Tag: The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis

Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 11th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis spoke on the BBC today (2/11) in 1949 on “The Novels of Charles Williams.” It was recorded and is also in On Stories.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“To find that one’s emotions do not ‘come to heel’ and line up as stable sentiments in permanent conformity with one’s convictions is simply the facts of being a fallen, and still imperfectly redeemed, man.”
Letter to Michael Edwardson 2/11/1960
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Lewis wrote a letter in 1933 to what friend about what soon to be written famous book by what other friend?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 5th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

“The Man Born Blind” was published on 2/4/1977 in Church Times. But a different version was later discovered called “Light.”
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I fancy we are all too ready, once we are converted ourselves, to assume that God will deal with everyone exactly as He does with us. But He is no mass-producer and treats no two quite alike.”

Letter to Mrs. Jessup on 2/5/1954
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume III)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (two words):
“The danger of mistaking our merely natural, though perhaps legitimate, enthusiasms for holy zeal, is ____ ____ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 4th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

On this date (2/4) in 1933 Lewis wrote to his friend Arthur Greeves about reading a draft of The Hobbit (not published till ’37).

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Since term began I have had a delightful time reading a children’s story which Tolkien has just written.”

Letter to Arthur Greeves on 2/4/1933
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Lewis had a debate in the late 1940’s with whom and what was it about?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: January 30th

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FACT OF THE DAY:

First paperback edition of The Last Battle came out today (1/30) in 1964. It was published as ‘Puffin Books’ by Penguin Books Ltd.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“One cannot be too careful: one must try to hold fast to one’s duties (I wish I did) which are the prose of the spiritual life and not learn to depend too much on these delightful moments.”

Letter to Arthur Greeves on 1/30/1930
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume I)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Name the mountainous land south of Narnia that is usually their ally.
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