FACT OF THE DAY: The twelfth letter from Screwtape was published on July 18, 1941 in The Guardian. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “The only thing that matters is the extent to which you separate the man from the Enemy [God]. It does not matter how small the sins are provided that their cumulative …
CSL Daily 7/14/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Imagination and Thought in the Middle Ages is a talk Lewis gave on two nights in 1956, July 17th and 18th. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “[Flippancy] is a thousand miles away from joy; it deadens, instead of sharpening, the intellect; and it excites no affection between those who …
CSL Daily 7/8/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis first used the term “Mere Christianity” in The Screwtape Letters #25; initially published Oct. 17, 1941 in The Guardian. – – – 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 …
CSL Daily 7/5/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis wrote his preface to the first edition of The Screwtape Letters on July 5, 1941. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There are two equal and opposite errors into which can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive …
CSL Daily 7/4/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The tenth installment of The Screwtape Letters was published on July 4, 1941 in The Guardian. – – – 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)
CSL Daily 6/23/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s poem “Vitrea Circe” was published in Punch on June 23, 1948 and was revised and reprinted in Poems. – – – 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)
CSL Daily 6/16/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s brother, Warren “Warnie” Hamilton Lewis was born on June 16, 1895. He wrote books on French History. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We want the Church to be small not only that fewer men may know the Enemy but also that those who do may acquire the uneasy …
CSL Daily 6/13/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The seventh Screwtape letter was published on June 13, 1941 in The Guardian. Mentions “Materialist Magician.” – – – 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)
CSL Daily 5/30/17
FACT OF THE DAY: The fifth Screwtape letter was published May 30, 1941 in The Guardian. It talked about Wormwood failing in his duties because of relying on anxiety caused by a war. – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape on the Dangers of War:) “One of our best weapons, contented worldiness, is rendered …
CSL Daily 5/24/17
FACT OF THE DAY: Lewis’s obituary of Charles Walter Stansby Williams (1886-1945) was published in The Oxford Magazine on May 24, 1945). – – – QUOTE OF THE DAY: (Screwtape Advises:) “Teach them to estimate the value of each prayer by their success in producing the desired feeling.” The Screwtape Letters IV (Published in The Guardian on 5/23/1941) …