What Is Pride?

What Is Pride? – “While our culture might view pride on a continuum, in the Bible, it is equated with sin.”

Self-Glory and Selfish Talk

Self-Glory and Selfish Talk – “Self-glory never produces patient love, forgiving grace, humble respect, a willingness to listen, or a commitment to guard another’s reputation in your relationships. Self-glory never makes you kinder, gentler, or more tender.”

No One Knows My Pain: How Pride Hides in Suffering

No One Knows My Pain: How Pride Hides in Suffering – “This temptation to isolate, to pull away from community, assuming no one can help, is common in suffering. So how do we fight this temptation to pride — to believing that no one understands us and therefore no one can help us?”

Welcoming the Uncomfortable Work of God

Welcoming the Uncomfortable Work of God – “Surely nothing cuts harder against the grain of our natural, sinful humanity than to be humble before God and humble before our fellow man.”

The King and the Beast: Understanding Daniel 4

The King and the Beast: Understanding Daniel 4 – “This is neither a fairy tale nor a description of psychosis but a theological account of how God teaches the proud to praise him.”

 

Trojan Horse Christians

Trojan Horse Christians – “Satan will allow you to avoid all kinds of temptation if you continue to believe the lie that your moral life is the reason you have God’s acceptance. The enemy loves it when we build our monuments and look in amazement upon them. The problem with wooden horses is that they burn.”

Pride (in the Name of Love)

Pride (in the Name of Love) – “True love is essentially a de-centering of self. Deep down in the recesses of every human soul is a cloying, ravenous monster ruthless for its own glory.” 

Pride (in the Name of Love)

Pride (in the Name of Love) – “True love is essentially a de-centering of self.”

Controversy and the Sin of Self-Importance

Controversy and the Sin of Self-Importance – “Self-importance is an often-overlooked sin that breeds dissension. It fans the flames of controversy.” 

Prayerlessness Springs From Pride

Prayerlessness Springs From Pride – “Pride gives birth to many sins and obstructs many godly pursuits. In this article, we’ll consider the ways our pride disrupts our prayer life.”

Blessing Can Become a Curse: The Spiritual Perils of Earthly Success

Blessing Can Become a Curse: The Spiritual Perils of Earthly Success – “Some of the darkest, most irresistible temptations come in the wake of blessing. As we enjoy some provision or breakthrough or triumph, whether in life, or work, or ministry, our spiritual defenses often come down.”

Right in Our Own Eyes: How Pride Keeps Us from Counsel

Right in Our Own Eyes: How Pride Keeps Us from Counsel – “This story shows us three all-too-common ways our sinful pride can tempt us to foolishly turn away from listening to sound advice (Proverbs 12:15) and destroy the joyful deliverance and benefits God promises to those who walk in wisdom (Proverbs 28:26).”

Social Media And Expert Culture

Social Media And Expert Culture – “Slowing down can allow us time to verify truth before we share, notice the actual person behind the inflammatory post, and think about why we feel the need to contribute in the first place. We can ask ourselves what we are trying to prove to others or what kind of façade we are seeking to build online.”

The Absurdity of Pride

The Absurdity of Pride – “Pride might help us feel strong and attractive in our own eyes, at least for a moment. But in reality, it is a gross violation of our created design. When seen accurately it is ugly, destructive, and utterly absurd.”

Humble Yourself and Fast: God’s Unpleasant Gift for Lancing Pride

Humble Yourself and Fast: God’s Unpleasant Gift for Lancing Pride – “Fasting is an act of self-humbling by declaring our need to God, and by showing us afresh how weak we really are — as we experience the anxiety and irritability that come with an empty stomach.”

The United Nations

The United Nations – “If patriotism wants to see our own nation do well, nationalism wants our nation to do well and all other nations to do badly in comparison. While patriotism has many happy and unifying fruits, nationalism has many divisive and rotten fruits.”

Secret Pride Makes a Man Fragile

Secret Pride Makes a Man Fragile – “Sometimes — not all the time, but sometimes — our fatigue as men comes less from our great self-sacrifices and more from our selfish ambition. We must not always assume, as I had, that we are tired and despairing from running after the right things.”

You Are Not That Special: The Glory of Ordinary Christianity

You Are Not That Special: The Glory of Ordinary Christianity – “Do I love the specialness of humanity, and being Christ’s, only when it applies to me, but not when it applies to those I find most difficult to endure?”

Sell Yourself Short: The Rare Joy of Christian Humility

Sell Yourself Short: The Rare Joy of Christian Humility – “What if we asked ourselves, in such a world as ours, How do I humble myself?”

Welcome Whatever Keeps You from Pride

Welcome Whatever Keeps You from Pride – “Unless we learn to see the devastating power of pride, we will not see our thorns as blessings — and we may begin resenting God for having anything to do with them.”