- Hardcover: 64 pages
- Publisher: Geoffrey Bles (1949)
- Language English
- ASIN: B0007DUL0E
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,785,279 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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If you asked twenty good men today what they thought the highest of the virtues, nineteen of them, would reply, Unselfishness. Read the first page
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If you asked twenty good men today what they thought the highest of the virtues, nineteen of them, would reply, Unselfishness. Read the first page
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71 of 74 people found the following review helpful
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After reading this essay, I was convicted beyond imagination as to my responsibility as a school teacher. As Lewis says, there are no ordinary people, everyone I come in contact with is a eternal being who is on the path to either heaven or hell. Everything I do in the classroom is pointing my students either towards God or away from Him. And that, as Lewis states, is the Weight of Glory.
Lewis describes glory as not in being noticed by others and seeking their approval, but being noticed by God. To hear that blessed phrase "Well done my good and faithful servant". Not just in seeing God's beauty, but passing into it and being a part of it. The weight of it is my responsibility to bear witness of that glory to others and help to bring them into it. Their salvation is my weight, my burden to bear. Isn't that the reason why believers are on this earth? To honor God, and to serve Him?
Lewis is the master of imagery. He brings his readers to an either/or proposition. Either I am going to take responsibility for my neighbors salvation, or I am not. And once he gets you to that point, there is really no decision to make. Your neighbor's soul is your responsibility.
This essay, more than anything I have read to date, has brought me to the realization as to what my responsibility as a Believer is. I need to read this at least once a month to remind me of how I should be living my life before others. No Christian should go without experiencing this challenge to holiness.
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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The most thought provoking part of this book is "The Weight of Glory". It caused me to really think about some of my assumptions of my faith and come out with new insights. Lewis at his best.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Many of these nine speeches were originally delivered as sermons, including the masterpiece THE WEIGHT OF GLORY. This collection deserves a rating of 10+ and is among the very best of what Lewis ever wrote. Highly recommended.
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Reality of life issues
I love the book, i want to read it over and over. This man, C.S. Lewis speaks from his heart and its like he is there right where the book is chatting with you. Read more
Published on 17 May 2009 by BISHOP
Deeply Insightful
C.S. Lewis has a knowledge and comprehension of christianity that is unparalleled by other contemporary christian authors. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 1999
Don't overlook Lewis' essay on "The Inner Ring."
"The Weight of Glory", "Transposition", and other essays in this volume have been warmly received in the years since they were first preached. Read more
Published on 5 Dec 1998
Best Essay I've Ever Read
Can't speak to the rest of the book, but the essay THE WEIGHT OF GLORY is purely edifying, greater than any other 20th century work I know of.
Published on 28 July 1998
Sublime
WEIGHT OF GLORY may be the greatest essay ever written. Stunning.
Published on 19 April 1998
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