FACT OF THE DAY: “The Vision of John Bunyan” was published today (12/13) in 1962 in The Listener. It was first a radio talk on the BBC. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Allegory frustrates itself the moment the author starts doing what could equally well be done in a straight sermon or treatise. …
Fact / Quote / Quiz: 3/9
FACT OF THE DAY: 18th installment of the eventual book The Great Divorce was published in The Guardian today (3/9) in 1945. It was the first half of Ch. 12. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “It is no use to say `Lord, Lord’, if we do not do what Christ tells us.” Mr …
RETROSPECT: March 22nd – 31st
Highlights for the final third of March (22nd – 31st) include: Publication of The Four Loves, his first essay collection and republication of a landmark professional work.
During the last decade of Lewis’s life his Christian-themed titles had less to do with defending the faith and more with sharing his understanding of a variety of aspects of it. The Four Loves, released on the 28th in 1960 is one of those works where he shares his wisdom on a topic related to the faith he had gained a greater understanding of over his life. Many individuals are not aware of the fact that two years prior to the book release Lewis had given ten radio talks on this theme.
Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 9th
FACT OF THE DAY:
18th installment of the eventual book The Great Divorce was published in The Guardian today (3/9) in 1945. It was the first half of Ch. 12.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“It is no use to say `Lord, Lord’, if we do not do what Christ tells us.”
Mr C. S. Lewis on Christianity
(published in The Listener 3/9/44)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
Finish the quote and name the source (5 words):
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us: we are _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ will turn out to be.”
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RETROSPECT: March 1st – 11th
Highlights for the first third of March (1st – 11th) include: First book collecting quotations and shorter passages, how Charles Williams became a friend and a former student previews The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Less than five years after C.S. Lewis died a collection containing brief excerpts from a wide range of his writings came out on the 4th of March in 1968. A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C.S. Lewis would be the first of many books featuring quotations or shorter selections. This debut work was edited by Clyde S. Kilby, the person who began what we know today as The Marion E. Wade Center. The book is arranged into ten major sections and nearly all of those divisions are further divided into sub-themes.
RETROSPECT: February 19th – 29th
Highlights for the final third of February (19th – 29th) include: The beginning of his fourth and final BBC series of talks, a landmark lecture series that would become one of his most insightful works aimed at a mainstream audience, and a new edition of The Screwtape Letters containing a second preface.
The fourth and final BBC radio series kicked off on the 22nd in 1944. The series itself was first called “Beyond Personality” and the first talk was entitled “Making and Begetting.” However, on the 24th the text was reprinted in The Listener and it was called “The Map and the Ocean.” This was the first time Lewis’s broadcasts were made available before being collected in a book.
The two different titles for the fourth series debut provides some hints at what was presented by Lewis. He noted the words “begetting” or “begotten” are not used today, but its
Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 13th
FACT OF THE DAY:
“The Vision of John Bunyan” was published today (12/13) in 1962 in The Listener. It was first a radio talk on the BBC.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Allegory frustrates itself the moment the author starts doing what could equally well be done in a straight sermon or treatise. It is a valid form only so long as it is doing what could not be done at all, or done so well, in any other way.We must be taught that this tent is not home.”
The Vision of John Bunyan
(Published in The Listener on 12/13/1962)
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QUIZ OF THE DAY:
What is the name of the first academic title Lewis had published?
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