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The classic Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis, the most important Christian writer of the 20th century, contains nine sermons delivered by Lewis during World War Two. The nine addresses in Weight of Glory offer guidance, inspiration, and a compassionate apologetic for the Christian faith during a /5(K).  · Seventy-five years ago (June 8, ) C.S. Lewis ascended the pulpit at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford and delivered “ The Weight of Glory,” one of the most insightful sermons of the twentieth century. At the new Evangelical History blog I will give a historical overview of that presentation —with photographs—and some of the influence that it has had as a subsequent Estimated Reading Time: 10 mins.  · The classic Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis, the most important Christian writer of the 20th century, contains nine sermons delivered by Lewis during World War Two. The nine addresses in Weight of Glory offer guidance, inspiration, and a compassionate apologetic for the Christian faith during a time of great doubt. Addeddate.

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This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously - no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption.”. ― C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory. The Weight of Glory as a complete sermon was preached originally by bltadwin.ru in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, on June 8, As the sermon was originally very academic in nature, and contained many classical references and Latin quotes, I have sought to abridge the original so that the powerful and significant message may be more accessible to us today. The classic Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis, the most important Christian writer of the 20th century, contains nine sermons delivered by Lewis during World War Two. The nine addresses in Weight of Glory offer guidance, inspiration, and a compassionate apologetic for the Christian faith during a time of great doubt.