Tag: Truth

Daily Lewis – Fact / Quote / Quiz: May 8th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis was interviewed in May 1963 by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Published later that year and it is in God in the Dock.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“The process of living seems to consist in coming to realise truths so ancient and simple that, if stated, they sound like barren platitudes. They cannot sound otherwise to those who have not had the relevant experience.”

Letter to Dom Bede Griffiths OSB on 5/8/1939
(Published in The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

What Narnia book was published this month in what year?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 18th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Letters of C.S. Lewis, edited, with a Memoir by Warren Lewis was first published today (4/18) in 1966. Originally it began as a biography.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“It is a curious fact that the advice we can give to others we cannot give to ourselves and truth is more effective through any life rather than our own.”

Letter to Sister Penelope
(First available in Letters of C.S. Lewis published 4/18/1966)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

To whom did Lewis dedicate Till We Have Faces?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 2nd

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this day (4/2) in 1908 Lewis’s grandfather (Richard Lewis) died.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“I think we must attack wherever we meet it the nonsensical idea that mutually exclusive propositions about God can both be true.”

Christian Apologetics
(Talk given sometime around Easter 1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Complete the quote and name the source (4 words):
“Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to _____ _____ _____ _____ .”
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: April 1st

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Lewis’s review of The Life of Samuel Johnson appeared today (4/1) in Sunday Telegraph under the title of “Boswell’s Bugbear.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Christianity is a statement which, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important.”

Christian Apologetics
(Talk given sometime around Easter 1945)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

“The Wild Waste Lands” was once a considered title of what Narnia book?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: March 21st

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

Let’s Pretend is the fifth talk of the final BBC series given today (3/21) in 1944. Also Lewis recorded two final talks on this date.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of a man he is? Surely what pops out before the man has time to put on a disguise is the truth?”

Let’s Pretend
(Initially a BBC broadcast from 3/21/44)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

Who runs the Tempters’ Training College?
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Fact / Quote / Quiz: December 27th

William OFlaherty Daily Lewis

FACT OF THE DAY:

On this day (12/27) in 1918 Lewis arrived home unexpectedly in the AM after being demobilized on the 24th.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY:

“Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth.”

Who Goes Home? or The Grand Divorce VII
(Published in The Guardian on 12/22/1944)

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QUIZ OF THE DAY:

When this month (in what year) did Lewis write what essay that was related to one of his fictional works?
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