Loved the explanation and perspective about the fallacy of modern Christianity’s focus on the evil of being self-centered with an emphasis on self-denial as a goal vs. early Christians emphasis on love.
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This book goes into many abstract ideas and helps explain them in a simple and clear manner. I really love when mentions that there is no ordinary people, that the dullest person could become someone you would be tempted to worship. I also like it when he talks about the concept of inner and outer rings. I would recommend this book to anyone.
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This book is a collection of lectures given Clive Staples Lewis. Lewis is one of the premier Christian thinkers of the twentieth century, and his words and ideas have given comfort and inspiration to many Christians throughout the years. C. S. Lewis is thoughtful, intelligent writer. He is a scholar and an intellectual. He is one of the most important Christian writers of the twentieth century.There are several essays that...
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The Weight of Glory is a book that is comprised of a series of unrelated essays. I was not convinced it was very important among his writings, so I put off reading it. When I finally got around to reading it, I was ineffably impressed. It is my opinion that this book has been underrated by many casual readers.The Weight of Glory has penetrating essays on pacifism, transposition, forgiveness and other paramount issues for...
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Lewis is at his best in this collection. As the preface mentions, the sermon "the Weight of Glory," deserves to be placed on the level of the Church Fathers' writings because of its elegance and insightfulness. In this sermon Lewis looks at the afterlife, which we get glimpses of while on earth. He makes some excellent observations, and I was left thinking, "Of course!" and "Why didn't I see that before?" One of the unqiue...
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