit in science, art, morality, and the sub-Christian religious. The scientific point of view cannot fit in any of these things, not even science itself.”

Is Theology Poetry?
(Talk given on 11/6/1944 to Socratic Club)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (4 words):
“It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort; it’s not the sort of _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 5th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

After being released in the UK earlier in 1958, Reflections of the Psalms came out in the US the same year on November 5th.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“A little comic relief in a discussion does no harm, however serious the topic may be. (In my own experience the funniest things have occurred in the gravest and most sincere conversations.)”

Reflections on the Psalms
(Published in November 5, 1958 in the U.S.)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Despite being very creative and having an amazing memory, Lewis had a lot of trouble with one aspect of writing. What was it?
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