QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Our relation to those who trusted us only after we were proved innocent in court cannot be the same as our relation to those who trusted us all through.” On Obstinacy In Belief (Published in Screwtape Proposes a Toast on 1/4/1965) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The poem “On Another Theme …
CSL Daily 01/21/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness.” The Weight of Glory (Published in Screwtape Proposes a Toast on 1/4/1965) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “Prudery and Philology” was published on January 21, 1955 in The Spectator. It …
CSL Daily 01/16/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Of all the passions, the passion for the Inner Ring is most skillful in making a man who is not yet a very bad man do very bad things.” The Inner Ring (Published in Screwtape Proposes a Toast on 1/4/1965) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: “The Romantics” is a poem that …
CSL Daily 01/04/19
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” from “Is Theology Poetry?” (Published in Screwtape Proposes a Toast on 1/4/1965) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The book Screwtape Proposes a Toast, an essay collection, was …
CSL Daily 12/19/18
QUOTE OF THE DAY: Screwtape Lectures: “Democracy is the word with which you must lead them by the nose. The good work which our philological experts have already done in the corruption of human language makes it unnecessary to warn you that they should never be allowed to give this word a clear and definable …
CSL Daily 01/22/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The poem “On Another Theme from Nicolas of Cusa” was published on January 21, 1955 in The Times Literary Supplement. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Our relation to those who trusted us only after we were proved innocent in court cannot be the same as our relation to those who …
CSL Daily 01/21/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “Prudery and Philology” was published on January 21, 1955 in The Spectator. It is available in the Present Concerns book. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness.” The Weight of Glory (Published …
CSL Daily 01/16/18
FACT OF THE DAY: “The Romantics” is a poem that was found in The New English Weekly on January 16, 1947, but is now know as “The Prudent Jailer.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Of all the passions, the passion for the Inner Ring is most skillful in making a man who is not yet …
CSL Daily 01/04/18
FACT OF THE DAY: The book Screwtape Proposes a Toast, an essay collection, was first published on Jan. 4, 1965 (it’s now out of print). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see …
CSL Daily 12/19/17
FACT OF THE DAY: “Screwtape Proposes a Toast” first appeared Dec. 19, 1959 in The Saturday Evening Post. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Democracy is the word with which you must lead them by the nose. The good work which our philological experts have already done in the corruption of human language makes it unnecessary …