Tag: The Screwtape Letters

Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 14th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

A Grief Observed was published for the first time in the US today (14th) in 1963, after being released in the UK on 9/29/1961. Also paperbacks of The Screwtape Letters and Mere Christianity (both 1955) in the UK.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Bereavement is not the truncation of married love but one of its regular phases—like the honeymoon. What we want is to live our marriage well and faithfully through that phase too. If it hurts (and it certainly will) we accept the pains as a necessary part of this phase.”

A Grief Observed
(Published in the US on 2/14/1963)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What famous fictional book was published twice this month a year apart?
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RETROSPECT: February 10th – 18th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for the second third of February (10th – 18th) include: The concluding talk from the “What Christians Believe” BBC series, an explanation of the word “membership” in a talk to a group and the publication of a selection of Christian-themed essays.

In 1945 on the 10th Lewis gave a talk, simply called “Membership,” to the Society of St. Alban and St. Sergius in Oxford. It was also published later in the year and is now best found in The Weight of Glory. Lewis explained in his presentation that the word “membership” in the New Testament differs from the way it is used today. Instead of speaking of it in the sense of a group containing like items, the Christian meaning is close to “what we should call organs, things essentially different from, and complementary to, one another.” He also pointed out that believers are

Contest/Giveaway Annotated Screwtape Letters

William OFlaherty CSL Minute, Special Feature

DEADLINE IS THURSDAY!
Get a chance to WIN a copy of The Screwtape Letters: Annotated Edition that was just released late last year. It contains interesting background information to enhance your enjoyment of the classic book by C.S. Lewis. Paul McCusker (from Focus on the Family) did the annotations and he was careful to provide information and not interpretation. Details about HOW to win are below. If you want to learn more about the book itself, checkout a podcast interview I just posted (go here).

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO ENTER is simply leave a comment below telling me what you think about The Screwtape Letters book. So, I’m looking for just your opinion of the original book itself.

Again, DEADLINE to enter is Thursday, February 13th at 6pm Eastern.
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The Screwtape Letters: Annotated Edition

William OFlaherty All About Jack, Podcast

As this show is released it is the 72nd anniversary of the publication of The Screwtape Letters. This seemed the perfect time to release an interview I record in the last week with Paul McCusker about an Annotated Edition he did that was just released in October, 2013. In this interview, learned how Paul became involved in this project and what to expect from the book.
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(Click “Read More” to Listen to this Interview)

Fact / Quote / Quiz: February 9th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The Screwtape Letters (book) was first published in the UK on this date (2/9) in 1942.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them.”

Preface to The Screwtape Letters
(Published 2/9/1942)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Finish the quote and name the source (three words):
“Simply to say prayers is not to pray; otherwise a team of ____ ____ ____ would serve as well..”
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RETROSPECT: February 1st – 9th

William OFlaherty Jack in Retrospect, Special Feature

Highlights for the first third of February (1st – 9th) include: Two more BBC talks from the second series, “What Christians Believe,” an often misunderstood debate and the first book that made Lewis famous.

An idea that started in 1940 led to international fame for Lewis. This is before he gained fame for being the author of The Chronicles of Narnia and even before he was loved as a defender of the Christian faith. A small book containing thirty-one letters set things in motion that made Lewis gain international fame. Although The Screwtape Letters had been released weekly in 1941, it was not until a year later, on the 9th of this month that all of them could be found in one place. The first edition of 2,000 copies sold out even before the date of publication! In fact it was reprinted eight times before the end of 1942. Despite being so popular, it is well known that Lewis actually didn’t enjoy writing it.

All About C S Lewis (Reggie Gates)

William OFlaherty Resource Spotlight

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 / Quote / Quiz: December 20th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Letters to an American Lady was first released on December 19, 1967 and at the time the name of the lady wasn’t revealed.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“How little people know who think that holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing … it is irresistible. If even ten per cent of the world’s population had it, would not the whole world be converted and happy before a year’s end?”

Letters to an American Lady – 8/1/1953
(Book was published on 12/19/1967)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

To whom are The Screwtape Letters written?To whom are The Screwtape Letters written?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 28th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

The final letter from Screwtape (31st) was printed today (11/28) in 1941 in The Guardian.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

[Screwtape bemoans the patient’s fate:]
“He got through so easily! No gradual misgivings, no doctor’s sentence, no nursing home, no operating theatre, no false hopes of life; sheer, instantaneous liberation.”

The Screwtape Letters – XXXI
(First published in The Guardian on 11/28/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who was the First Joke (cause of the first laughter) after Narnia was created?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: November 23rd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

“March for Drum, Trumpet, and Twenty-one Giants” is a Lewis poem first published in Punch in their Nov. 4, 1953 issue.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

Whatever men expect they soon come to think they have a right to: the sense of disappointment can, with very little skill on our part, be turned into a sense of injury.

The Screwtape Letters – XXX
(First published in The Guardian on 11/21/1941)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Besides being a book how else was the content of The Abolition of Man also available?
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