What if your deepest longings aren't a problem to fix, but a compass pointing somewhere real? This sermon on 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 closes a summer with C.S. Lewis by examining what Scripture calls "an eternal weight of glory", and what it means for how we suffer, hope, and see the people around us. Preached by Senior Pastor Mark Addis. Sermon Title: The Weight of Glory Speaker: Senior Pastor Mark Addis Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 Series: A Summer with C.S. Lewis Recorded: August 2, 2026 Church: New Hope Community Church, Clovis, California In June of 1941, with Nazi bombs reducing English cities to rubble and families sleeping in subway tunnels clutching gas masks, C.S. Lewis stepped into a pulpit at Oxford's Church of St. Mary the Virgin and preached about desire. He told a room full of frightened, exhausted people that their problem wasn't wanting too much, it was that they weren't wanting nearly enough. The mud pies in the gutter are no substitute for the sea. This final message in the series lands Lewis's sermon on 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, where Paul, a man whipped, shipwrecked, and chained, calls his suffering light and momentary. Pastor Mark works through what "glory" actually means in Paul's Hebrew imagination (kabod: weight, substance, mass), how present suffering actively forges that glory rather than simply preceding it, the Gospel turn that makes any of this possible, and Lewis's arresting conclusion: there are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. New Hope Community Church is a Bible teaching church in Clovis, California. We gather for worship every Sunday at 8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 AM at 4620 E. Nees Ave, Clovis, CA 93611. The 9:30 service is livestreamed at https://www.newhopechurch.net. #2Corinthians4 #WeightOfGlory #CSLewis #BibleTeaching #ClovisChurch CCLI Streaming License #20175253 | CCLI Copyright License #394760 Scripture quotations taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.