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) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The eleventh letter from Screwtape was published on July 11, 1941 in The Guardian. Better understand The Screwtape …
CSL Daily 07/08/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Our divisions should never be discussed except in the presence of those who have already come to believe that there is one God and that Jesus Christ is His only Son.” Mere Christianity (Published in 7/7/1952) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis first used the term “Mere Christianity” in The …
CSL Daily 07/04/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape commenting on the patient faking cynical and skeptical attitudes): “All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.” The Screwtape Letters X (Published in The Guardian on 7/4/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The tenth installment of The Screwtape Letters was published on July 4, 1941 in The Guardian. …
CSL Daily 06/29/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Laments:)”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) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The ninth letter from …
CSL Daily 06/23/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Admits:) “Prayers offered in the state of dryness are those which please Him (God) best.” The Screwtape Letters VIII (Published in The Guardian on 6/20/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s poem “Vitrea Circe” was published in Punch on June 23, 1948 and was revised and reprinted in Poems. – – – PURCHASE The Misquotable …
CSL Daily 06/13/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: Screwtape States: “All extremes, except extreme devotion to the Enemy [i.e. God], are to be encouraged.” The Screwtape Letters VII (Published in The Guardian on 6/13/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The seventh Screwtape letter was published on June 13, 1941 in The Guardian. Mentions “Materialist Magician.” Better understand The Screwtape Letters …
CSL Daily 06/06/20
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 Letters VI (Published in The Guardian on 6/6/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The sixth Screwtape letter was published on June 6, 1941 in The Guardian. Topics include how to “weaken …
CSL Daily 05/30/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape on the Dangers of War:) “One of our best weapons, contented worldliness, is rendered useless. In wartime not even a human can believe he is going to live forever.” The Screwtape Letters V (Published in The Guardian on 5/30/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The fifth Screwtape letter was …
CSL Daily 05/23/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Boasts:) “It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out.” The Screwtape Letters IV (Published in The Guardian on 5/23/1941) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: The fourth Screwtape letter was published May 23, 1941 in The …
CSL Daily 05/18/20
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “A country clergyman wrote to the editor (of The Guardian), withdrawing his subscription on the ground that ‘much of the advice given in these letters seemed to him not only erroneous but positively diabolical.’” Preface to the Second Edition of The Screwtape Letters (Written on 5/18/1960) – – – FACT OF THE DAY: …