“Perfect humility dispenses with modesty. If God is satisfied with the work, the work my be satisfied with itself.”
The Weight of Glory
(First preached as a sermon on 6/8/1941)
Quote: June 12, 2013
“…Good images of what we really desire…the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from a country we have never yet visited.”
The Weight of Glory
(First preached as a sermon on 6/8/1941)
Quote: June 11, 2013
“If we are made for heaven, the desire for our proper place will be already in us, but not yet attached to the true object, and will even appear as the rival of that object.”
The Weight of Glory
(First preached as a sermon on 6/8/1941)
Quote: June 8, 2013
“The New Testament has lots to say about self-denial, but not about self-denial as an end in itself.” The Weight of Glory (First preached as a sermon on 6/8/1941)
Fact: June 8, 2013
“The Weight of Glory,” Lewis’s most famous sermon was preached on this day in 1941 at St. Mary the Virgin in Oxford.
Retro: June 5th – 11th
This week’s highlights related to Lewis include: his most famous sermon, a first letter to an eventual longtime friend, winning a scholarship and a book related to his professional specialty.
Before the magic of Narnia started in 1950 C.S. Lewis had a magical year