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The Sermon That Drove C.S. Lewis to Tears

It was remembered by those who heard it as the sermon Lewis almost never finished.

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Aaron Earls
Jun 18, 2026
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You likely have been moved to tears by something you’ve heard, something you saw, or something you read. Have you ever started crying over something you’ve said?

By the mid-1940s, C.S. Lewis had become a popular speaker. In 1941, he delivered what would be his most famous sermon, “The Weight of Glory.”

That same year,…

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