FACT OF THE DAY: “Is Theology Poetry?” was a paper read by Lewis to the Socratic Club today (11/6) in 1944. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Christian theology can fit in science, art, morality, and the sub-Christian religious. The scientific point of view cannot fit in any of these things, not even science …
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“Interim Report” published in The Cambridge Review on this date (4/21) in 1956 presented Lewis’s comparison of Oxford and Cambridge.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“No creature that deserved Redemption would need to be redeemed. They that are whole need not the physician. Christ died for men precisely because men are not worth dying for; to make them worth it.”
Religion and Rocketry
(Published as “Will We Lose God in Outer Space” in the April, 1958 issue of Christian Herald)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who is asleep in The Silver Chair but wakes up in The Last Battle?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“Unreal Estates,” a transcript of an interview with Lewis and others was published in the March, 1965 edition of Encounter.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.”
The Last Battle
(Published on 3/19/1956)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
In “The Last Battle” what is the result of the Dwarfs being so afraid of getting taken in again?
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“Dogma and Science” was published today (3/26) in 1943 in The Guardian; it’s now part of “Dogma and the Universe” in God in the Dock.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now…Come further up, come further in!”
The Last Battle
(Published on 3/19/1956)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (4 words):
“The ______ ______ _____ _____ is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gift.
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FACT OF THE DAY:
The Last Battle was first published today (3/19) in 1956. This final Narnia story won the Carnegie Medal in Literature.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“‘Beloved,’ said the Glorious One, ‘unless thy desire had been for me thou wouldst not have sought so long and so truely. For all find what they truely seek.'”
The Last Battle
(Published on 3/19/1956)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (3 words):
“If you want a religion to make you feel comfortable, I certainly _____ _____ ____ .”
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Highlights for the second third of March (12th – 21st) include: First ever published book, final Narnia book and a second marriage to Joy Davidman!
Spirits in BondageTwo books by Lewis were released for the first time during this period. His debut as an author came on the 20th in 1919 with Spirits in Bondage. This was a very small volume of poems published while he was only 20 years old, but many were written when he was just sixteen or seventeen. When initially released it was under the pseudonym of Clive Hamilton. They were composed in a period of Lewis’s life when his primary goal was to be known as a poet. It is also a time when he wasn’t a Christian.
There are a variety of books available about the writings of C.S. Lewis (in addition to the biographies) and you can find a decent amount of material online about his life and writings. However, there are not too many audio based resources. One great FREE resource that has been around for nearly six years is called “All About C S Lewis.” Reggie Gates has been an enthusiast of Lewis’s writings for many decades and provides excellent podcast that are somewhat like what you make get from CliffsNotes, only it’s in audio.
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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FACT OF THE DAY:
Lewis’s “The Efficacy of Prayer” essay appeared in the January issue of The Atlantic Monthly in 1959.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Simply to say prayers is not to pray; otherwise a team of properly trained parrots would serve as well.”
The Efficacy of Prayer
(Published in the January, 1959 issue of The Atlantic Monthly)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What other fictional book by Lewis was published the same year as the final Narnia book “The Last Battle?”
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FACT OF THE DAY:
“Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s to Be Said” was first published today (11/18) in 1956 in The New York Times Book Review.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“A book worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then.”
Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s to Be Said
(First published in The New York Times Book Review on 11/18/1956)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Who is the other animal that helps Shift in The Last Battle and what does he do?
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