Tag: Reality

Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 24th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Must of Image of God Go?” is an essay published by Lewis in The Observer today (3/24) in 1963 and is available in God in the Dock.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Any entity describable without gross abuse of language as God must be ultimate reality, and if ultimate reality is personal, then God is personal.”

Must of Image of God Go?
(Published in The Observer on 3/24/63)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What book from the Narnia series was published this month in what year?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 15th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

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 / Quote / Quiz: February 7th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

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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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 18th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Later known as “The Invasion,” Lewis’s second talk from his second BBC radio series was given today (1/18) in 1942.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Besides being complicated, reality, in my experience, is usually odd.”

What Christians Believe
(Second Talk from BBC Broadcast on 1/18/1942)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What was the title of the final sermon Lewis preached this month?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 15th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“Pan’s Purge,” a poem by Lewis was published today (1/15) in 1947 in Punch; it’s now printed in Poems.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Heaven is not a state of mind. Heaven is reality itself.”

The Great Divorce
(Published on 1/14/1946)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (three words):
“In any wholesome group of people which holds together for a good purpose, the exclusions are in a sense accidental…But your genuine Inner Ring _____ _____ _____ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 1st

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this day (1/1) in 1931 Lewis began the first “walking tour” with his brother, Warnie.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“There is no use in talking as if forgiveness were easy…For we find that the work of forgiveness has to be done over and over again.”

Reflections on the Psalms
(Published in paperback in the UK 1/2/1961)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote (four words):
“Reality, in fact, is always something _____ _____ ______ ______ . That’s one of the reasons I believe Christianity.”
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