FACT OF THE DAY: The ninth letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian at the end of June (the 27th) in 1941. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “All we can do is to encourage the humans to take the pleasures which our Enemy has produced, at times, or in ways, or in …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 6/20
FACT OF THE DAY: The eighth Screwtape letter was published in The Guardian today (6/20) in 1941. It has the first mention of Slubgob. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Admits:) “One must face the fact that all the talk about His love for men, and His service being perfect freedom, is not …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 6/6
FACT OF THE DAY: The sixth Screwtape letter was published on this day (6/6) in The Guardian in 1941. Topics include how to “weaken his (patient’s) prayers.” – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Boasts:) “There is nothing like suspense and anxiety for barricading a human’s mind against the Enemy [i.e. God].” The Screwtape …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 6/4
FACT OF THE DAY: On this day (6/4) in 1954 Lewis accepted the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge University. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Advises Wormwood:) “Do not allow any temporary excitement to distract you from the real business of undermining faith and preventing the formation of virtues.” The Screwtape …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 5/5
FACT OF THE DAY: One this date (5/5) in 1924 Lewis accepted a temporary position to teach philosophy at Oxford (his former tutor was taking a one-year leave). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: Screwtape’s observation of humans: “Thanks to processes which we set at work in them centuries ago, they find it all but …
Essay Chat 19 – Screwtape Proposes a Toast (Brenton Dickieson)
“Screwtape Proposes a Toast” is an essay that is indirectly a follow-up to the successful book The Screwtape Letters. Brenton Dickieson joins William O’Flaherty for an essay chat on this insightful piece that Wormwood never got to hear. It was first published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1959 (see below for a link to read it …
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 26th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The U.S. Paperback editions of Surprised By Joy and Till We Have Faces came out on July 9th ten years apart (1970, 1980).
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
[Screwtape Advises:] “I would make it a rule to eradicate from my patient any strong personal taste which is not actually a sin, even if it is something quite trivial.”
The Screwtape Letters XIII
(Published in The Guardian on 7/25/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What is the only essay by Lewis having the word “slaves” in the title that was also first published this month in what year?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: July 11th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The eleventh letter from Screwtape was published on this date (7/11) in The Guardian in 1941.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I don’t believe that good work is ever done in a hurry.”
Letter to Arthur Greeves 7/11/1916
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume I)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
In The Screwtape Letters where are the young demons initially taught and who leads the place?
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 29th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The ninth letter from Screwtape was published in The Guardian at the end of June (the 27th) in 1941.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“All we can do is to encourage the humans to take the pleasures which our Enemy has produced, at times, or in ways, or in degrees, which He has forbidden.”
The Screwtape Letters IX
(Published in The Guardian on 6/27/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“We…shall not be _____ _____ _____ _____ on the highest occasions if we have learned no habit of doing so on the lowest.”
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Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: June 20th
FACT OF THE DAY:
The eighth Screwtape letter was published in The Guardian today (6/20) in 1941. It has the first mention of Slubgob.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
(Screwtape Admits:) “One must face the fact that all the talk about His love for men, and His service being perfect freedom, is not (as one would gladly believe) mere propaganda, but an appalling truth. ”
The Screwtape Letters VIII
(Published in The Guardian on 6/20/1941)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
When visiting what friend did Lewis write The Pilgrim’s Regress?
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